Session 4 November 2022: Open Session

Pip Walsh - Consultant at Community Solutions

Pip has over twenty-five years’ experience working in conservation and is highly regarded for her strategic planning skills. Pip worked on the leadership teams of WWF Australia, Greening Australia and Bush Heritage Australia with a strong focus on change management and systems development. At Bush Heritage she managed a 2 million ha portfolio of private protected areas and worked on developing systems and support for partner organisations to manage their own protected areas.

Pip has extensive experience in leading the use of the Conservation Standards. She works closely with a number of organisations in Australia and the Asia Pacific as a Conservation Coach, through which networks she shares her passion for equipping teams to learn from their projects and each other. Pip brings together strong policy and evaluation experience, a high level of facilitation skills as well as a sound understanding of a diversity of funding, governance and operational models

Contact: pip@communitysolutions.com.au

Saras Kumar - Director at Conservation Management

Based in Adelaide, South Australia Saras has extensive experience in monitoring and evaluation, community engagement and cooperative management of protected areas. Her expertise is in bringing together local communities, governments, NGOs and corporations to wisely use natural resources and protect areas of conservation significance. She has over twenty years’ experience in South East Asia and Australia in leadership positions within NGO, private and government sectors.

Contact: skumar@conservationmanagement.com.au