Deborah Tabart
{{Short description|Australian environmentalist}}
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Deborah Tabart {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} is an Australian environmentalist. She is the CEO of the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF). She has worked with this organisation since 1988 and is known internationally as the Koala Woman.{{Cite magazine|last=Jackson |first=Jon |date=2020-09-24|title=End your work week by video-conferencing with koalas for Save the Koala Day|url=https://www.newsweek.com/save-koala-day-video-chat-1534167|access-date=2021-04-29|magazine=Newsweek|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Worboys|first=Jessica|date=2019-11-21|title='Make the hard decisions, protect their habitats': The Koala Woman|url=https://www.nvi.com.au/story/6489861/make-the-hard-decisions-protect-their-habitats-the-koala-woman/|access-date=2021-04-29|website=Namoi Valley Independent|language=en-AU}}
Career and achievements
In 1988, Tabart was asked by the Australian Koala Foundation Board of Directors to “raise funds to save the koala”. {{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
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.{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=The Inquiry into the status, health and sustainability of Australia's koala |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=15611d07-4e79-46dd-9a95-06d954afef4a |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=aph.gov.au |format=PDF}}
Awards
In 1998 Tabart received a Computersworld Smithsonian Award on behalf of the AKF.{{Cite web |title=Deborah Tabart OAM |url=https://www.savethekoala.com/our-work/deborah-tabart-oam/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Australian Koala Foundation |language=en-US}}
In 2011 she received the International Association of Business Communicators EXCEL Award.{{Cite web |date=2011-06-13 |title=IABC World Conference Tackles the Decision-Making Process |url=https://www.prnewsonline.com/iabc-world-conference-tackles-the-decision-making-process/ |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=PRNEWS |language=en-US}}
In January 2008, Tabart was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in acknowledgement of her contributions to the protection and management koalas and their habitat, and her service to Australia and humanity.{{Cite web|date=2021-03-21|title=Manifesto outlines major changes necessary|url=https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/call-for-dramatic-koala-action/news-story/be072138e517026c6b25ac8601d89354|access-date=2021-04-29|website=NewsComAu|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2008-01-26|title=Queenslanders honoured in Australia Day awards|url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/queenslanders-honoured-in-australia-day-awards-20080126-ge9lid.html|access-date=2021-04-29|website=Brisbane Times|language=en}}
Private life
Tabart now resides in Queensland, Australia. Besides her day job at the AKF, she also practices permaculture and grows her own vegetables.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
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Category:Australian environmentalists
Category:Australian women environmentalists
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
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