Justine Bell-James is a Professor in the TC Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland. Her research focus is environmental and climate change law, with a particular interest in legal issues surrounding marine and coastal restoration. Justine has led major multidisciplinary projects on legal barriers to coastal restoration, and her work informed the development of Australia’s Blue Carbon Method. She is continuing to work in collaboration with governments, NGOs and industry to address remaining legal barriers to upscaling coastal restoration initiatives. Justine is a Director of the National Environmental Law Association and a member of UQ’s Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, and teaches Environmental Law at the University of Queensland