{"id":2249,"date":"2025-10-26T10:41:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T00:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fogl.org.au\/home\/?p=2249"},"modified":"2025-10-26T10:42:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T00:42:02","slug":"professor-peter-gell-speaks-at-fogl-agm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fogl.org.au\/home\/announcements\/professor-peter-gell-speaks-at-fogl-agm\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Peter Gell speaks at FOGL AGM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An AMAZING turnout of 75 people on 12th October at the Gippsland Lakes Fishing Club to hear<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tca\/1\/16\/1f442.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc42\"\/> Professor Peter Gell speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This <a><\/a>goes to show that people really do care about the future of the Gippsland Lakes and wetlands <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83c\udfde\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tc\/1\/16\/1f3de.png\"\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peter spoke about our obligations under the Ramsar Convention, and how both the Victorian and Federal governments interpret their reporting obligations in &#8220;unusual ways&#8221;.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd37\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tf5\/1\/16\/1f937.png\"\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peter covered examples from other countries<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf0e\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tc0\/1\/16\/1f30e.png\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf0d\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t3f\/1\/16\/1f30d.png\"\/> where wetlands and waterways management is, in his view, undertaken with better coordination, vision and scientifically based advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final message from Prof. Gell was that YOU have to decide what you want our Lakes to be, and get involved in making that happen. Or you can be a bystander and have it decided by others, which may turn out less than ideal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lots of great questions and comments from the very well informed audience too. 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