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Yellow-eyed Penguin Annual Symposium
For immediate release:
Yellow-eyed Penguin Annual
Symposium - Saturday 1 August 2009 – 9.00am –
4.30pm
The Yellow-eyed Penguin Consultative Group
are holding their annual symposium, this Saturday, 1 August,
in the seminar room at Unicol, Dunedin.
The annual
symposium is an opportunity for speakers to share
information and provide updates relating to field work and
research undertaken, to benefit yellow-eyed penguins in a
number of key breeding areas. Speakers will include
representatives from: Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust, Department
of Conservation, Massey University, Te Rere Reserve,
University of Otago, Kaitiki Point Penguin Trust and New
Friends of Bushey Beach.
Key areas of interest:
(full programme below)
A summary of breeding success of
yeps on the Otago Coast 2008/9 by Mel Young (Department of
Conservation)
Management of visitor impacts by volunteers
– Sandfly Bay by David Mules (Department of
Conservation)
Yeps Backyard – an online interactive
project for schools (nation-wide) in term 4 by Monika Fry
(of Megabright http://www.megabright.co.nz/YEP/home.html in
association with New Zealand International Science Festival,
Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust and Department of
Conservation).
Massey University update on
mortality/disease and skeletal deformities at Okia Reserve,
Otago Peninsula by Associate Professor Maurice Alley and
team (of Veterinary Pathology Pathobiology Section Institute
of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences Massey
University)
Book Launch and photo opportunity: "Penguins
of New Zealand" with authors in person– text by Lloyd
Davis, photography by Rod Morris (published by New Holland
Publishers, NZ)
Sue Murray, General Manager of the
Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust says the event is an important
event and covers a range of topics centred on the endangered
yellow-eyed penguin.
"A wide range of registrations
from individuals and organisations have been invited to
attend. The sharing of knowledge, research outcomes and
related conservation activity being undertaken is important
in assisting the yellow-eyed penguin to continue to breed
successfully".
For more information or how to support
conservation activity please visit
www.yellow-eyedpenguin.org.nz.
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