What’s New
New publications distributor for ABRS — CSIRO Publishing
ABRS made a decision late last year to cease distributing and selling books directly and has contracted CSIRO Publishing to act as our publications distributor. From January 2009, CSIRO will market and distribute all our publications.
For more information on ABRS titles please see ABRS How to order page or visit CSIRO Publishing’s website at www.publish.csiro.au .
Please note: this change means ABRS no longer accepts book orders. Orders should be placed through CSIRO Publishing instead. For more information on how to order from CSIRO Publishing, please see CSIRO Publishing How to Order at www.publish.csiro.au/nid/26.htm .
New publications
Events, awards and job oportunities
Queens Birthday Honours List 2009
10 June 2009
Dr Alison McCusker, an Honorary Associate with the Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS), has been honoured with a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours celebration for 2009.
Dr McCusker has received the award for service to science through the cataloguing of Australian flora.
Alison served as Founding Director during the establishment of the Flora of Australia project and was responsible for establishing a national editorial committee. She has been an Associate with ABRS since 1994, providing assistance with the publication of the Flora of Australia. She prepared the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources report for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation in 1995; was Assistant Secretary to the Department of Environment, Sport and Territories in 1994; Branch Head of the Environment Policy Division from 1984–1994; Deputy Director of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research Centre in Rome (now Biodiversity International) between 1987 and 1994 together with the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute.
Dr Richard Schodde, an Honorary Associate with ABRS, has been honoured with a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours celebration for 2009.
Dr Richard Schodde received the award for service to science, particularly in the field of ornithology.
Dick’s lifetime of work in ornithology has included foundation work in describing and cataloguing Australian birds. He was also involved in developing the Australian National Wildlife Collection (ANWC) at CSIRO. He is acknowledged for his contribution to the establishment of Kakadu National Park through his work on faunal surveys, and to world heritage listing for the Wet Tropics World Heritage area in north-eastern Queensland. Dick continues to pursue his work on bird systematics and biogeography as an Honorary Associate at ABRS and as an Honorary Research Fellow at ANWC.
ABRS Research grants awarded for 2009/2010
Charles Darwin Symposium (22–24 September 2009)
Are you interested in learning about and discussing the impact and implications of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution for our society with national and international experts?
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