Dr. Grahame Webb

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The Clunies Ross National Science & Technology Award started in 1991 to honour Sir Ian Clunies Ross, a famous Australian scientist best known for his pioneering work in veterinary science. He was a great communicator of science and technology and a visionary leader of the scientific community. In our segment Don spoke to Dr Grahame Webb, a leading environmental scientist and one of the winners of the Clunies Ross Award for 2001. Grahame’s company, Wildlife Management International Pty Ltd, runs Crocodylus Park, a crocodile research and education centre in Darwin.

His pioneering work with crocodiles has demonstrated that conservation and farming can succeed side by side. Even though crocodiles were endangered in the 1970s in the Northern Territory, they were considered as pests. As a result of Grahame’s work, crocodile populations have recovered. What’s more the community now regards them as valuable wild animals that underpin tourism and crocodile meat and leather industries. Research work is also underway at the park on hawksbill turtles and also several monkey species.

Grahame advises many international organisations on conservation through sustainable use. He has shown that people around the world will support conservation when it is linked to a secure economic future.

Further information

Our segment was filmed with
Dr Grahame Webb
Phone: (08) 8922 4500
Email: [email protected]

Crocodylus Park is located at 815 McMillans Road, just five minutes from Darwin Airport. It is open every day (except Christmas day) from 9am to 5pm. Phone: (08) 8922 4500. If you can’t visit in person, try taking a virtual tour at http://wmi.com.au/crocpark/cp-tour.html

For information about the Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation and the Award, visit the website at: www.cluniesross.org.au/

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