Ensuring a future for life in Australia's oceans
The Marine Biodiversity Hub’s exhibition of images celebrated the International Year of Biodiversity in 2010. It has now become a travelling exhibition at venues around Australia.
The exhibition contains images from Hub partners (and a few more), and was curated by Mark Norman, Head of Science at Museum Victoria.
Our aim is to reach out to the general public (especially school students) and raise their awareness of the beauty and fragility of Australia’s marine biodiversity. We also raise the need for cutting edge science and management to protect and sustainably use this environment.
There are 19 images in the exhibition and they include coral reefs, giant kelp forests, handfish, maps of the seafloor, new sharks and stingrays.
(The Marine Biodiversity Hub is a collaborative partnership funded by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (through its CERF and NERP programs). The objectives of these programs are to improve our capacity to understand, manage and conserve Australia's unique biodiversity and ecosystems through the generation of world-class research, and its delivery to Australian environmental decision-makers and other stakeholders.
Hub partners currently include the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania; CSIRO Wealth from Oceans National Flagship; Geoscience Australia; Australian Institute of Marine Science; Museum Victoria, Charles Darwin University and the University of Western Australia.
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Photo credits:
Image (above) - Seabed invertebrates from Australia's deep western continental margin. Copyright: CSIRO
Image (right) - Mapping the deep. Lord Howe Island. Copyright: Geoscience Australia
Image (right) - Walking on your hands. Pink Handfish. Copyright: Karen Gowlett-Holmes
Individual photo credits: Bruce Barker (CSIRO), Mark Norman, Gary Bell, Julian Finn (Museum Victoria) Chris Fallows/apexpredators.com, Karen Gowlett-Holmes, Eric G Matson (Australian Institute of Marine Science), Greg Mellin (Australian Museum), David Paul (dpimages). Contributing organisations: CSIRO, Geoscience Australia, Australian Bureau of Statistics
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"Closest to a fish tank yet" - visitor, Parkes Library
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Seeking new venues
We are currently looking for venues for our travelling exhibition. Do you know anyone who might be interested? Download the flyer and email us
Current and Upcoming Venues:
7 February 2013 – 17 May 2013
Sydney Children's Hospital
Artspace 0 annexe (Level 0)
Sydney Children's Hospital Art Program on Facebook
30 July to 19 August 2012
Sir John Gorton Library, Gannawarra Shire
Cnr Shadforth St & Murray Valley Hwy, Kerang, Victoria
Past Venues:
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Scienceworks, Museum Victoria
18 February to 15 April 2012
supporting Questacon's travelling exhibition "Our Water"
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City of Parkes Library
5 December 2011 - 20 January 2012
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City of Wanneroo Library and Cultural Centre, WA
9 September to 30 October 2011
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CSIRO Discovery Centre, Canberra
22 February 2011 - and extended until 27 March 2011
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Geoscience Australia, Canberra
Open Day - Sunday 17 October 2010
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Questacon, Canberra
The Questacon exhibition of photographs opened on 21 May 2010, the day before International Day for Biological Diversity on the 22nd and was on display until 31 August 2010Hub at National Science Week 14-22 August 2010
International Year of Biodiversity 2010
Links:
Read the Hub's entry
www.cbd.int/idb/ - The United Nations proclaimed May 22 The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues.