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The John Sinclair Trust for Conservation

John Sinclair, one of Australia's leading nature conservationists, has lead the fight to save Fraser Island since 1971 when he founded the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation. In 1993 he was the recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize (Island Nations). In 1990 he received the United Nations Environment Program's Global 500. John is a Director of Australian Tropical Research Foundation, a non-profit body designed to promote and provide reasearch opportunities in Australia's threatened lowland Tropical rainforests. John was instrumental in organising and participating in the efforts of conservationists and the Bunuba people to stop a dam on Bandrarl Ngadu (the Fitzroy River). John's friend, Willigan invited several people including Bob Brown and John to join him and his mob in canoeing part of the great wild river. Spectacular photos and a better appreciation of this magnificent area resulted. The other of John's current passions is interest in the urgent need to address the pressures of our already to large and quickly expanding population. John is a member of Australians for an Ecologically Sustainable Population He presently operates Go Bush Safaris to Australia's World Heritage Areas

• Children's Stories 2007
  My travels have provided me with lots of inspiration and a great store of stories. I just needed a bit of imagination and the encouragement of my grandchildren to tailor some of the stories to a much younger audience than I had been used to. Thus began this project which I hope gives others as much pleasure as preparing and presenting them has given me.
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• Fighting for the Environment - A speech by John Sinclair For Brisbane’s Mountains to Mangroves Festival 27th June 2007
• Protecting Australia's World Heritage
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• A Management Strategy for Lord Howe Island
  This is a PDF version of the management strategy, this is a large file, 1.7 megabytes. You will require Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download Acrobad PDF reader from Adobe
• Thailand 2000
  John, Sharran and Andreas go to Thailand to help kickstart true Ecotourism amoungst the hill tribes.
• John's 60th Birthday Walk
  John and his 4 sons walked the length of Fraser Island (approx. 160km/100miles) to celebrate his 60th birthday and explore remote parts of the Island.
• Observations for Nature Conservation (56k)
  A report based on a tour of the southern United States and Costa Rica
  10 December 1997 to 11 January 1998
  
• The Legacy of Voluntary Conservationists (50k)
  (The 1998 Romeo Lahey Memorial Lecture
  for the National Parks Association of Queensland
  
• The Greatest Challenge (9k) A speech to students graduating from the School of Natural Resources, Gatton College, University of Queensland 11 December, 1998

About John Sinclair

John Sinclair is perhaps best known for his campaign over the past 26 years to protect Fraser Island. His battles with former Queensland Premier, Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen since 1971 over this issue are well documented. For his indefatigable efforts for conservation he was awarded the United Nations Environment Program's Global 500 and the 1993 Goldman Environmental Prize. His work for conservation in Australia, extends from the regional to the State where he headed the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland for a number of years and the national scene where he served as a prominent councillor of the Australian Conservation Foundation for 14 years.

John has written a number of books including books about Fraser Island and Cooloola and his autobiography with Peter Corris, "Fighting for Fraser Island".

John has been pioneering ecotourism in Australia since 1968, leading over 400 safaris. For 20 years he only led safaris for the voluntary conservation movement to help environmentalists have access to places which they wanted to protect. During that time he was employed as an organizer of adult education. His involvment in informal education since 1960 helped develop his style for providing excellent commentary and information on the places to be visited. In 1988, he began his own GO BUSH Safaris as a full time career. He personally leads all GO BUSH Safaris to almost every corner of Australia. This long experience has helped him develop a flexible, relaxed, management style. He is a competent camp cook. He also engages experienced assistants. He is a competent naturalist and a strong advocate for conservation. GO BUSH Safaris contributes in cash or kind over $10,000 to conservation in Australia annually.

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Contributor of articles to more than 50 other journals, newsletters and magazines for voluntary groups over 25 year.

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