Project Description
Why is grassy ecosystem restoration so hard…it doesn’t have to be? Paul Gibson-Roy shines the light on the USA’s approach. In 2015 Paul received a Winston Churchill fellowship to explore the industry in the USA .He shares his findings of the scale and viability of the industry and the government incentives and the structures that have produced a market driven approach, which is driving grassy ecosystem restoration in agricultural and urban areas.
| Topic | Mins: seconds |
|---|---|
| Opening Titles | 00:00 |
| Introduction to talk | 00:14 |
| Background to issues: Agricultural impacts on native grassy ecosytems | 1:05 |
| Do Protection tools work? | 2:15 |
| The understanding of Ecological restoration | 3:05 |
| Complex large scale restoration of grasslands | 4:20 |
| Limitation: Lack of seed to undertake restoration at scale | 5:00 |
| Solution: Market driven solutions . Summary of USA seed and restoration sectors | 5:35 |
| Seed production enterprises in USA: variety of business models | 6:50 |
| Requirements to grow seed at scale | 8:30 |
| USA v’s Australia Grassy community restoration project 5-5000ha | 9:45 |
| Markets that underpin the USA success | 12:00 |
| Outcomes from market driven approach | 13:50 |
| Additional benefits-Farmer well being, soil security, mitigation of GHG, water quality | 14:35 |
| Farm based conservation projects- legislation and coordinated policy frameworks | 15:50 |
| Future Challenges of existing programs | 16:15 |
| US legislation examples Roadside wildflower movement- native landscaping on public roads | 17:00 |
| Value of wildflower plantings on road corridors | 19:00 |
| New markets for natives in urban spaces in USA compared to Australia | 20:35 |
| Differing attitudes towards restoration | 22:30 |
| Legislation + incentives-> restoration | 23:30 |
| What Australia needs, advocates to inform leaders | 24:10 |
| Redemption through restoration | 26:15 |
| Call to action for | 26:45 |
| Question: Can a levy be applied in Australia? | 28:00 |
| End Credits | 29:45 |
Read More – Links
- The Ron Badman Family Churchill Fellowship to investigate techniques for producing species-rich native seed crops for biodiversity restoration –USA
- Expanding horizons for herbaceous ecosystem restoration: the Grassy Groundcover Restoration Project
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