Dr Sacha Jellinek

“Over time I understood that you can't really protect the local environment without involving the local communities, without involving landowners.”

Dr Jellinek is a research fellow with the University of Melbourne and Melbourne Water. He has a particular interest in restoration ecology and the role that local communities play in natural resource management. He has worked as an ecologist for WWF, Greening Australia and the South Australian State Government and in 2021 won the ESA Members Service Prize.

The Ecological Society of Australia acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. The Traditional Owners of the lands on which Sacha works are the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung.

Help the ESA support ecology in Australia by donating (www.ecolsoc.org.au/get-involved/donate/donation-form) or by becoming a member (www.ecolsoc.org.au/get-involved/become-a-member).

The music in this podcast is ‘Glow’ by Scott Buckley - www.scottbuckley.com.au.

Episode image credit: Dominic Ruefenacht