MEDIA ALERT
THE CRAWFORD FUND
2010 International Development Conference
BIODIVERSITY AND WORLD FOOD SECURITY:
Nourishing the Planet and Its People
Parliament House, Canberra
30, 31 August and 1 September.
Contact: Cathy Reade 0413 575 934 cathy.reade@crawfordfund.org
CAN WE HAVE OUR BIODIVERSITY AND EAT IT TOO?
Dr Cristian Samper, Smithsonian Institution
Professor Stephen Hopper, Kew Gardens
Professor Hugh Possingham, the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists
Dr Megan Clark, CSIRO
International and Australian conservation specialists and advocates will come
together from 30 August to 1 September in Canberra for the UN International Year of
Biodiversity at this key event in the Australasian region and one of very few
international events focusing on food security imperatives in relation to biodiversity
conservation.
Key speakers include:
– Dr Cristian Samper, Director of the National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution, the largest natural history collection in the world, who
will provide a global perspective of Biodiversity, Nature and Food Security;
– Professor Steve Hopper, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, arguably
the planet’s most famous garden, an internationally recognised Australian plant
conservation biologist will present the 2010 Sir John Crawford Memorial
Address titled Plant Diversity at the Turning Point;
– Dr Emile Frison, Director General, Bioversity International, the largest
international research organisation dedicated to the conservation and use of
agricultural biodiversity, will address Agricultural Biodiversity for Nutrition and
Health;
– Dr Megan Clark, Chief Executive, CSIRO will address The Importance of
Working with Biological Collections in Helping with Biosecurity and Biodiversity.
Other international and Australian specialists and advocates will address issues for
fisheries, livestock, forestry, microbials, biosecurity, and GM and biodiversity.
Media releases will be available on an embargoed basis, on request or in the
Theatrette Foyer, Parliament House from 8.15am, 31 August.
Contact Cathy Reade on 0413 575 934 to pre-arrange interviews. Program, abstracts, bios and other
materials at www.crawfordfund.org http://www.crawfordfund.org/
The Crawford Fund wishes to thank the supporters of this event including:
ACIAR; AusAID; Austraining International; Australian Government Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry; AIAST; Bioversity International; CAB International; CropLife Australia; CSIRO;
Doyle Foundation; Fisheries Research and Development Corporation; Grains Research and
Development Corporation; Industrial Research Limited; Rural Industries Research and Development
Corporation; World Vegetable Centre
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