Public Lecture
Prof. Tim Flannery
Climate Change, its Causes and Impact (social, ecological and economic), and Deforestation in Papua New Guinea
Introduced and chaired by Dame Meg Taylor
7.30 PM, 20 August 2007
at the Holiday Inn, Ballroom
**light refreshments will be served**

 

Tim Flannery is one of Australia’s leading thinkers and writers. An internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer and conservationist. His books include the Weather Makers (2006 book of the year, NSW Premier’s literary prize), definitive ecological histories of Australia (The Future Eaters) and North America (The Eternal Frontier), and on PNG “Mammals of New Guinea” and “Throwim way Leg”. recently providing the foreword to Majnep and Bulmer’s long awaited “Animals the Ancestors Hunted”. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers.


As a field zoologist he has identified more than thirty new species of mammals and at 34 was awarded the Edgeworth David Medal for Outstanding Research. Sir David Attenborough saw him as one of the world’s great explorers for his pioneering work in New Guinea and writer Redmond O’Hanlon remarked, “He’s discovered more new species than Charles Darwin.” He regularly contributes to Literary journals and historical works, including The Birth of Sydney, Diaries of William Buckley and The Explorers. He received a Centenary of Federation Medal for service to science and delivered the 2002 Australia Day address to the nation. A familiar voice on international radio, he has contributed to documentaries such as The Future Eaters (1998), Wild Australasia (2003), Islands in the Sky (1992) and Bushfire (1997), the Colony (2004) and ATLAS.
Formerly director of the South Australian Museum, Flannery spent a year as professor of Australian studies at Harvard, and now holds a post at Macquarie University. He is a leading member of the Wentworth Group, which reports independently to government on sustainability issues. He is chairman of South Australian Premier’s Science Council and Sustainability Roundtable; a director of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy; and the National Geographic Society’s Australasian representative. In 2005 he was honoured as Australian Humanist of the Year and named Australian of the Year in 2007.

 

The Lecture is open to the public. To indicate attendance please contact: -
Vagi Vali at WWF: tel. 320 0149, vvali@wwfpacific.org.pg or
Moale Sabadi at INA: tel. 321 1044 moale.sabadi@cimcpng.org