It’s one thing knowing that biodiversity matters. The hard part for most of us is knowing what it looks like locally and how we can possibly help.
That’s where botanist David Jinks comes in. With more than 30 years of local research and experience in our botanical landscape, David, who heads Gold Coast Botany, has identified species ‘hidden’ so well that others haven’t recognised them—or known which were endangered.
For instance, he discovered a new species of ancient rainforest tree at Springbrook, now named after him—Eucryphia jinksii. We can learn from David when he speaks at Gecko Talks, at Currumbin RSL on Wednesday, November 28.
He’ll outline some threatened plant species in the context of biodiversity, what they look like and what we can do to help their long-term survival. As a practical botanist, he’ll explain using local case studies.
Sadly, David points out, Australia is one of the world’s leading places of biodiversity loss, and the Gold Coast is an important and little known hot-spot of biodiversity of global importance.