Dr Karen Dick
About Karen
Dr Karen Dick is an expert in ecology and birds and is the convenor of BirdLife Tasmania
Background
Dr Karen Dick's family cared for wildlife when she was growing up in South Africa, and she has been a very keen birder all her life.
Karen is an environmental specialist with more than twenty five years’ experience of ecology, environmental management, research and education, with specialist expertise in ecology, ecological impact assessment, ornithology, biodiversity conservation, and sustainability issues. She has practised ecology since 1988, and has worked on projects in a variety of countries around the world.
Karen is a bird expert who is part of a network of Tasmanian Birders. She is the Convenor of BirdLife Tasmania, is a nature guide with Inala Nature Tours, and works as an environmental consultant. Karen continually traverses the whole of Tasmania both on guided nature tours, for conservation work, and for her own birding pleasure.
Articles by Karen
It started in South Africa
For ecologist/ornithologist and Birdlife Tasmania Convenor Dr Karen Dick, her love of nature comes from her South African childhood, a mother who rehabilitated wildlife and an unexpected encounter with the incredible secretarybird.