Summary
Environmental lawyer with over two decades of experience.
Executive Director, Environment Centre Northern Territory.
Focus on Indigenous governance, land rights and development.
Advocacy, research and strategy on environmental protection.
Kirsty Howey is an environmental lawyer, researcher and Executive Director of the Environment Centre NT. She has over 20 years’ experience, including more than a decade working in native title, land rights and environmental law. Her research examines the intersection of Indigenous institutions, development and environmental governance, particularly in northern Australia. She is also an adjunct research fellow at Charles Darwin University.
The entire expanse of Northern Australia—ground zero for new fossil fuel exports in this country—is indeed a global treasure for nature, with the largest savanna ecosystem remaining in the world, the last free-flowing rivers on mainland Australia, and one of the most intact coastlines anywhere on earth.
