I am a Principal at Water Technology Pty Ltd. I have qualifications in earth science and education. I have over 40 years of experience in environmental and coastal management, and over 18 years of experience in disaster management.In the environment field, I have strong capabilities and experience in:- Designing and evaluating environmental education and sustainability education plans and programs across all sectors.- Designing school environmental education programs based on curriculums- Designing and implementing environmental stakeholder engagement programs and plans.- Writing technical and non-technical publications about environmental themes. For example, I have written several environmental encyclopaedias and State of the Environment reports.- Providing secretariat services e.g. as Executive Officer of the NSW Roadside Environment Committee.- Developing and evaluating strategic natural resource management plans.In the disaster management field, I have strong capabilities and experience in:- Designing, implementing and evaluating disaster education and engagement plans and programs across all sectors of the community. I have recently written a book on 'Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement' published by Wiley https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Disaster+Education%2C+Communication+and+Engagement-p-9781119569770- Designing and evaluating hazard warning systems particularly for floods and bushfires.- Writing technical and non-technical publications about aspects of disaster management and resilience.- Preparing climate change adaptation and disaster resilience plans and programs.- Evaluating the performance of emergency management including during and after events.I am a qualified coastal geomorphologist and have expertise in coastal management including the development of estuary entrance management plans and coastal management programs.I am also an experienced facilitator and have facilitated numerous meetings, workshops and forums particularly related to sensitive and complex issues.Samples of my publications can be found at http://works.bepress.com/neil_dufty/ and at http://www.slideshare.net/ndufty. Follow me on Twitter @NeilDufty