Membership of the Cassowary Recovery Team is by invitation, and is open to representatives of the Wet Tropics and Cape York regions active in cassowary research, management and community activities. This may include:
- relevant local councils, State and Commonwealth government agencies
- regional NRM bodies
- research organisations.
- Aboriginal interests
- landholders or land managers
- cassowary conservation groups
- tourism industry and zoos, and
- other individuals or groups with a particular interest or expertise in cassowary matters.
Requests to be invited to join the Cassowary Recovery Team should be submitted to the Secretariat and will then be considered by current members.
Members (as at March 2017)
- Mr Scott Buchanan, Wet Tropics Management Authority (Chair)
- Mr Leonard Andy, Girringun Aboriginal Corporation
- Mr Steve Bailey, Cairns Regional Council
- Ms Jax Bergersen, Kuranda Conservation
- Mr James Biggs, Zoo and Aquarium Association
- Mr Campbell Clarke Wet Tropics Management Authority
- Dr Alice Crabtree, Conservation Volunteers Australia
- Ms Alice Delaney, Department of Environment & Heritage Protection
- Mr Lindsay Delzoppo, Department of Environment & Heritage Protection
- Ms Carolyn Emms, Rainforest Reserves Australia
- Mr Chris Kinnaird, Department of National Parks, Sport & Racing
- Ms Liz Gallie, Mission Beach Cassowaries
- Mr Graham Harrington, BirdLife Australia
- Mr Bruce Jennison Wet Tropics Management Authority
- Mr Peter Latch, Department of the Environment
- Dr Graham Lauridsen, Tropical Vet Services
- Ms Karman Lippitt, Girringun Aboriginal Corporation
- Ms Wren McLean, Southern Cross University
- Ms Leah Nugent, Cairns Regional Council
- Mr Tony O’Malley, Terrain Natural Resource Management
- Ms Whitney Rassip, Girringun Aboriginal Corporation
- Mr Peter Rowles Community for Coastal and Cassowary Conservation (C4)
- Mr Allen Sheather, Rainforest Rescue
- Ms Kirsten McKimmie, Conservation Volunteers Australia
- Mr Damon Sydes, Cassowary Coast Regional Council
- Mr Peter Trott, Community for Coastal and Cassowary Conservation (C4)
- Dr David Westcott, CSIRO Atherton
Contact the secretariat:
Cassowary Recovery Team
c/o Wet Tropics Management Authority | PO Box 2050 | Cairns QLD 4870 | Australia
Within Australia – Telephone: 07-4241-0555 | Fax 07-4241-0550
International – Telephone: +61-7-4241-0555 | Fax: +61-7-4241-0550
Email: cassowaryrecoveryteam@gmail.com
Website: http://cassowaryrecoveryteam.org
