| Associate Professor Nick Reid (right), who delivered this year’... Associate Professor Nick Reid (right), who delivered this year’s Allan Sefton Memorial Lecture, is pictured with (from left) Professor John Morrison (Earth and Environmental Sciences), Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Lee Astheimer, Mrs Dorothy Sefton; and Wollongong Lord Mayor Cr Alex Darling | 
| Student prize winners (from left) Martyn Hazelwood, Kate Grarock, Jes... Student prize winners (from left) Martyn Hazelwood, Kate Grarock, Jessica Bramley-Alves and Cameron Noakes | 
| Dean of Science Professor Rob Whelan with student prize winner Camero... Dean of Science Professor Rob Whelan with student prize winner Cameron Noakes | 
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Student prize winner Martyn Hazelhurst with Tom Davies from th...
Student prize winner Martyn Hazelhurst with Tom Davies from the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (NSW Division)
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Private land owners’ pivotal role in nature conservation in Australia
5 Sep 2007 | Bernie Goldie
The role of the private and non-governmental sectors in nature conservation in Australia was the topic of this year’s Allan Sefton Memorial Lecture delivered last night (4 September).
This year’s lecture was delivered by Dr Nick Reid who is Associate Professor in Ecosystem Management at the University of New England’s School of Environmental and Rural Science.
Professor Reid’s lecture focused on how private land owners and managers are increasingly playing a formal role in the protection and conservation of biodiversity in Australia.
He pointed out that while several dedicated private organisations are now securing or managing private landholdings for the purpose of nature conservation, individual land owners, managers and private companies manage most of the national estate.
Professor Reid indicated that their role could be enhanced through greater recognition, encouragement and assistance.
The annual lecture is held in recognition of Dr Sefton’s contributions to the conservation of the environment in the Illawarra.
The Allan Sefton Memorial Prize, awarded to the top graduating student in the Bachelor of Environmental Science Program, was presented at the lecture to the top 2006 graduate.
A poster display on environmental research at UOW was held ahead of the lecture. Professor Reid was welcomed by Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Lee Astheimer and introduced to the audience by Wollongong Lord Mayor Cr Alex Darling.
Kate Grarock was the winner of the 2006 Allan Sefton Memorial Prize for the best graduate in the Bachelor of Environmental Science program; Cameron Noakes won the Howard Worner Prize for the best graduate in the Bachelor of Environmental Science program; Martyn Hazelwood won the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (NSW Division) Prize for best performance in ENV1491 Environmental Science; and Jessica Bramley-Alves won the first year Environmental Science Prize for 2006.
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