Good to hear about your gig Sean!
I think this sort of provocative engagement is absolutely critical
precisely because of the state of play regarding the concept and practice
of "threatened species" in all legislative jurisdictions (otherwise known
as lip-service).
And as to the reason why there has not been much commentary about the
Orange-bellied Parrot announcement on birding-aus, here's a thought
(coming off a little bit of steam and "playful" soapboxing). Perhaps it's
because this list crawls with compromised "eco-consultants" and their
various other crony-associates, who just happen to be the same well-paid
technicist stooges who always support (with their moribund, standardised
mode of "science") destructive developments across the continent? They are
also the ones generating plenty of the very very grey literature too,
which is often used behind the scenes in governmental assessments under
threatened species legislation in NSW at least. Next thing you know they
will be running all state and federal threatened species initiatives. Bad
outcome?
cheers
Craig
> 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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