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Rove becomes wild about wildlife
Well known television personality Rove McManus has become an ambassador for conservation
in Australia.
As Vice President of the international group Fauna and Flora International, Rove
has spent the past few months travelling around the world to learn more about
their work to conserve habitats and threatened species.
Their first Australia based conservation effort is in partnership with the Burnett
Mary Regional Group to conserve internationally significant biodiversity areas
such as the Great Sandy Strait wetland.
Rove said he said was very interested in the projects being undertaken.
“What’s great about FFI is that it’s not just about wilderness conservation,
or saving any one particular animal or plant. It’s about allowing humans to live
where animals are, and vice versa and it’s this difference that initially attracted
to me to the organisation.”
To see Rove talking about the work of Fauna and Flora International, click here
www.fauna-flora.org/ffi_australia.php
Chairman of the Burnett Mary Regional Group Russell Stewart said the partnership
with Fauna and Flora International started with their interest in the Great Sandy
Biosphere nomination.
“We were delighted that they supported our nomination, and it has been of great
help to have those international connections,” he said.
Mr Stewart said staff from BMRG and FFI were making good progress on the first
joint project.
“We are working together to development some conservation strategies for the
region,” he said.
“This is only the first project – there are many more in the planning stages,
and if the Great Sandy Biosphere is accepted, I predict there will be even more
interest in our globally significant region.”
A final decision on the Biosphere nomination is expected in May 2009 when the
International Coordinating Council for the Man and the Biosphere Programme meets
in Korea.
Details of the partnership can be found by clicking here
www.fauna-flora.org/ffi_australia_BMRG.php
Rove McManus—an ambassador
for conservation
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