Stephanie Vera Hilborne (born March 3, 1968) became chief executive of The Wildlife Trusts as of 2004.[1] In 2010 she received an OBE for her services to nature conservation.[2][3]
Education
Hilborne has a first class degree in Biology (1990) and an honorary doctorate in science (2015) from Bristol University.[4] She earned a Masters in Biology[5]/Conservation[3] from University College London in 1992.[5]
Career
As of 2010, Hilborne joined the Board of Trustees of the UK Green Building Council.[6][7] She later became vice chair of the UK Green Building Council.[3]
She joined the Wildlife and Countryside Link, a national coalition of environmental organizations, in 1998. In 2000 she joined the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, becoming its Chief Executive as of 2000.[3] 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.[4]
Hilborne has been successful in campaigning for the Marine and Coastal Access Act (2009); contributing to Sir 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”.[3][8][9]
Hilbourne was one of the members of an independent panel on forestry which was formed in December 2010 and reported on 4 July 2012.[10][11][12] Hilborne served on the Smarter Environmental Regulation Review of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in 2014-2015.[13]
References
- ^ "Hilborne, Stephanie Vera". Who's Who and Who Was Who. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2019.
- ^ "New Year honours list: OBEs". The Guardian. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Stephanie Hilborne OBE". GreenerUK. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ a b Memmott, Jane (21 July 2015). "Stephanie Hilborne, OBE". University of Bristol. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ a b "New Year's Honours for UCL staff". University College London. 6 January 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "UK Green Building Council: New trustees". IHBC NewsBlog Archive. 6/10/2010. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Hudson, Kath (2018). "Back to nature". Leisure Management. No. 1. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ Lawton, Sir John (16 September 2010). Making Space for Nature Making Space for Nature: A review of England’s Wildlife Sites and Ecological Network (PDF). Submitted to the Secretary of State, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 16 September 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Natural Environment White Paper discussion document: record response". Gov.UK. Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. 10 December 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Bishop James to chair Forestry Panel Bishop". The Diocese Of Liverpool. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "A new national plan to protect our forests". The Guardian. 12 Nov 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Independent Panel on Forestry". Gov.UK. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ Terms of Reference for Smarter Environmental Legislation:Phase 2 of the Smarter Environmental Regulation ReviewApril 2014 (PDF). Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. 2014.