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Aila Inkeri Keto AO (born 14 March 1943) is founder and President of the Rainforest Conservation Society in Queensland, Australia, now known as the Australia Rainforest Conservation Society. Born in Tully, Queensland, Australia,〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= Bright Sparcs Biographical entry )〕 Dr Keto originally studied biochemistry and worked at the University of Queensland.〔Williams, Christine (2006). ''Green power: Environmentalists who have changed the face of Australia'', Lothian Books, pp. 87-96.〕 Keto was awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1994 and was nominated as Queenslander of the Year in 2000. In 2001 she was awarded the Centenary Medal, "for service as an expert on wet tropics and as a leading conservationist and academic".〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= Australian Government )〕 In 2005 Dr Keto was awarded the Volvo Environment Prize for her work which, led to the protection of more than 15,000 km² of Queensland's rainforest. This is only one of a series of awards that have been given to her for her environmental and conservation work which has resulted in three successful nominations for world heritage status: Wet Tropics, Fraser Island and the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves of Australia (now Gondwana Rainforests of Australia).〔 ==External links== * (Fourteenth Romeo Lahey Memorial Lecture by Aila Keto ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aila Keto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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