build up the next generation
Training future leaders in ecosystem restoration Dr Laura Skates Research Scientist and Communications
Friends of Kings Park Summer Scholarship program (2021) sees former scholars supervising current scholars. Photo: Siegy Krauss
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ings Park Science plays a vital role in training the next generation of conservation and restoration scientists and leaders. Students have the opportunity to become fully immersed in current research at Kings Park – whether that be through tours of the laboratory and glasshouse facilities, guest lectures and undergraduate courses, or work experience and internship programs. Now in its 16th year, the Kings Park Summer Scholar program has seen more than a hundred tertiary students undertake exciting three-month research projects, with mentorship
Rose Kerr, Laura Skates and Siobhan Sullivan with Dr Jane Goodall DBE during her 2017 visit to Kings Park to plant a naturally occurring but extremely rare hybrid Eucalyptus x mundijongensis. Photo: Grady Brand
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from Kings Park scientists and generous support from the Friends of Kings Park Fund. Many students continue on to postgraduate degrees or postdoctoral research with Kings Park, further developing skills and expertise in their chosen fields. Now, whether they work in research, practice, or community engagement, or share knowledge through art and storytelling, these graduates continue to make critical contributions towards achieving conservation and restoration goals for The Decade, both here in Australia and worldwide.
The University of Western Australia’s undergraduate Conservation Biology and Restoration Ecology class coordinated by Kings Park scientists. Photo: BGPA archive
