Briggs, John D.   (1954 - )

Born in Victoria in 1954 and graduated Bachelor of Science (Forestry) from the Australian National University (ANU) in 1976.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s he was a Technical Officer with the CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra. He was concerned with projects funded by the World Wildlife Fund, Australia, investigating plant species believed to be extinct or endangered and is a co-author of Rare or Threatened Australian Plants.

He was also involved in identifying and nominating the most appropriate sites of endangered plant species for inclusion in the Register of the National Estate for the Australian Heritage Commission.

He worked with Lindsay Pryor on an investigation into threatened Eucalypts in Australia.

For most of his later professional life he was an officer with New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), Southern Directorate.

Source: Extracted from: back dust-jacket of 'Extinct and Endangered Plants of Australia' (1984) by Leigh, Boden, Briggs; WWW, Macmillan.
Portrait Photo: 1998, M.Fagg.

Collecting localities for 'Briggs, J.D.' from AVH (2021)

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