Stephanie Vera Hilborne OBE (born 3 March 1968) is a British scientist. In 2010 she received an OBE for her services to nature conservation . She is the CEO of Women in Sport.
22-708: The Devon Wildlife Trust is a member of The Wildlife Trusts partnership covering the county of Devon , England . It is a registered charity, established in 1961 as the Devon Naturalists Trust, and its aim is to safeguard the future of the county's urban, rural and marine wildlife and its environment. Twenty percent of Devon is unspoilt wildlife habitat, and the county contains all or part of two national parks ( Dartmoor and Exmoor ), one UNESCO biosphere reserve ( North Devon Biosphere Reserve ), five Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( Blackdown Hills , East Devon , North Devon Coast , South Devon and
44-858: A Master's in Biology /Conservation from University College London in 1992. As of 2010, Hilborne joined the board of trustees of the UK Green Building Council . She later became vice chair of the UK Green Building Council. 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. In 2004, she became chief executive of The Wildlife Trust,
66-499: A children's naturalist club. By the late 1980s membership had reached 200,000, increasing to 260,000 in 1995, and over 500,000 by 2004. The combined membership for 2007 stood at 670,000 members, 108,000 belonging to the junior branch Wildlife Watch. By 2012, membership was over 800,000, with over 150,000 Wildlife Watch members. Stephanie Hilborne Hilborne has a first class degree in Biology (1990) and an honorary doctorate in science (2015) from Bristol University . She earned
88-575: A collective of the 47 local Wildlife Trusts. As a group in 2015, it manages 2,300 wildlife reserves, with over 2,000 staff, 35,000 volunteers and 800,000 members. 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
110-481: A combined membership of over 870,000 members. The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts (RSWT) is an independent charity, with a membership formed of the 46 individual charitable Trusts. It acts as an umbrella group for the individual Wildlife Trusts, as well as operating a separate Grants Unit which administers a number of funds. King Charles III serves as the patron of the Wildlife Trusts. David Bellamy
132-500: A common interest in wildlife and biodiversity, rooted in a practical tradition of land management and conservation. Almost all Wildlife Trusts are significant landowners, with many nature reserves. Collectively they are the third largest voluntary sector landowners in the UK. They often have extensive educational activities, and programmes of public events and education. The Wildlife Trusts centrally and locally also lobby for better protection of
154-571: A number of campaigns. Devon is the only English county with two coastlines, and the Devon Wildlife Trust is joining with other wildlife trusts to campaign for better protection of marine life. The Trust are responsible for watching over the UK's only breeding population of wild beavers . Present since at least 2008 in the River Otter , evidence of kits was found in 2014 and by 2019 there were believed to be eight families living on
176-407: Is a member of The National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS) . The Wildlife Trusts offer a Biodiversity Benchmark scheme through which companies can be assessed and recognised for their contribution to biodiversity. The assessment covers the organisation's performance under the headings of "Commitment, Planning, Implementation, and Monitoring and Review". The Wildlife Trusts are one of
198-504: Is aided by around 300 volunteers which help with running local groups and habitat management work on the charity's nature reserves. There are also some 100 full-time staff working for the Trust. The Trust's headquarters and visitor centre is located at the historic Cricklepit Mill in Exeter . The building features a working 19th-century water-powered flour mill and displays information about
220-628: The Tamar Valley ) and part of the Jurassic Coast , the only natural World Heritage Site in England. Devon Wildlife Trust campaigns on a number of regional and national wildlife issues, and also looks after some 58 nature reserves including Sites of Special Scientific Interest such as Bystock , Dawlish Warren , Bovey Heath , Chudleigh Knighton Heath , and Dunsford . The trust has about 37,000 members which help fund its work and it
242-751: The Conservative Party would be “the first generation to leave the environment in a better state than it found it”. Hilborne was one of the members of an independent panel on forestry which was formed in December 2010 and reported on 4 July 2012. Hilborne served on the Smarter Environmental Regulation Review of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in 2014-2015. She was chief executive of The Wildlife Trusts from 2004 to 2019. She became
