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...Daniel Lunney 203February 2003 AustralianZoologist volume 32 (2) Thoughts on good writing and the recent CSIRO Report Future Dilemmas EDITORIAL I was curious to find out why many environmental/ scientific writers cannot get their ideas across to the general public. So I decided, as a test...

... Society of NSW, Australian Zoologist and Western Australian Naturalist . Using thematic and content analyses, this article identifies and explores key themes relating to the conservation of Australia's reptile fauna, or what Worrell referred to as “the unpopular ones”, in his writings. Four dominant...

... live and many of the physiological questions I have always been interested in could be answered only by field work. However, for every day in the field there have been many days preparing and delivering lectures, talking with students, writing grant proposals, going to meetings, reviewing draft theses...

... more generally. The essay takes its title from an Australian children's classic, The Magic Pudding . Although less fashionable in twenty-first century Australia, and while there can be many arguments about the author's intent in writing the story, and the views he promotes through it (Eipper 1999...

..., or not even mentioned, in so many writings on food, food ethics, agriculture and economic growth, yet zoology needs to be on the table at every discussion. The zoologist has been a missing voice and now must be heard. agriculture beef biodiversity ethics extinction famine Foodtopia green revolution...

..., Ceballos, and Dirzo, it is hard to write about the 6th great extinction without blaming humanity for the destruction of global biodiversity and appearing misanthropic. As documented in Before They Vanish, the principal causes of the loss of biodiversity are habitat loss and fragmentation (land clearing...

... and I m incredibly fortunate to have the opportunity to write about them. I m also so fortunate to have the opportunity to work with illustrators like Tannya. Tannya s art is absolutely stunning and it has been such a treat to see my words mix with her images. This together with Steve Spargo...

... think I can pass on Ann s details so you can make contact. I m sure she would be pleased to assist you. Dan Lunney writes to Ann Thornton Dear Ann, I am writing to let you know that I am sorry to hear that your mother, Barbara Triggs, has recently died. I am most sympathetic. It is always a very sad...

... in the Shoalhaven Local Government Area, New South Wales Garry Daly, Philip Craven, Jeff Bryant, Michael Smith, Rachel Melrose and Michael Mahony 77 Protecting the unpopular ones. Conservation themes in the writings of naturalist/ herpetologist, Eric Worrell Kevin Markwell 103 Breeding by Regent Parrots Polytelis...

... scientists tend to be copiously illustrated with graphs and figures. The style of writing is usually in the third person and the tone is objective, often giving the communication a sterile quality devoid of human identity. The subject can be and usually is abstract with no immediate and obvious personal...

... trust that the book will also encourage a conservationist s perspective. The same sentiment appears in Gilbert s writings from years ago, and we can be sure that it would have had his wholehearted endorsement. Having the citation conferred by Dave Pollard, who has contributed so much to Australian fish...

..., the global scope, the quality of the advent and increase in electronic dissemination of the writing, the scholarship, the care in the layout, and the information, one might have expected that print material development of the story of this fascinating reptilian group would be on the wane. That this has...

... that if a supervisor tries to write up a student s thesis having their husband and father s PhD finished, which in circumstances like this, where these days we ve got to struck us as strange. It was obfuscation in front of us, and produce certificates of ownership and agreement to it, you d suffice to say, this PhD...