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{{Short description|British conservationist (born 1968)}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Stephanie Hilborne
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}}
| image = Stephanie Hilborne.JPG
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1968|03|03}}
| fields = Nature conservation
| workplaces = {{Unbulleted list | Women in Sport | [[The Wildlife Trusts]]}}
| alma_mater = [[Bristol University]], [[University College London]]
| awards = [[OBE]]
}}
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'''Stephanie Vera Hilborne'''
== Education ==
Hilborne has a first class degree in Biology (1990) and an honorary doctorate in science (2015) from [[Bristol University]].<ref name="Bristol">{{cite web |title=Stephanie Hilborne, OBE |url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/graduation/honorary-degrees/2015.html/hilborne.html|date=21 July 2015|first= Jane |last= Memmott |website=University of Bristol |accessdate=31 March 2019}}</ref> ▼
She earned a Masters in Biology<ref name="UCL2010"/>/Conservation<ref name="GreenerUK"/> from [[University College London]] in 1992.<ref name="UCL2010">{{cite web |title=New Year's Honours for UCL staff |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2010/jan/new-years-honours-ucl-staff?gridset=show |website=University College London |accessdate=31 March 2019|date=6 January 2010}}</ref> ▼
▲Hilborne has a first class degree in Biology (1990) and an honorary doctorate in science (2015) from [[Bristol University]].<ref name="Bristol">{{cite web |title=Stephanie Hilborne, OBE |url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/graduation/honorary-degrees/2015.html/hilborne.html|date=21 July 2015|first= Jane |last= Memmott |website=University of Bristol |accessdate=31 March 2019}}</ref>
==Career==▼
▲She earned a
As of 2010, Hilborne joined the Board of Trustees of the UK Green Building Council.<ref>{{cite web |title=UK Green Building Council: New trustees |url=https://ihbconline.co.uk/newsachive/?p=1835 |website=IHBC NewsBlog Archive |accessdate=31 March 2019|date=2010}}</ref><ref name="Hudson">{{cite news |last1=Hudson |first1=Kath |title=Back to nature |url=http://www.spabusiness.com/detail.cfm?pagetype=featuresonline&featureid=32878&mag=Leisure%20Management&linktype=story&source=none&ref=n |accessdate=31 March 2019 |work=Leisure Management |issue=1 |date=2018}}</ref> She later became vice chair of the UK Green Building Council.<ref name="GreenerUK"/>▼
▲== Career ==
She joined the Wildlife and Countryside Link, a national coalition of environmental organizations, in 1998. In 2000 she joined the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, serving as its Chief Executive from 2000-2004.<ref name="GreenerUK"/>▼
In 2004, she became Chief Executive of The Wildlife Trust, a collective of the 47 local Wildlife Trusts. As a group, it manages 2,300 wildlife reserves, with over 2,000 staff, 35,000 volunteers and 800,000 members.<ref name="Bristol"/>▼
▲As of 2010, Hilborne joined the
Hilborne has been successful in campaigning for the [[Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009|Marine and Coastal Access Act]] (2009); contributing to Sir [[John Lawton (biologist)|John Lawton]]'s review, which was published as ''Making Space for Nature'' (2010); and working on a White Paper on the Natural Environment (2011). The White Paper pledged that the Conservative Party would be “the first generation to leave the environment in a better state than it found it”.<ref name="GreenerUK"/><ref name="Lawton">{{cite book |last1=Lawton |first1=Sir John |title=Making Space for Nature Making Space for Nature: A review of England’s Wildlife Sites and Ecological Network |date=16 September 2010 |publisher=Submitted to the Secretary of State, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 16 September 2010 |url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130402170324/http:/archive.defra.gov.uk/environment/biodiversity/documents/201009space-for-nature.pdf |accessdate=31 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="WhitePaper">{{cite web |title=Natural Environment White Paper discussion document: record response |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/natural-environment-white-paper-discussion-document-record-response |website=Gov.UK |accessdate=31 March 2019| date=10 December 2010|publisher= Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs }}</ref>▼
▲She joined the Wildlife and Countryside Link, a national coalition of environmental organizations, in 1998. In 2000 she joined the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, serving as its
Hilbourne was one of the members of an independent panel on forestry which was formed in December 2010 and reported on 4 July 2012.<ref name="Liverpool">{{cite news |title=Bishop James to chair Forestry Panel Bishop |url=http://www.liverpool.anglican.org/Bishop-James-to-chair-Forestry-Panel |accessdate=31 March 2019 |work=The Diocese Of Liverpool}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A new national plan to protect our forests |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/nov/12/national-plan-to-protect-forests |accessdate=31 March 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=12 Nov 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Independent Panel on Forestry |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/independent-panel-on-forestry |website=Gov.UK |accessdate=31 March 2019}}</ref> Hilborne served on the Smarter Environmental Regulation Review of the [[Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs]] in 2014-2015.<ref>{{cite book |title=Terms of Reference for Smarter Environmental Legislation:Phase 2 of the Smarter Environmental Regulation ReviewApril 2014 |date=2014 |publisher=Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/301854/pb14164-smarter-environmental-legislation-tor.pdf}}</ref>▼
▲In 2004, she became
▲Hilborne has been successful in campaigning for the [[Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009|Marine and Coastal Access Act]] (2009); contributing to Sir [[John Lawton (biologist)|John Lawton]]'s review, which was published as ''Making Space for Nature'' (2010); and working on a White Paper on the Natural Environment (2011). The White Paper pledged that the
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She was chief executive of The Wildlife Trusts from 2004 to 2019. She became the CEO of Women in Sport in 2019. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Stephanie Hilborne named CEO of Women in Sport|url=http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/news/Stephanie-Hilborne-named-CEO-of-Women-in-Sport-/342187|last=Walker|first=Tom|date=13 Jun 2019|website=leisureopportunities.co.uk|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-02}}</ref>
==References==
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== External links ==
* {{twitter|stephhilborne}}
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