Director
Dr. Tony Charles
Dr. Charles is Director for the School of the Environment, as well as a faculty member of of the Environmental Science Department (cross-appointed also in the Sobey School of Business). He teaches a range of environmental, natural resource and sustainability courses. Tony specializes in interdisciplinary research on natural resources and the environment, covering such topics as community-based management, ecosystem-based management and climate change adaptation. He leads the global Community Conservation Research Network (www.CommunityConservation.Net), based at Saint Mary’s, which focuses on local conservation and sustainable livelihoods. He is a Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation, a Gulf of Maine Visionary Award winner, and Vice-Chair of the Fisheries Expert Group in IUCN’s Commission on Ecosystem Management. Tony works equally at a local level (with Indigenous and coastal communities across Atlantic Canada), nationally (in particular, providing guidance to the Canadian and Nova Scotian governments), and globally (e.g., with the United Nations and the OECD).
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