Time to Roam Magazine Issue 7 - February/March 2014 | Page 41

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on the roam travel

The Hoodie
Lifesaver
REPORT BY PARIS BOSCH

Chances are your favourite holiday beach may also be
home to an endangered species. Jodie Dunn is fighting
to save threatened shorebirds, especially the critically
endangered hooded plover.
For most children, the great
outdoors represents little more than
a playground and documentary
sounds like a dirty word.
Jodie Dunn grew up with a
different take on things.
“I was raised on David Attenborough
and my parents have always been
into environmental issues, so I
grew up with an appreciation for
plants and animals and nature.”
After studying biology at Wollongong
Uni, Jodie followed her love of nature
all the way to Antarctica, completing
an honours thesis on its plant li