Speaker Series: Help Us Build a Future Where Nature Soars
We warmly invite you to register for our next Speaker Series event: Help Us Build a Future Where Nature Soars
Seventeen years ago, Zoos Victoria made a commitment: that we would do everything in our power to prevent another Victorian terrestrial species from disappearing forever. Since then, supporters like you have helped transform that vision into action. Together, we have returned species to the wild, established conservation breeding programs, protected critical habitat and delivered hope for some of Victoria's most threatened wildlife. Now, it is time to look to the future.
Join Director of Conservation and Science Dr Sally Sherwen and a panel of conservation experts as we launch Zoos Victoria's End of Year campaign, unveiling our renewed Conservation Action Plans and inviting our supporter community to share in our vision for the next phase of Fighting Extinction.
Register today and join us in building a future where nature soars.
Host
Dr Sally Sherwen is the Director of Conservation and Science at Zoos Victoria. Sally leads a dynamic team of scientists and specialists that develop and deliver strategic programs in conservation, animal welfare, education and environmental sustainability. Sally has a PhD in Animal Welfare Science and in previous roles has established an evidence-based research program in animal behaviour and welfare science, developed and implemented an institutional welfare assessment tool to advance welfare standards and designed and ran collaborative training courses with several NGOs for industry professionals and community groups.
Guest Speakers
Arabella Eyre is the Threatened Species Program Coordinator in the Conservation and Science team at Zoos Victoria. In this role, Arabella has implemented the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation across Zoos Victoria's threatened species programs leading to our new Conservation Action Plans. This global standard brings together the world's top conservation projects using common concepts, approaches, and terminology for conservation project design, management, and monitoring. Arabella has led Zoos Victoria's review of species included in our Fighting Extinction program, ensuring our effort is targeted towards those species at highest risk of extinction. Additionally, Arabella has worked on the conservation of Leadbeater's possums for over nine years including her Masters of BioSciences at the University of Melbourne.
Jessie has been working with all things Invertebrates for over 20 years, both regionally and internationally. She joined Zoos Victoria in 2014 initially undertaking husbandry care and coordination of Melbourne Zoos Butterfly House as well as working with the insurance population of Lord Howe Island Stick Insects. She now works with the Threatened Species Team to facilitate strategic direction of the Zoos Fighting Extinction Invertebrate Conservation programs. Jessie is an author of the book Bugs Alive: a guide to Keeping Australian Invertebrates, one of the only books to cover this highly specific yet incredible topic.