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.
Details
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
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Endersby, Ian, 'Australian Natural History Medallion 2006: Ian Fraser', The Victorian naturalist, 123 (6) (2006), 4002-. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 12 February 2019