Hello all, as this is a free gig, I assume it is of a non-commercial nature!
I am speaking at the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas in
Melbourne at 12:45 this coming Thursday (6th May). It is part of a series
called Lunchbox/Soapbox where authors get to talk on a topic of their
choosing.
The Wheeler Centre (named after philanthropists Maureen and Tony, not the
late birder Roy) have been gracious enough to give up a slot to this author
to talk on birds.
The title of my talk is "Hands up who wants to die? The fate of endangered
species in the new conservation regime." I think they were expecting a
cutesy little talk about quaint birdwatchers but are instead getting my take
on what is happening with the threatened species concept in this country at
the moment. To their credit, the Centre have expressed strong delight that I
am taking a more provocative approach.
I will also be talking about the recent announcement from Peter Garrett that
the Orange-bellied Parrot is on the verge of extinction. I am surprised at
the lack of response to this on Birding-aus. I suspect that this is because
the language of the press release was rather benign, but read the statement
carefully, and this issue is very, very serious. This bird is so close to
exticntion that if anyone wants to see it in the wild, I would suggest
making plans to look for it this year, or next at the latest. Unless
something miraculous happens, there will be very few, if any left beyond
then.
The Wheeler Centre is at the State Library of Victoria, entrance off Little
Lonsdale Street. For more details check out
http://wheelercentre.com/calendar/event/sean-dooley/
Hopefully I can get a decent crowd to shopw the literati of Melbourne that
birds and conservation do generate a strong interest within the community.
Cheers, Sean Dooley
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