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From: Amy Dyer VNPA [mailto:amyd@...]
Sent: Friday, 22 June 2007 9:56 AM
To: VNPA
Subject: Biodiversity at the Crossroads: a forum featuring Michael Soulé, father of conservation biology

Dear VNPA  member,

 

Victoria Naturally and its alliance partner The Wilderness Society are holding an important forum next month to help rethink the way we manage our natural systems.

 

Biodiversity at the Crossroads will feature international guest speaker Emeritus Professor Michael Soulé, the “father of conservation biology” and co-chair of The Wilderness Society’s WildCountry Science Council, as well as leading Victorian landscape ecologist Associate Professor Andrew Bennett from Deakin University.

 

The forum comes at a time when the world is facing global mass extinctions and amid moves by the Victorian Government to develop a new framework for managing biodiversity through its Land and Biodiversity White Paper inquiry.

 

By better understanding the connections and processes that underpin nature, and by protecting, restoring and reconnecting vast tracts of land, we can reduce the threats of climate change and ensure our wildlife can move and adapt to changing conditions.

 

If you would like to attend this important forum please RSVP by emailing Victoria Naturally at info@... or phone us on (03) 9341 6508. Places are limited so please book early. Refreshments will be provided. If you’d like to help promote this free event you can download a poster from the Victorian National Parks Association website. Just go to www.vnpa.org.au and click on the Victoria Naturally link and then the Biodiversity at the Crossroads link or simply click here.

 

Biodiversity at the Crossroads will be held on Monday, July 2 at the 60L Green Building, 60 Leicester St, Carlton from 6:00 to 7:30pm.

 

 

>>WHO WE ARE

Victoria Naturally is an alliance of environment groups that want to see concerted action taken to protect the state’s biodiversity from a range of threats including climate change, habitat fragmentation and species extinction.

 

Led by the Victorian National Parks Association, the alliance includes the Australian Conservation Foundation, Environment Victoria, Greening Australia (Vic), The Wilderness Society, Trust for Nature, Bush Heritage Australia and the Invasive Species Council.

 

We are working to build community support and awareness of the threats facing Victoria’s native plants and wildlife, especially in light of the increased pressures climate change is putting on our natural world.

 

A major part of our work will be to ensure that the State Government’s Land and Biodiversity White Paper provides the direction Victoria needs to become a world leader in environmental protection and restoration in the face of global climate change.

 

 

>>JOIN OUR EBULLETIN

To keep up to date with biodiversity issues and the Victorian Government’s new Land and Biodiversity White Paper process join our ebulletin. Simply email your name to info@....

 

 

 

 

Amy Dyer

Administration Officer

Victorian National Parks Association

Level 3, 60 Leicester St, Carlton Vic 3053

Ph: 03 9347 5188  Fax: 03 9347 5199

Email: vnpa@... 

Web: www.vnpa.org.au

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