Person

Harrington, Graham Norman (1935 - )

Born
1935
United Kingdom
Occupation
Conservationist and Ornithologist

Summary

Graham Harrington was Head, CSIRO Tropical Forest Research Centre, Atherton 1987-1993. He is keenly interested in conservation issues.

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Born Britain, 1935. Formerly program leader, CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Rangelands Research, Deniliquin; Head, CSIRO Tropical Forest Research Centre, Atherton 1987-93; teamed up with Jiro Kikkawa (q.v.) in the early 1990s to promote the formation of a Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management. Founded North Queensland branch of RAOU. President, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 1998- . Co-author of Our Rainforests and the Issues (1992).

Chronology

1998 - 2001
Career position - President, Birds Australia

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See also

  • Robin, Libby, The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2001), 492 pp. Details

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Created: 8 February 2001, Last modified: 9 March 2018

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