Well, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Featured_article_review/Tasmanian_Devil/archive1
Endangered in more ways than one http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fauna_of_Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Australian_Green_Tree_Frog http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emu All needing work, particularly FoA, before they get shot at FAR On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Peter Halasz <qub...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi John, > > I like the idea of having an article about the Brown Mountain crayfish > before it's even formally described :) > > The transcript of the Environment East Gippsland v VicForests court > case is online, and it includes testimony and a survey/report from Rob > McCormack (Day 8), who's one of the discoverers of the crayfish. > Originally it was thought to be an Orbost spiny crayfish, but > VicForests disagreed, saying you couldn't tell from the photo and it > was probably a more common species. So the environmentalists had > another look and it turned out to be an undiscovered species. The > outcome of the case is that VicForests has been found to be failing to > do animal surveys before logging (largely they have done none at all), > and must now show that they are doing so, as required by our laws. > > http://www.eastgippsland.net.au/?q=campaigns/brown_mountain/court_documents > > McCormack talked about the process of having it described too, so > that's in the transcript if you'd like a read. (I should look over it > again). No idea which scientific journal it will be published in or > how it will be licensed. > > And I believe this page shows a photo of the crayfish, though it's > labeled "Endangered Orbost Spiny Cray": > http://www.greenlivingpedia.org/Brown_Mountain_old_growth_forest > > Peter. > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 6:42 PM, John Vandenberg <jay...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/prosecution-withdrawn-20100812-121iz.html 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >
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