Editor Vanuatu bound

Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 3, 1 August 1991, Page 3

Editor Vanuatu bound

FTER SEVEN YEARS as Forest & Bird editor and publications manager, Gerard Hutching is departing for Vanuatu where his partner Adele Bryant has been posted with the Ministry of External Relations and Trade. Gerard's arrival at Forest and Bird coincided with a growing professionalism in the Society's publicity: not only in Forest & Bird but also calendars, diaries, posters and media releases. As well as overseeing the production of Forest and Bird publications, Gerard also wrote articles for the journal and a number of outside media. "It's been a tremendously stimulating seven years and a great privilege to have been a part of some major conservation advances," says Gerard. Particular highlights were the stopping of state-sponsored destruction through subsidies, the creation of the Department of Conservation and Ministry for the Environment, the land allocation debate and the creation of a South-west NZ World Heritage area. He says it has been encouraging to see the way in which Forest and Bird has evolved as an organisation, taking on different issues and different challenges. A large part of the enjoyment of the job has been dealing with the talented magazine

designers, photographers and writers who have helped make Forest & Bird the successful magazine it is. "T'll be sorry to say goodbye to the friends I've made over the years. However they are assured of a warm welcome if they ever make it to Vanuatu." &