Doug Laing ‘Australia and Chile – A shared heritage’

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Thursday, 15 June 2023 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Snow in the view (Doug Laing)
Snow in the view (Doug Laing)

In this talk Doug will recollect this journey, discussing some of these affinities and concluding that we are much closer than we might think to our far-flung neighbour on the eastern edge of the Pacific Ocean.

Abstract
Beyond our immediate Asia-Pacific region, there can be few places that share as many botanical affinities with Australia as does Chile. There are also some surprising and unusual faunal associations between our two countries. In 2019 Doug visited Chile in the company of biologist and author Tim Low and scientist Carol Booth. In this talk Doug will recollect this journey, discussing some of these affinities and concluding that we are much closer than we might think to our far-flung neighbour on the eastern edge of the Pacific Ocean.

Biography
Doug Laing is a retired diplomat, an occasional Guide and an educator at the ANBG – and an incurable birdwatcher. He has long been fascinated by ecology and biogeography and the ways species got to be where they are now, and where their ancient journeys began. He has presented several Thursday Talks over recent years on a diverse range of subjects, often based on travels within Australia and overseas.  

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