Former ARF Chair, George Mansford (pictured centre)
with ARF CEO Roger Phillips (right) present retiring
Board member Lestar Manning with a framed reproduction
of the land title and conservation covenant that he
developed for the first block of ARF land.
Earlier this year the ARF said goodbye to long-standing
Director Lestar Manning, retiring from his position after 8 years
due to the pressure of business activities. Lestar runs a specialist
planning and environment law practice in Maroochydore and Cairns
but still found the time to guide the Foundation through its
legal proceedings in the early days. Lestar drafted one of the
first conservation covenants to be applied under what was in
2001, relatively new law for Queensland. The covenants were applied
to land titles on blocks of rainforest resold by the Foundation
in the Garners Beach cassowary corridor and have been a template
for covenanting works since then.
The ARF welcomes new Board member
Angus Love CEO, Direct Sales Division, Direct Group, Sydney.
