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Melbourne – DaimlerChrysler today handed over two new
Jeep® Commanders for use by the Australian National University (ANU),
strengthening its commitment to environmental research in Australia.
The Jeep Commanders will be used in the work of the Australian
National University’s Professor David Lindenmayer, the winner of last year’s
DaimlerChrysler Environmental Research Award, part of the prestigious annual
Australian Banksia Foundation Environmental Awards.
The Commanders, which were handed over by DaimlerChrysler’s
President and CEO Wolfgang D. Schrempp at the company’s head office in
Melbourne, will allow Professor Lindenmayer and his team to continue their
scientific fieldwork research into further understanding Australia’s
biodiversity.
"DaimlerChrysler is a leader in many environmentally friendly
technologies," said Wolfgang Schrempp, President and CEO for DaimlerChrysler
Australia/Pacific.
"Our support of the Australian National University's
Biodiversity field research compliments the company's ongoing global research
and development initiatives,” said Schrempp.
Professor Lindenmayer, arguably Australia’s leading expert in
the field of biodiversity, has been conducting research for the past 25 years
into ways to best conserve Australia’s unique wildlife in forests, woodlands and
other ecosystems. The work, which takes place in national parks and reserves as
well as in agricultural and forestry settings, includes the following projects:
- the Victorian Central Highlands Forest Management
Study
- the Tumut Fragmentation Study (set in and around a pine
plantation);
- the Nanangroe Natural Experiment (set in grazing country
being converted to pine plantation);
- the Riverina Restoration Study (examining the biodiversity
effects of revegetation);
- the Jervis Bay Fire Response study (examining the effect of
fire on animals at Booderee National Park);
“My team and I undertake important research in biodiversity
and environmental sustainability,” said Lindenmayer.
“We travel a lot of kilometres and cover tough terrain in
getting to the places we need to for our work, and these two diesel powered
Jeeps are perfect for the challenge,” he said.
DaimlerChrysler’s work with the ANU is just one part of the
company’s ongoing commitment to environmental research and sustainability.
"On a global scale DaimlerChrysler invest
1.4 billion
annually in innovations and technology to reduce CO2 emissions,” said Schrempp.
"We are constantly refining the environmental performance of
our current vehicles, working on alternative power trains, using new and more
eco-friendly production processes and promoting the development of alternative
fuels," he said.
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