Getting wild about conservation

Chris, who first came to prominence on the BBC's award-winning The Really Wild Show in the mid-1980s, will be discussing his career in conservation communication.

The event, part of a three-month series of seminars in the fields of ecology and conservation, has been organised by Dr Richard Preziosi, a lecturer in the University's Faculty of Life Sciences.

"Many of our students are interested in working in conservation but very few of them know what job opportunities are available to them," said Dr Preziosi, an evolutionary biologist.

"The conservation and ecology seminar series provides students with guidance in areas they get little formal course training and allows them to meet people with active careers in conservation and ecology.

"Chris will be talking about his experiences of communicating the work of a conservationist, focusing on how he became involved in presenting wildlife programmes like The Really Wild Show."

Other conservation experts involved in the seminar programme include Laura Fogg, a presenter on the BBC's Countryfile programme, Paul Pearce-Kelly, Curator of Invertebrates and Lower Vertebrates at London Zoo, and Gillian Stevens, UK Biodiversity Coordinator at the Natural History Museum.

The seminars, which are also open to members of the public through prior booking, run until May 21.

Source: By The University Of Manchester