Hello Sean
I wish you well for your talk. Distance prohibits my attendance. The jury is
no longer out on this one IMO. The Government sector has scored a sad FAIL
mark when it comes to endangered species.
We need a new paradigm. One that guarantees funding. One where the work is
prioritized, managed and done by people who care passionately and who are
allowed to work safely behind a cordon sanitaire against the disease of
short-sighted politicking and pork barreling.
Sorry for the wee rant! Cheers
Andrew Thelander Author of "Last Birds"
Blog: http://last-birds.blogspot.com/
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Sent: Tuesday, 4 May 2010 12:45 PM
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Subject: Sean Dooley's Lunchbox Soapbox
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.
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