NATURE AND SOCIETY FORUM CHANGES ITS NAME
Media Release
21 November 2013
NATURE AND SOCIETY FORUM RENAMED
Members of the community organisation Nature and Society Forum (NSF) voted last night to rename the organisation the Frank Fenner Foundation.
Acting Chair of NSF, Dr Catherine Gross, says it was in recognition of the late Frank Fenner’s life-long commitment to human health and the health of the natural environment.
“Frank Fenner, as Patron of the NSF, was interested and involved in its activities as well as a consistent financial supporter. He was a long-time friend of the principal founder of Nature and Society Forum, Stephen Boyden, and a friend and colleague of many members,” says Dr Gross.
“The Frank Fenner Foundation will be a unique public institution that aims to promote scientific understanding of the human situation in the biosphere. Its vision is of a society that is truly sensitive to and respectful of the processes of life.
“This understanding is urgently needed if the world community is to resolve the rapidly escalating global environmental crises resulting from humankind’s excessive pressures on nature’s systems.”
The Foundation hopes to promote informed discussion between scientists, community groups, governmental agencies and parliamentarians, the corporate sector, philanthropic organisations and the media about the social and economic changes necessary to achieve its vision.
Further information: Catherine Gross, phone: 0438 994 328
