My focus is on complex systems and systems innovation. I lead Forever Wild (Group), a unique initiative that has hugely ambitious social, ecological and economic goals. Prior to launching Forever Wild, I was the director of a private company engaged in tracking organised wildlife and human trafficking and providing specialised services to diverse clients across Asia, Africa and the Americas. We focused on non-permissive environments. I hold a Master of Science and love a good cuppa.
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DirectorBeimpact Sep 2023 - PresentAustralia -
Executive DirectorForever Wild (Global) Apr 2018 - PresentAustraliaForever Wild (Group) has extraordinary goals, relevant for all humanity. Founded in Australia in 2018, the result of over 10 years of planning, the goal is to simultaneously protect and leverage the vast natural capital of the Earth's last remaining wildernesses. FW (Group) combines natural capital and economic enterprise with the wellbeing of human and ecological communities, and we are working to achieve this at an immense spatial, temporal and societal scale. We combine innovative business & impact investment, conservation ecology and business to create transformative programs to protect the world's last remaining natural landscapes - and the carbon they store.Our group includes businesses in the agricultural & tourism sectors, among others, creating and sustaining jobs and revenues for wilderness communities. Forever Wild is highly adaptive and vertically integrates from local to global.With the right investment we know we can create some of the largest terrestrial natural capital reserves on our planet, ensure they are broadly socially and politically supported and that they are positive contributors to social wellbeing and livelihoods. Our planet still has magnificent, natural landscapes that must - and can - be managed in a way that supports healthy ecosystems and human societies for tens of thousands of years to come.Our biennial Progress Reports:https://foreverwild.com.au/our-progress/ -
Board MemberThe Southern Rangelands Pastoral Alliance (Srpa) Dec 2022 - PresentWestern Australia, Australia -
Executive DirectorGlobal Eye Jun 2013 - Jun 2020Africa | Asia | AustraliaGlobal Eye was a non-state actor designed to lead a wide range of activities against wildlife and human trafficking, with a focus on criminal and other intelligence. Within our framework we ran transnational programs directly or indirectly targeting TOC, engaging with governments and regulatory bodies when and if appropriate. The company provided security/intelligence operations in Africa, Asia and Latin America.Epsilar is a highly specialized entity focused on the security of human rights and environmental activists in non-permissive environments. Epsilar worked closely with several Goldman Prize recipients and developed innovative security solutions to complex challenges. The company engaged in physical and psychological training against violence for activists.
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Executive DirectorEpsilar Mar 2011 - Mar 2020WorldwideEpsilar is a specialized security company providing sophisticated solutions to human rights and environmental activists globally. We also provide CPP to a select client list. In 2022 Epsilar wound back its global operations and now focused on training in threat management and self defence, with its primary focus in Australia.Epsilar provided services to the US Government including serving US Senators, Goldman Foundation, World Resources Institute, McCain Institute, Oak Foundation, numerous NGOs in non-permissive locations and various HNIs and HVTs globally.In 2021 Espilar closed its main business. It still offers some services at a local level.
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Head Of Division, Africa & Indian Ocean IslandsSalama Fikira 2012 - 2013KenyaHead of Projects, the pan-Africa division providing discrete, professional security services to a wide breadth of clients. The division ran with 6 full time employees and 150 contractors, providing services including personal and asset protection, risk advice and management, intelligence reporting and a range of other bespoke risk mitigation services.The division operated across Africa with a focus on East, Central and West. -
DirectorConsulting Jan 2009 - Aug 2011East & Central AfricaProjects included black rhino protection; protected area planning in South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Security operations in DRC, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Senegal, Rwanda, Uganda.
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Conservation BiologistCsiro 2004 - 2008Australia & Sub-Saharan AfricaA member of the Rangelands and Savannas research team, primary research projects were:1. mixed use of rangelands across Queensland and the NT. Mainly working on large stations, the work focused on science that supported long-term agricultural use, conservation and social aspects of these landscapes. Based in the St. Lucia and Alice Springs labs. This dovetailed with a joint Australian - South African government project in Limpopo, RSA.2. Invasive vertebrate control modeling examining resource needs of species and behavioral responses o to control methods in order to optimise ecological outcomes from control programs. 3. The long-term ecological sustainability and processes of peri-urbanisation.
Fiachra Kearney Education Details
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Master Of Science - Ms
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Fiachra Kearney works for Beimpact
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Fiachra Kearney's current role is Executive Director at Forever Wild (Group).
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Fiachra Kearney attended The University Of Queensland, Charles Sturt University.
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