Terry De Lacy recently took up a position as professor in sustainable tourism and environmental policy at Victoria University, having stood down in July 2007 after 10 years as CEO of the national Sustainable Tourism Co-operative Research Centre (STCRC), established by the Australian government.
Previously, Dr. De Lacy was Dean of the Agriculture and Natural Resources faculty at the University of Queensland and held a continuing chair in environmental policy at that university. Before that, he was professor of natural resources at Charles Stuart University. Dr. De Lacy's research area is in environmental policy specializing in natural resources and sustainable tourism. He has authored six books, over 100 articles, 30 keynote addresses, been granted two patents, received 10 Australian Research Council grants, and has attracted over $9 million in personal research.
Professor de Lacy has extensive research and project experience in Asia, specifically in China. He was appointed to the Queensland Government's China Council and the Joint Australian India Government's Sustainable Tourism joint working party. He has carried out a number of policy, program and project evaluations both in Australia and overseas for international agencies and national governments. He is a director of several "for profit" and "not for profit" companies including Chairman of STDI Pty Ltd.
Dr. De Lacy coordinated the development of the Earthcheck program, which is being used in over 50 countries by Green Globe to benchmark the sustainability performance of tourism businesses and destinations. When working at STCRC he coordinated a proposed R&D program for tourism and climate change for the Australian government and recently led a destination adaptation to climate change strategy for the Sri Lankan government.
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