Kristina Koenig
Outback Partnerships Program Manager
Australia

Kristina Koenig Outback Partnerships Program Manager © Chloe Rings
Areas of Expertise
Indigenous Engagement, Conservation Policy&Ops, Savanna fire, Carbon, Analytics, Strategic Planning
Biography
Kristina is passionate about bringing together conservation and sustainable economic development in order to ensure enduring outcomes for nature and people. She followed that passion into conservation after a number of years in strategy consulting. She has since had the privilege of supporting a number of indigenous groups looking after their country across Northern Australia, supporting indigenous-led land management and managing all aspects of indigenous-owned savanna fire carbon projects.
Based in the Kimberley, in her current role, Kristina works with Traditional Owners and TNC's partners across Australia's savanna and arid lands to ensure sustainable conservation outcomes aligned with indigenous community aspirations. She loves exploring country on foot with a backpack and mozzie dome, photographing the landscape and unique wildlife.

Places We Protect
Protecting the Kimberley’s Fitzroy River region
The mighty Fitzroy River in the Kimberley Region of far north Western Australia runs through the rugged and beautiful traditional Country of the Nyikina and Mangala people. It is part Australia's northern tropical savanna, considered the largest intact savanna in the world with globally-significant biodiversity.