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#1732772384983264-637: The Promotion of Nature Reserves (SPNR), which was formed by Charles Rothschild in 1912. It aimed initially to draw up a list of the country's best wildlife sites with a view to purchase for protection as nature reserves, and by 1915 it had drawn up a list of 284 (including the Farne Islands and the Norfolk Broads ), known as Rothschild Reserves. During the early years, membership tended to be made up of specialist naturalists and its growth
286-511: The Trust's reserves and activities. Outside is a wildlife garden, an oasis of calm in the middle of the city. The Trust's other visitor centre is Wembury Marine Centre on the coast in Wembury . The trust also manages Woodah Farm, near Doddiscombsleigh , which is situated in a wildlife reserve and provides groups with research facilities. Devon Wildlife Trust manages the following nature reserves: Devon Wildlife Trust actively promotes and runs
308-481: The UK's natural heritage, by becoming involved in planning matters and by national campaigning through the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts . The Trusts rely heavily upon volunteer labour for many of their activities, but nevertheless employ significant numbers of staff in countryside management and education. Thanks to their work promoting the personal and social development of young people, The Wildlife Trusts
330-659: The first urban Wildlife Trust (now the Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country ) was established in the West Midlands , rapidly followed by others in London, Bristol and Sheffield. This was a watershed for the movement that strengthened its focus on wildlife and people. It was during this period that some Trusts changed their names from Naturalist Societies to Trusts for Nature Conservation. In 2002
352-589: The geographical areas they served. Encouraged by the growing number of Trusts, the SPNR began in 1957 to discuss the possibility of forming a national federation of Naturalists' Trusts. Kent Naturalists Trust was established in 1958 with SPNR being active in encouraging its formation. In the following year the SPNR established the County Naturalists' Committee, which organised the first national conference for Naturalists' Trusts at Skegness in 1960. By 1964,
374-456: The group changed their name to The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts. The badger logo was adopted by the movement to establish its common identity. Also in 2002, the newest wildlife trust was formed, in Alderney . As the number of Trusts grew, so did their combined membership, from 3,000 in 1960 to 21,000 in 1965. Membership topped 100,000 in 1975, and in that year Wildlife Watch was launched as
396-492: The number of Trusts had increased to 36 and the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves had changed its name to The Society for the Promotion of Nature Conservation. In recognition of the movement's growing importance, its name was changed to The Royal Society for Nature Conservation in 1981. The movement continued to develop throughout the 1970s, and, by the early 1980s, most of today's Trusts had been established. In 1980,
418-576: The river. The Wildlife Trusts partnership The Wildlife Trusts , the trading name of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts , is an organisation made up of 46 local Wildlife Trusts in the United Kingdom , the Isle of Man and Alderney . The Wildlife Trusts, between them, look after more than 2,300 nature reserves , covering around 98,500 hectares (243,000 acres). As of 2020 , the Trusts have
440-494: The steering group partners of Neighbourhoods Green , a partnership initiative which works with social landlords and housing associations to highlight the importance of, and raise the overall quality of design and management for, open and green space in social housing. Kathryn Brown OBE was appointed as the charity’s first director of climate action in January 2022. Today's Wildlife Trust movement began life as The Society for
462-894: Was comparatively slow. The first independent Trust was formed in Norfolk in 1926 as the Norfolk Naturalists Trust, followed in 1938 by the Pembrokeshire Bird Protection Society which after several subsequent changes of name is now the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales and it was not until the 1940s and 1950s that more Naturalists' Trusts were formed in Yorkshire (1946), Lincolnshire (1948), Leicestershire (1956) and Cambridgeshire (1956). These early Trusts tended to focus on purchasing land to establish nature reserves in
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#1732772384983484-573: Was president of The Wildlife Trusts for ten years between 1995 and 2005, and was succeeded by Aubrey Manning . Sir David Attenborough, Simon King and Tony Juniper are all Presidents Emeritus. Stephanie Hilborne OBE was chief executive for 15 years, and left in October 2019. Craig Bennett became CEO from April 6, 2020. Wildlife Trusts are local organisations of differing size, history and origins, and can vary greatly in their constitution, activities and membership. However, all Wildlife Trusts share
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