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Nangana Landcare Network INC

Alan Clayton OAM

Alan Clayton OAM is a highly respected community leader with decades of experience spanning governance, law reform and civil society. He is President of the Nangana Landcare Network and a former President of Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater, reflecting a long-standing commitment to community-led conservation alongside his broader public work. Alan was a key architect of Victoria’s Transport Accident Commission (TAC) and has played a significant role in shaping workers’ compensation and work-related injury policy across several Australian states, reforms that have had enduring national impact. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia “for service to conservation and the environment, and to the community.”

Jenny Lyndon

Jenny Lyndon is a community conservation strategist and organiser working at the intersection of biodiversity, natural capital and place-based renewal in the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges. She is Vice-President and Secretary of the Nangana Landcare Network, and a founding driver of C411 Country – Natural Capital for Generations, focussed on helping volunteer-led initiatives evolve into durable, community-owned structures capable of attracting philanthropy, government support and emerging nature finance. With a background spanning environmental leadership, governance and creative production, Jenny brings a strong capacity for partnership-building, storytelling and systems thinking, with a particular interest in intergenerational stewardship and collaboration with Traditional Owners.

Beyond Yellingbo

Jeff Latter

Jeff Latter is a highly respected conservation leader with deep on-ground experience in landscape stewardship, community organising and protected-area creation. He was Convenor of the Woori Yallock Creek Park Alliance, the architect of the Yellingbo Nature Conservation Area, Victoria’s first Landscape Conservation Area,now known as Liwik Barring.  It is a model of collaborative public-land conservation and management and a foundation for further development through the C411 Country project.   Jeff is a founding member of the Johns Hill Landcare Group and has played a pivotal role in shaping the vision, partnerships and practical foundations of C411 Country – Natural Capital for Generations. He is the recipient of the Cardinia Shire Stan Henwood Award, in recognition of his long service to conservation and scouting.

Foundation for Natural Capital

Cameron Mackenzie OLY

Cameron Mackenzie OLY

Cameron Mackenzie OLY is an entrepreneur and community leader best known as a co-founder of Four Pillars Gin in Healesville, C411 Country.  He is a strong advocate for values-led business, a former Olympic sprinter (Atlanta 1996), and brings a deep commitment to discipline, long-term thinking and stewardship to his work beyond sport and business. Cam is Convenor of the Interim Stewardship Council for the Foundation for Natural Capital and has been an active supporter of C411 Country over the past year, hosting and contributing to early strategic discussions as the project has moved from concept to implementation. Cameron brings commercial insight, governance capability and a practical understanding of how purpose-driven enterprises can support enduring environmental and community outcomes.

Other People

Bill Incoll OAM

Bill Incoll OAM is a founder of Monbulk Landcare and a respected figure in community-led conservation across the Dandenong Ranges. He spent eleven years lobbying  Government to obtain CSIRO involvement in researching a biological control for Tradescantia fluminensis.  Wandering trad is a highly invasive species that poses significant challenges for land managers.  The result was the development and release of Kordyana brasiliensis as a biological control agent.  Bill has a background in forestry, decades of practical, on-ground environmental experience, and deep local knowledge.  He is Treasurer of Nangana Landcare Network and brings patience, commitment and expertise to the work now being advanced through C411 Country. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia “for service to the environment, and to the community of the Dandenong Ranges.”

Sue Bendel

Sue Bendel is the President of Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater and a long-time leader in community-based conservation, botany, and wildlife care. Since 2008, she has been a Wildlife Foster Carer and operates a registered wildlife shelter. In 2023, she received a citation from Australian Conservation Foundation Peter Rawlinson Award, recognizing her outstanding voluntary contribution to environmental conservation. Sue serves on the Committee of the Healesville Phillip Island Nature Link, a vital regional initiative and she has been a member of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria for nearly thirty years, including serving several years as their Botany Representative. Her expertise is backed by practical training, having completed the Master Growers agroforestry course through the Otways Agroforestry Network.   She brings to C411 Country deep botanical knowledge, practical land stewardship, and sustained volunteer leadership.