Dr Julian Gorman Doctor of Philosophy

Contact details

• Location: 1.28, Ag Hort Building
  Campus: Palmerston North

Qualifications

• Julian Gorman - Charles Darwin University (2021)

Research Interests

Natural and cultural resource management

Sustainable use of wildlife

Enterprise development

Indigenous livelihoods

Thematics

Resource Development and Management, Future Food Systems

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Knowledge (050201):
Agricultural And Veterinary Sciences (070000):
Applied Economics (140200): Economics (140000): Environment and Resource Economics (140205):
Environmental Science and Management (050200): Environmental Sciences (050000):
Horticultural Production (070600): Horticultural Production not elsewhere classified (070699):
Natural Resource Management (050209):
Studies In Human Society (160000):
Wildlife and Habitat Management (050211)

Keywords

Natural and Cultural Resource Management

Enterprise development - specifically commercial use of wildlife,

Multi-disciplinary and transdisciplinary research methods,

Community liaison, extension and engagement

Course design, supervision and teaching

Workshop facilitation and coordination,

Strategic planning and adaptive management

Consultancy

• Jan-July 2016 - EcOz Environmental Consultants
  Kakadu Plum Property Management Plan/Scoping Study.
• July 2012 - Dec 2012 - Cunningham Consultants
  Country, Culture and Commerce - a scoping study of renewable natural resource potential to support “Living on Country”. A consultancy for Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation.
• January 2015-July 2015 - Charles Darwin University
  Factors influencing the growth of the floriculture industry in the wet/dry tropics of the Northern Territory, Australia.
• July 2017-January2018 - Ecoz Environmental Consultants
  Management Program for Terminalia ferdinandiana in the Northern Territory of Australia 2018-2022. Northern Territory Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Graduate Supervision Statement

My topic of interest and area of specialisation is sustainable use of natural resources, specifically utilising ethnobotanical knowledge and to identify and commercilaise native plant products to improve indigenous livelihoods. I have worked with Indigenous Australians across northern Australia to help establish enterprises and manage natural resources for cultural, social, env and economic reasons. I continue to work in this env management space in NZ and work with rural communities to look at sustainable land use options. Both Australia and NZ have high percentages of endemic native plants and indigenous people with vast ethnobotanical knowledge. I am interested in  approaches that can combine these valueable resources and knowledge to benefit the livelihoods of those people on the land.

Current Doctoral Supervision

Co-supervisor of:

• Lu Tian - Doctor of Philosophy
  An integrated framework for near-natural vegetation restoration, genetic diversity conservation and biodiversity service optimisation.