Notice of AGM, including Zoo Tour and talk by John Parkes
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2008
The second Annual General Meeting of Friends of Galapagos New Zealand will be held at
1800 on Tuesday 15th July 2008 in the New Zealand Centre for Conservation Medicine (NZCCM) at Auckland Zoo, Motions Road, Auckland.
All members are eligible to attend and vote.
The meeting will be part of a larger event – as set out below.
1530. Tour of Auckland Zoo
This is a special tour for FOGNZ members with Terry Evans, head of the Horticulture Team at the Zoo, and will include a visit to meet the four Galapagos Giant Tortoises that live there.
The tour will start at 1530 at Gate 2 in Motions Road.
1730. Drinks and nibbles
1800. AGM
1830. Talk by John Parkes - Landcare Research
Aliens in Galapagos - Lessons in pest eradication from Galapagos - How we can all benefit.
John is specialist in the eradication of invasive species, a problem common to Galapagos and New Zealand. John has also worked in New Caledonia, Chile, Argentina, USA and Hawaii, and last year he was on Gough Island in the South Atlantic where they have a serious mouse problem. John was involved in the planning of Project Isabela that successfully removed goats from Northern Isabela, and was also in Galapagos last year helping plan future eradications.
John will talk about how Project Isabela was developed and executed, very largely with Kiwi expertise and technology, how it has helped them plan additional projects and how the success of Project Isabela has encouraged people in other parts of the world to plan their own projects.
We will also be inviting members of the Auckland Zoological society and local Forest &Bird members to the talk, so could you please let Cathy know that you are planning to attend (cathy@galapagos.org.nz or phone 021 557 263) as we have a maximum of 70 seats at the talk.
While the cost of the hire of the very smart facilities at NZCCM has been taken care of by the NZCCM and the Conservation Committee at the zoo, we would appreciate a contribution to the cost of food and drink. We will be self-catering to keep costs down.
New Zealand Centre for conservation medicine is through Gate 2 at Auckland Zoo.