Craig Morley

Craig is an Associate Professor of Resource Management, which covers ecological modelling, conservation and biodiversity, environmental monitoring and sustainability, and bioeconomics.

He holds a doctorate from the University of Canterbury and has worked for the University South Pacific in Fiji as a conservation biologist and at the Department of Conservation as a biodiversity/threats programme manager in Northland. Craig won the BP Gold conservation award for my work on protecting Fiji’s endangered ground frog. 

He's also a member of the IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group and World Commission for Protected Areas. In addition to this, he has extensive networks with iwi, local advisory groups, and national ecological and international scientific organisations. The majority of his research career has been dedicated to understanding the impact of invasive species, particularly on islands and in agricultural systems. 

Craig firmly believes in conservation-based evidence and the values of kaitiakitanga to promote and enhance biodiversity, sustainability and, good community practice.