Members and guests are invited to the Rotary Hawthorn meeting at Kooyong.
Our guest speaker on Tuesday 6 May will be Chris Banks, Manager Global Partnerships, Zoos International Conservation.
Chris has worked in zoos since 1969, based mostly at Melbourne Zoo. From 1969 to the late 1980s, reptile and amphibian husbandry and management was a major focus, as keeper and curator.
He initiated Zoos Victoria’s international conservation engagement in 2000, commencing with a suite of project support in south-east Asia in 2000.
Chris transferred to Zoos Victoria’s Wildlife Conservation & Science Department in 2012. He now manages international conservation partnerships in Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Uganda, Rwanda and French Polynesia; and two sister zoo partnerships in Papua New Guinea and Uganda.
His portfolio also includes Zoos Victoria’s annual international conservation grants program.
Teresa Kitchen
terrykitchen57@icloud.com