Professor Angela Arthington, an ecologist and scholar of international renown, will be visiting Norfolk Island at the end of September.
A casual drop-in is being arranged for Friday 27 September, with pizza being served at about 5:30 PM.
It is proposed that the event will include a general chat about the activities of the Norfolk Island Flora and Fauna Society and the Recovery Plan.
The Recovery Plan under which threatened flora and fauna is protected under Commonwealth regulation was revised in late 2023. It records the need for research / biodiversity inventory of invertebrates generally and the flora and fauna of freshwater systems on the Island. There are no listed aquatic species in the Recovery Plan and it is proposed that this will be a subject for discussion.
Professor Arthington’s credentials are well explained in a retrospective that she published in the 2022 volume of the Proceedings of The Royal Society of Queensland and in a citation for her award of Life Membership of that body (last two articles on the web page).
The event is not a public meeting. All members of the Flora and Fauna Society and officers of the National Park are welcome to attend. Other interested members of the public should contact the Secretary of the KLC via secretary@knowledgecentre.nf for an invitation.
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