Brendan Sydes “The importance of community groups and citizen science for protecting and restoring our natural environment”

The Castlemaine Field Naturalists AGM & talk

Brendan is an environmental lawyer and former Executive Director of Environmental Justice Australia.  He is the National Biodiversity Policy Adviser to the Australian Conservation Foundation, and a Board of Management member for several environmental not-for-profit organisations.  Brendan is a regular contributor to iNaturalist and passionate about biodiversity conservation at landscape scale.

Meeting papers are available from the following links:

• 2026 AGM Agenda and Minutes of the 2025 AGM
• Annual Report and Financial Report 2025/26; and
• CFNC Committee Nomination form

For more information, please contact the Secretary. Completed forms should reach the Secretary (castlemainefnc@hotmail.com) before the AGM.

The evening will conclude with a birthday cake to celebrate the CFN 50^th anniversary!