- Aila Keto
Aila Inkeri Keto AO (born 14 March 1943) is founder and President of the Rainforest Conservation Society in
Queensland, Australia , now known as the Australia Rainforest Conservation Society.Born in
Tully, Queensland ,Australia ,cite web|title= Keto, Aila Inkeri (1943 - ) |publisher= Bright Sparcs Biographical entry|url= http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P004279b.htm |accessdate= 2008-02-29] Dr Keto originally studiedbiochemistry and worked at theUniversity of Queensland . [Williams, Christine (2006). "Green power: Environmentalists who have changed the face of Australia", Lothian Books, pp. 87-96.] Keto was awarded anOfficer of the Order of Australia in 1994 and was nominated as Queenslander of the Year in 2000. In 2001 she was awarded theCentenary Medal , "for service as an expert on wet tropics and as a leading conservationist and academic".cite web |title= It's an Honour |publisher= Australian Government |url= http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1116111&search_type=quick&showInd=true |accessdate= 2008-02-28]In 2005 Dr Kato was awarded the Volvo Environment Prize for her work which, "led to the protection of more than 1.5 million hectares of Queensland's rainforest".cite web |title= Volvo awards protection of biodiversity |publisher= Volvo Environment Prize |url=http://www.environment-prize.com/prev.e?year=2005 |accessdate= 2008-02-28] This is only one of a series of awards that have been given to her for her environmental and conservation workcite web |title= Aila Keto Selected as a "Queensland Great" 2005 |publisher= Australian Rainforest Conservation Society |url= http://www.rainforest.org.au/qld_greats.htm |accessdate= 2008-02-28] which has resulted in three successful nominations for world heritage status: Wet Tropics,
Fraser Island and the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves of Australia.External links
* [http://www.npaq.org.au/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_view/gid,2/Itemid,109/ Fourteenth Romeo Lahey Memorial Lecture by Aila Keto]
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