Lincoln Siliakus – a man of true history and very influential action in the Franklin campaign – passed away today (Sunday).
See my blog about him being part of the team at Doha last year for Tassie forests …
• Christine Milne: Vale Lincoln Siliakis: World Heritage legend
• Alec Marr in Comments: Lincoln Siliakis – He was always there ! I was privileged to work to work with Lincoln over the last 30 years. His efforts on behalf of wild places in Australia was absolutely extraordinary. Almost every major battle to protect Australia’s World Heritage for the last 30 years has relied on Lincoln at some stage of the fight. His often lonely lobbying efforts during the 1990’s (with me on the end of the phone back in Australia) eventually made it possible to have the forests of the eastern boundary of the World Heritage area finally inscribed on the World Heritage list in 2013. It was again Lincoln we relied on in the lead up to the DOHA meeting to stop the attempt by the Australian Government to remove 74,000 hectares of forest from the World Heritage area. In the end, the Australian Government was humiliated and the proposal was rejected in 7 minutes with a kick in the backside for Australia on the way through. Lincoln also helped kick start the campaign the Barrier Reef by delivering Petitions to UNESCO in 2012. Lincoln lived a happy and interesting life, he did many fine fine things for the planet and still managed to have plenty of fun along the way, we could all do worse than follow his fine example. Our Wild places have lost one of their truest friends ! Alec Marr – Bonn World Heritage Committee session 2015
• Bob Brown: Lincoln Siliakus, environment legal expert, has died
• Pictures of Lincoln in Europe …
