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Paton, Penelope Ann (Penny) (1954 - )

AM

Born
24 February 1954
North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Ornithologist

Summary

Penny Paton, the wife of David Paton (q.v.), is interested in ornithology and its history and has worked on Birds Australia projects, including the Historical Atlas. She has been an active participant in conservation organisations in South Australia, including as a member of assessment panels of the South Australian Threatened Species Network, Presiding Member of the South Australian National Parks and Wildlife Council, and Chairman of the Biodiversity Conservation Working Group of the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board. Between 2001 and 2004 Paton was President of the South Australian Ornithological Association and for the Association edited the South Australian ornithologistfrom 1996 to 2000.

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Chronology

1974
Education - BA (history), University of Adelaide
1976
Education - MSc, Monash University
1995 - 1998
Career position - National Estate SA Project Officer, 1995-1998
1996 - 2000
Career position - Editor, South Australian ornithologist
1996 - 2004
Career position - Member, South Australian National Parks and Wildlife Council
1997 - 2005
Career position - Member, Torrens Catchment Water Management Board
1999 - 2000
Career position - Project Coordinator, Mount Lofty Ranges Southern Emu-wren and Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps Recovery Team, Conservation Council of South Australia
2000 -
Career position - Chairman, Mount Lofty Ranges Southern Emu-wren and Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps Recovery Team, Conservation Council of South Australia
2000 - 2004
Career position - Chairman, Birds for Biodiversity Recovery Program, Conservation Council of South Australia
2000 - 2005
Career position - Chairman, Threatened Species Schedule Sub-Committee, South Australian Threatened Species Network
2000 - 2006
Career position - Member, State Assessment Panel for Community Grants, South Australian Threatened Species Network
2001 - 2004
Career position - President, South Australian Ornithological Association
2001 - 2004
Career position - Chairman, Urban Forest Biodiversity Program
2002 - 2004
Career position - Presiding Member, South Australian National Parks and Wildlife Council
2005 -
Career position - Chairman, Regional Investment Strategy, Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board
2005 -
Career position - Member, Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board
2006
Career position - Member, Premier's Round Table for Sustainability
2007
Career position - Chairman, Biodiversity Conservation Working Group, Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board
2008
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for service to conservation and the environment through the management of natural resources and ecosystems, and as a contributor to environmental and ornithological research projects
2019 -
Career position - Joint Editor (with Philippa Horton), South Australian ornithologist

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