Talk

What have insects ever done for us; What can we do for them? with George McGavin

Tuesday 14 September 2021

Dr. George McGavin is a Zoologist, entomologist, broadcaster and President of The Dorset Wildlife Trust. He will be well-known to many as a presenter for the BBC and Discovery Channel US series Expedition Borneo (2007), and as co-presenter of the BBC series Expedition, for which he has conducted three expeditions: Lost Land of the Jaguar (2008), Lost Land of the Volcano (2009), and Lost Land of the Tiger , in Bhutan (2010). He is also a regular contributor to The One Show (BBC1) and has appeared on the Richard & Judy show to cook and eat insects.

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Dr. George McGavin is a Zoologist, entomologist, broadcaster and President of The Dorset Wildlife Trust. He will be well-known to many as a presenter for the BBC and Discovery Channel US series Expedition Borneo (2007), and as co-presenter of the BBC series Expedition, for which he has conducted three expeditions: Lost Land of the Jaguar (2008), Lost Land of the Volcano (2009), and Lost Land of the Tiger , in Bhutan (2010). He is also a regular contributor to The One Show (BBC1) and has appeared on the Richard & Judy show to cook and eat insects.

George will be talking about some of his adventures while filming and suggesting what we can do to protect fragile ecosystems from the damaging effects of climate change and environmental destruction.

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