A Vanishing Kind A Memoir of Dr John Wamsley in Conversations |
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| Author:
| Wamsley, John
Davey, Stephen L. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5043-2292-8 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2020 |
| Publisher: | Author Solutions, LLC
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| Imprint: | Balboa Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $16.99 |
Book Description:
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Wildlife conservation in Australia owes much to the ideas of a controversial mathematics professor whose attention-grabbing actions made him at once famous and widely vilified.John Wamsley overcame childhood disadvantage and trauma to create first a private sanctuary called Warrawong, then Earth Sanctuaries Limited, the world's first publicly listed company devoted solely to wildlife conservation.His company fell from a great height, but its influence has been enormous. This is the...
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Wildlife conservation in Australia owes much to the ideas of a controversial mathematics professor whose attention-grabbing actions made him at once famous and widely vilified.John Wamsley overcame childhood disadvantage and trauma to create first a private sanctuary called Warrawong, then Earth Sanctuaries Limited, the world's first publicly listed company devoted solely to wildlife conservation.His company fell from a great height, but its influence has been enormous. This is the story of that enterprise and the man who founded it.