Biographical entry Moors, Philip James (1948 - )

Summary

Philip James Moors was the first full-time Director of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 1989-92 and has been Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne since 1992. His interests include conservation, Antarctic science and ornithology.

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Born Australia, 5 April 1948. Educated Australian National University (BSc Hons 1970) and University of Aberdeen (PhD 1974). New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service ca 1971; Scientist, New Zealand Wildlife Service 1974-85, Assistant Director, Research 1985-87; Assistant Director, Research, Department of Conservation, New Zealand 1987-88; first full-time Director, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 1989-92; Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne from 1992. Organised 1982 International Council for Bird Preservation (ICBP) symposium on management of islands for the conservation of rare birds and edited its proceedings.

Published resources

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Moors, P J', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1012460. Details

See also

• Robin, Libby, The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2001, 492 pp. Details