Thanks for raising some more possibilities Peter. [[VicForests]] doesn't exist, and is only mentioned four times on English Wikipedia. The court case also has enough coverage in RS to be notable in its own right; it does sound like a landmark decision. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/environmentalists-hail-court-win-20100811-11zgj.html http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/prosecution-withdrawn-20100812-121iz.html
Do we know where the description of the Brown Mountain crayfish is going to be published? A google search for that name turns up only one page: [[User:Pengo/missing]]! ;-) Can we talk to the discoverer? It would be lovely if it was published in a CC journal, like [[w:ZooKeys]], which has a partnership with EOL and Wikispecies, so the images can be used on Wikipedia immediately. Otherwise we could ask the discoverer to consider releasing some images under a CC license. I'm footloose in Brisbane this week, with two nephews to entertain. If anyone wants some photos of animals in a zoo somewhere in SE Qld, let me know and I should be able to grab them and upload them in October. btw, we don't have a Wikipedia nav template for Zoos; the closest is [[List_of_zoos#Australia]]. That is another task for October ;-) -- John Vandenberg On 9/20/10, Peter Halasz <qub...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > A recent supreme court case was fought around a number of endangered > species in Victoria. I don't know how many of them have specimens in > zoos, but I was hoping to find some time to try to find out and get > some shots and video. The two main charismatic ones are: > > - the spot-tailed quoll (aka tiger quoll) > - the long-footed potoroo > > Other important species that played roles in the recent court case > (Environment East Gippsland v VicForests) are: giant burrowing frog, > large brown tree frog (Litoria littlejohni), Sooty Owl, Powerful Owl, > Greater Glider, Square-tailed kite, Orbost spiny crayfish, Brown > Mountain crayfish (newly discovered, and still in the process of being > described...this last one definitely won't be at zoos), > > Other topics of interest include: hollow bearing trees, as many of our > endangered species rely on tree hollows either for shelter or for prey > (or both). I've started [[tree hollow]], but it could use a boost; and > Australia's logging industry which is both a major threat to > endangered species and also may play a role in conservation as they > move to plantation-based production: e.g. the major deal in Tasmania > happening right now, which may see the end of native forest logging in > Tasmania (also home to Tiger Quolls), and there's some talk of a > similar deal in Victoria. > > The tiger quoll in particular could use some new images, and can > probably be found at zoos? It's mainland Australia's largest carnivore > marsupial and is the mainland population is particularly endangered. > > Chris Belcher has a good write up about them and their current status here: > > http://eastgippsland.net.au/files/Spot-tailed_quoll_Belcher_December_2009.pdf > > I think we should be capable of taking some points out of the document > for Wikipedia and getting some new shots of quolls, and improving some > of the other articles. If anyone wants to organise a trip to any of > Melbourne's zoos, I'm in. > > Also, despite being the photographer for the Leadbeater's Possum > single pic on Wikipedia, I'd really love to see it replaced with a > photo of one which wasn't stuffed. Leadbeater's Possum is Victoria's > faunal emblem (and is highly endangered). > > Peter Halasz > User:Pengo > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
