Deborah Tabart is an Australian
environmentalist
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. She is the
CEO
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CEOs find roles in variou ...
of the
Australian Koala Foundation
The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) is registered Australian charity created in 1986, dedicated to the effective management and conservation of the koala and its habitat. It is the principal non-profit, non-governmental organisation dedicate ...
(AKF). She has worked with this organisation since 1988 and is known internationally as the Koala Woman.
Career and achievements
In 1988, Tabart was asked by the Australian Koala Foundation Board of Directors to “raise funds to save the koala”.
Publications
* D. Tabart (2004) ''Protecting the Koala: A Species of National Significance – A Consultation paper proposing Commonwealth legislative and policy initiatives that will protect the Koala and its habitat throughout Australia''.
Awards
In 1998 Tabart received a
Computersworld Smithsonian Award on behalf of the AKF.
In 2011 she received the
International Association of Business Communicators
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EXCEL Award.
In January 2008, Tabart was awarded the
Medal of the Order of Australia
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(OAM) in acknowledgement of her contributions to the protection and management koalas and their habitat, and her service to Australia and humanity.
Private life
Tabart now resides in
Queensland
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, Australia. Besides her day job at the AKF, she also practices
permaculture
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and grows her own vegetables.
References
Australian environmentalists
Australian women environmentalists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
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