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Special Thanks to the contributors who participated in the panel discussion groups as part of touring ‘Landmarks & Lifeforms’ in Uillinn, LCGA and Highlanes Galleries. 2017-18
‘It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change‘
ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES DARWIN
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1. Manchán Magan is a writer and documentary-maker. He has written books on his travels in Africa, India and South America and two novels. He writes occasionally for The Irish Times, reports on travel for various radio programmes, and has presented dozens
of documentaries on issues of world culture for TG4, RTÉ and Travel Channel. He lives in his oak forest in a self-made hovel in Westmeath. www.manchan.com
2. Professor John Quinn primarily an ornithologist with a strong interest in animal behavior and evolution, John has worked on a whole range of pure and applied topics in different kinds of ecosystems, from marine, estuarine and wetland to farmland, upland and woodland. bees@ucc.ie
3. Theo Dorgan Poet, prose writer, editor and translator, he has also written scripts for film documentaries and worked as a presenter of literature programmes on radio and television for over 25 years. Theo Dorgan is a member of Aosdána. www.theodorgan.com
www.westcorkartscentre.com/landmarksandlifeforms
4. Dr. Simon Berrow is a lecturer in the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology and founder member and current Chief Executive Officer of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. www.iwdg.ie
5. Dr. Maria McNamara is a palaeobiologist and Senior Lecturer
in Geology in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at University College Cork. Her research focuses on
the preservation of soft tissues in animals, in particular the preservation and evolution of feathers in dinosaurs and the fossil record of animal coloration. www.mariamcnamara.ucc.ie
6. Eanna Ni Lamhna has a degree in Botany and Mircobiology and a H. Dip in Education from UCD. She is a long-standing member of the panel of experts on RTÉ’s wildlife programme ‘Mooney goes Wild’. She is firmly on the side of wildlife and biodiversity in this new world of climate change.
7. Dr. Susan Steele Authority Chair SFPA Sea, Fisheries Protection Authority, Ireland. Dr. Steele currently sits on the Wildlife Committee of the Heritage Council, Business Advisory Council in UCC and the Public Sector Innovation Forum. www.sfpa.ie