Natalie Williams

Nuffield Australia 2012 scholarship winner

Natalie Williams, from Jericho in Queensland, receives the 2012 Nuffield Scholarship sponsored by Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management.

Natalie would like to investigate soil carbon sequestration in agricultural environments, particularly rangelands and semi‐arid environments saying, "I am interested in the Kyoto Protocol rules surrounding permanence and additionality of soil carbon in rangelands and semi‐arid environments and what that might mean for agribusinesses wanting to be involved in carbon trading."

Natalie is also keen to investigate the technology used to measure and verify carbon levels and how it may be used in Australian landscapes. In addition, she would like to study the impact of cattle on soil biology, particularly their effect on carbon sequestration permanence.

Countries Natalie hopes to visit include Columbia, the US and the UK.

She is a business partner and on‐ground manager of the family's beef cattle grazing property "Granville" in central western Queensland. The property is 7600 hectares in size and they run Brahman/Droughtmaster breeders with Bos Taurus/Euro bulls.

"Granville Station",
5240 Texas Rd,
JERICHO, QLD 4728
(07) 4651 0309
hickwill@bigpond.com.au