Project and Business Development Manager, Climate Change Institute, College of Asia and the Pacific

2004 PhD Australian National University
1989 BSc (Hons) Australian National University

Professional Background

Lance Heath is Project and Business Development Manager for the Climate Change Institute at the Australian National University.  Lance has 15 years experience in water resource management, renewable energy technologies, international research collaboration and technology commercialisation. He was Technical Manager for the Environment Industry Development Network (administered by the former CRC for Waste Management and Pollution Control) from 1994 to 2000 and Director of the APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) Centre for Environmental Technology Exchange–operating under the auspices of the APEC Industrial Science and Technology Working Group–from 1998 to 2004. From 2004 to 2006 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies (CRES) at the ANU and Project Officer for the ANU Institute for Environment from 2006 to 2008.

Research and Teaching Interests

Lance has extensive experience in hydrological modelling and in the development of decision support systems for policy makers.  He is also a leading specialist on Australian Environmental Technologies with particular emphasis on developing international links between Australia and other APEC economies in the area of environmental technology exchange.  He has managed numerous aid and economic development programs for several developing economies in the Asia-Pacific region.

Notable publications

Heath, L.C. (2008) Impacts of Climate Change on Australia’s World Heritage Properties and their values. Paper commissioned by the Garnaut Climate Change Review. On-line publication.   

I. White, Melville, M.D., B.C.T Macdonald., R. Quirk., R. Hawken., M. Tunks., D. Buckley., R. Beattie., L. Heath., J. Williams (2006) From conflicts to Industry – Regulated Best Practice Guidelines: a Case Study of Estuarine Flood Plain Management of the Tweed River, Eastern Australia. In:  Environment and Livelihoods in Tropical Coastal Zones. [eds] C.T Hoanh, T.P Tuong, J.W. Gowing and B.Hardy. CAB International 2006.

B.C.T. Macdonald, I. White., L. Heath., J. Smith., A.F. Keene., M. Tunks and A. Kinsela (2006) tracing the Outputs from Drained Acid Sulphate Flood Plains to Minimize Threats to Coastal Lakes. In: Environment and Livelihoods in Tropical Coastal Zones. [eds] C.T Hoanh, T.P Tuong, J.W. Gowing and B.Hardy. CAB International 2006.

Ian White, Lance Heath and Mike Melville (1999). Ecological impact of flood mitigation and drainage in coastal lowlands. Australian Journal of Emergency Management, Vol 14, No3.

Avoiding Another Tragedy of the Commons. The Bundeena Maianbar WaterCycle management Study [Eds] Martin, P., Frost, R., Lustig, T., Heath, L., Bergman, I., Wickham, G., Verbeek, M., Allen, B., Harris, S., Harris, K., (1997) PHPS Inc Publications. ISBN No 0. 646 31403 3

L.C.Heath, S.Beavis and I White (2001) Hydrological Modelling of Coastal Catchments with Acid Sulfate Soils.  Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM 2001, Australian National University, Canberra, 10-13 December 2001. [eds]: F.Ghassemi, D.Post, M. Sivapalan and R. Vertessy.