Environmental Stewardship VIC/TAS Award 2024

Issued by Parks and Leisure Australia

This award celebrates and acknowledges those who protect nature and parks, improve climate resilience, ensure sustainability, and care for our land, as well as champions in all of these areas as part of this award. Awarded to an individual, a team, or an organisation for the development of innovative processes, practices, or technologies that contribute to the development of a sustainable future. Developing and implementing a sustainable approach to economic, social, and environmental concerns.

Skills

Conservation Planning
Environmental Stewardship
Innovation
Parks & Leisure

Earning Criteria

Demonstrate how the project has met or exceeded its objectives in terms of mitigating potential environmental impacts and/or implementing environmental protection measures, including the significance and magnitude of such actions
Demonstrate how sustainability has been promoted or communicated to the community
Demonstrate how the project will adhere to or expand upon best practice sustainability outcomes while ensuring that an optimum environmental outcome achieved
Describe the level of engagement of First Nations or Indigenous Communities in the development of the project. Demonstrate how the engagement techniques for the project were appropriate, meaningful and applicable.
Describe strategies used to conserve and enhance natural features, wildlife and flora, landscape features, buildings and structures.
How have these leadership activities positively impacted the environment, local, regional, and national, both now and for the future?