Dr. Oliver Moore is bonkers for bryophytes!
When our Nature and Land Use colleagues nominated Dr. Oliver Moore to be a National Park Nature Hero, we knew we had to pay attention. Our staff are privileged to meet and work with many accomplished people who are passionate about nature restoration, and Oliver is certainly that!
Oliver’s bryophyte and lichen expertise is helping us identify areas of rainforest to protect and enhance, but as important is his enthusiasm and ability to explain bryophytes to a wider audience, so that we can all appreciate the vital role they play in supporting our environment.
“The first words I ever remember uttering from my cot were “What’s that?” and I still often find myself asking that same question to this day. Being able to recognise a fellow life-form is the first step to understanding more about its ecology. I see humans as part of nature and I’ve come to realise that what we do to other-than-human nature, we do to ourselves.
“When I am scrutinising species through a hand-lens, whether it be a slime mould or a resting micro-moth or some other wonderful being, I reflect on how they have as much right to be on planet Earth as what I have and should be treated with reverence.”
Read Oliver’s full blog to discover more about the wonderful world of bryophytes.