Dr. Robert K. Browne co-established the Internet-based ARC in 2011 and expanded it globally in 2013. Working with a wide range of international researchers, he has pioneered many approaches toward amphibian and reptile conservation by publishing over 40 scientific articles. In addition to his international work, Robert is establishing a sustainability and biodiversity conservation project based in Belize. Roberts considers that to achieve its long-term goals, amphibian and reptile conservation must be embedded within a framework of global biodiversity sustainability that recognises a rapidly evolving anthropogenic environment.