Person

Fraser, Ian Thomas

OAM

Occupation
Conservationist and Naturalist

Summary

Ian Fraser is a naturalist and conservationist who is expert in the natural history of the Canberra region. He has been a member of several environmental advisory groups including the ACT Natural Resources Management Advisory Committee and the ACT Flora and Fauna Committee. For the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service he wrote 250 threatened species profiles for plants and animals for inclusion in the South-East Directorate web site. Fraser engages with the public on natural history through his books and radio broadcasts, and by giving talks and writing for local naturalists' newsletters. For over 30 years as founder and director of Environment Tours he led natural history bus-based tours throughout Australia. In 2006 he was awarded the Australian Natural History Medallion by the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria.

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Chronology

1980 - 1984
Career position - Director, Canberra and South East Region Environment Centre
1984 - 2012
Career position - Member, ACT Natural Resources Management Advisory Committee
1984 - 2016
Career position - Founder, Environment Tours
1992 - 2016
Career position - Regular natural history presenter, ABC 666 radio station
1995
Award - ACT Landcare Media Award for "Nature Table"
1995 - 2010
Career position - Member, ACT Flora and Fauna Committee
2002 -
Career position - Director, Vetego Environmental Consultancy
2005 - 2012
Career position - Chair, ACT Natural Resources Management Advisory Committee
2006
Award - Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
2011
Award - Whitley Certificate for Best Regional Zoology, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
2013
Award - Whitely Certificate for Best Zoological Resource, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
2018
Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to conservation and the environment

Published resources

Journal Articles

  • Endersby, Ian, 'Australian Natural History Medallion 2006: Ian Fraser', The Victorian naturalist, 123 (6) (2006), 4002-. Details

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