Part-time PhD scholar researching the interface between scientific advice and policy making in the context of land use, land-use change and forestry under the Kyoto Protocol

Professional Background

Ian holds Bachelor of Applied Science - Biology (Canberra CAE), Graduate Diploma in Media (Canberra CAE), Master of Environmental Studies (Macquarie University), Post Graduate Diploma in International Law (Australian National University - ANU), Masters in Environmental Law (Merit)  (ANU).

Since 1998 Ian has worked as the International Environmental Advisor to the Government of Tuvalu, primarily focussing on climate change. He attends climate change negotiations as part of the Tuvalu Government delegation and represents the Alliance of Small Island States in various negotiations. He has also attended IPCC experts meetings on land use, land-use change and forestry.

Ian is currently a part-time PhD scholar at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at Australian National University where his research is focussing on the interface between scientific advice and policy making in the context of land use, land-use change and forestry under the Kyoto Protocol.

Research and Teaching Interests

Ian also undertakes consultancy work for UNDP,UNEP and various other institutions primarily aimed at capacity building for climate change negotiators in developing countries. He has facilitated climate change capacity building workshops in Cook Island, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, the Marshall Islands, Nepal, Samoa, Thailand (for South East Asian countries), Tuvalu, Vietnam and various pre-COP locations for Least Developed Countries.

Affiliations

Ian is a member of the International Council on Environmental Law, the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law, a Research Associate at the Centre for Climate Policy and Law (ANU Law School), a member of the ANU Centre for International and Public Law and the United Nations Association of Australia>

Notable publications

Ian Fry ,2009, TINPass -The International Negotiations Passport for Developing Countries, Tidal Influence Media, Karabar, NSW

Ian Fry and María Gutiérrez, 2008, In a Nutshell: A guide to Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry for Non Experts in Developing Countries, Tidal Influence Media, Karabar, NSW

Ian Fry, 2008, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation: Opportunities and Pitfalls in Developing a New Legal Regime, Review of European Community and International Environmental Law, 17(2).

Barnett, Jon, Lambert, Simon and Fry, Ian, 2008, ‘The Hazards of Indicators: Insights from the Environmental Vulnerability Index’, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 98:1, 102-119.

Ian Fry, 2007, "More twists, turns and stumbles in the Jungle: a further exploration of land use, land use change and forestry decisions within the Kyoto Protocol", RECIEL, 16:3, 341-355.

Ian Fry, 2007 ”Who Pays to Save Tuvalu?” Entwicklung & Ländlicher Raum, Inhalt 5.

Ian Fry, 2007, Book Review: "The Organization of Global Negotiations: Constructing the Climate Change Regime", by Joanna Depledge, Earthscan, 2005, in RECIEL 16 (1), 109-111.

Ian Fry, 2006, “Kyoto Protocol/COP/MOP 1, UNFCCC/COP -11 – A Small Island Developing State’s Perspective”, Environmental Policy and Law, V36:1

Ian Fry, “Small Island Developing States: Becalmed in a Sea of Soft Law “,2005, Review of European Community and International Environmental Law, V14:2

Ian Fry, “Future Actions on Climate Change, Perspectives from Tuvalu”, UNFCCC Proceedings of Seminar of Government Experts, 2005, Bonn, Germany 16-17th May