AABR

AABR was established in 1986 out of concern for the continuing survival and integrity of bushland and its dependent fauna in or near bushland areas, and seeks new members and friends for promoting good work practices in natural areas. The Association's aim is to foster and encourage sound ecological practices of bushland management by qualified people, and to promote the study and practice of Bush Regeneration.

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EVENTS.

The next AABR event is on 26th September in Terrey Hills when Mark Walters will guide us around two highly degraded sites where soil translocation has been used with good results. For all the details see the What's On section or download the pdf brochure.

The AABR AGM will be held at 7pm at the Maiden Theatre at the Botanic Gardens in Sydney on October 14th. Paul Downey will be the speaker.

Members, subscribers and non-members are all welcome to attend all AABR events.

The What's On section has information on various events organised by AABR and other organisations. If you would like to publicise an event that might be of interest to AABR members and other interested people please forward details to This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it .

BIRD BATH STUDY.

Do you have a bird bath in your backyard?
Darryl Jones of the Griffith School of the Environment is conducting a project to assess the importance of providing water for birds. Download the pdf for all the details.

RESOURCES

The WEEDS C.R.C. may be no more but it's website will be available for 2 years at www.weedscrc.org.au.

It has a wide range of great resources such as a series of management guides for environmental weeds including the most recent on Periwinkle (Vinca major). They are available at www.weedscrc.org.au/publications/weed_man_guides.html#biodiversity

There is also a list of the 26,242 introduced plant species in Australia, including the 2,739 that have naturalised and another 5,907 species present in Australia which have weed histories elsewhere in the world. Plus 606 natives (a lot of Wattles) that are known to have naturalised outside their native range within Australia! The report is at www.weedscrc.org.au/documents/intro_flora_australia.pdf

AABRs recent newsletters are now available in the Resources section. There is a new list of journals, mainly Australian, that specialise in environmental and ecological subjects.

AABR has produced a report with WWF-Australia on the effect of garden plant escapes on bushland in Eastern Australia. Click here to download the Report. The report is based on information from those working in remnant natural areas. Many respondents are AABR members.

Those working in education may be interested in a recently launched bushcare manual for schools "The Cumberland Plain Counts Bushcare with Students: A Teaching Manual and Guide for Natural Resource Management in Schools". It can be found on the Sydney Metropolitan CMA website - www.sydney.cma.nsw.gov.au. At present it is under the heading "latest news" but can also be found by doing a search of "schools" then click on the link to "Bushcare Support" and then click on the link to the manual on the bottom of the page.

Bush Regenerators' pay and working conditions and other pressing issues facing the Bush Regen industry. Email discussion on the Bush Regeneration list server identified over 30 urgent issues which need addressing. Click HERE to read more. Click HERE to find out how to subscribe to the list server.

The Volunteer Coordinators Network Group is for members of the Volunteer Coordinators Network or those who'd like to join. Any professional coordinator or facilitator of a community environmental program is eligible to join. Examples are Landcare, Bushcare, Dunecare, Streamwatch, Waterwatch, Saltwatch, etc. Run by AABR as a service to the Volunteer Coordinators' Network (Natural Areas).