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27 July 2011
Greenfleet CEO awarded prestigious 2011 Churchill Fellowship
We are pleased to announce that Greenfleet CEO, Sara Gipton, has been awarded The Lamington National Park Churchill Fellowship to investigate strategies for expanding Australia's native forests in a changing climate.
Sara's research will focus on methods to protect and enhance biodiversity under the pressures that a changing climate will bring. Australia has enormous potential to generate land based carbon sinks and the opportunity to combine protecting and enhancing biodiversity as part of the market's response to carbon pricing.
Sara will travel to the US, UK and Germany to research models and standards for protecting and enhancing biodiversity as part of the market response to climate change. She will also investigate options for overcoming policy and regulatory barriers to investment in National Parks by the carbon market.
Her research trip will build on knowledge she has already gained through Greenfleet's native revegetation program, including National Parks works in both NSW (more than 500 ha in Kosciuszko NP) and Victoria (more than 1,000 ha in Victorian National Parks).
Sara's research will help Australian natural resource and National Parks managers better manage Australia's natural assets in the face of climate change.
About the Churchill Fellowship
The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, which was established after the death of Sir Winston Churchill in accordance with his final wishes, has now funded more than 3,500 Fellowships for Australians. With an average value of more than $20,000 per Fellowship, recipients have the opportunity to travel overseas to further their passion and return to Australia to implement their findings and share them with others.Sara Gipton is one of 107 Churchill Fellows for 2011, with funds for The Lamington National Park Churchill Fellowship raised through an appeal by Tony Groom of InterNATIONAL PARKtours in Queensland.