Chris Curnow is the Partner Investigator representing Rangelands NRM in the ARC Training Centre for Healing Country. Chris is Program Manager at Rangelands NRM, where he has worked since July 2014. His role at Rangelands NRM involves coordinating the delivery of and looking for new opportunities for NRM projects by helping local, regional and national stakeholders to network and collaborate on matters of common concern, as well as helping to connect opportunities for additional funding within these collaborations.
Chris’ prior experience includes ten years with WWF-Australia leading the Southwest Australia land manager engagement team; six years in Latin America assisting indigenous communities in community development programs; and working with pastoralists working on total grazing management initiatives in the rangelands of Western NSW in the early 1990s. Chris holds a Bachelor of Natural Resources (Hons) from the University of New England (1990).