Robyn Edwards

Robyn has received $10,000 a year for 3 years, and is in her final year of the Fellowship

Robyn is the East Gippsland Regional Manager of Trust for Nature. She has also been instrumental in establishing the first Conservation Management Network in Victoria, the Gippsland Plains CMN. She has worked on the following: The Peregrine Falcon Project, the Scattered Trees Project, the Indigenous Training and Rainforest Restoration Project, the Grassland and Grassy Woodland ecosystems adaptive management trials and research, and various other restoration projects.

This Fellowship award will help Robyn to further develop her leadership skills while working for Trust for Nature and in landscape restoration generally.

Robyn has recently completed her first year of the Fellowship. Some of her activites included:

Kangaroo Island Restoration Projects Tour
SERI Ecological Restoration Conference  (Perth)
Project Management Training/Tutoring
Stress Reduction courses (Yoga and meditation)
Purchase of 5 botany/ecology books
SERI membership

In summary the fellowship has provided new learnings, ideas and research, improved skills and efficiency, networking and partnership opportunities, and physical resources.

Robyn has just received her second year of funding. We look forward to another year working with her.

Andrew Stewart

Andrew has received $10,000 a year for 2 years, and is currently in his second year of the Fellowship

Andrew Stewart is a fourth generation farmer in the Otways Ranges. He is an active member of the East Otway Landcare Group and the Coordinator of the Otway Agroforestry Network (OAN). He also sits on the executive of the Upper Barwon Landcare Network (UBLN). The OAN and UBLN are running a landscape restoration project that The Norman Wettenhall Foundation is supporting.

Andrew is past president of the Victorian Farmers Federation Farm Tree and Landcare Assocation and is on the committee of the Australian Master TreeGrower Program. He has recently been appointed to the Australian Landcare Council.

Andrew has worked in productive land conservation for more than 20 years and is dedicated to landscape restoration.

We congratulate Andrew on his Fellowship award and look forward to journeying together in the next few years.