Case Study

Protecting and restoring Wirra-lo Wetlands – Recording

The inspirational lunchtime webinar by Damien Cook from the Wetland Revival Trust- Protecting and restoring Wirra-lo Wetlands is an hour well spent is now available to watch on regenTV.  Never underestimate the power of a great idea and the dedication to a cause. The lunchtime webinar series co-hosted by AABRVic and ECAVic are proving to [...]

Interpreting the National Restoration Standards for improving the reliability of local restoration projects

Watch the recording of the webinar   Lincoln Kern (Practical Ecology) and Tein McDonald (Society for Ecological Restoration Australasia) will speak about interpreting the National Restoration Standards to make project design and implementation more reliable for any local level project. Tein McDonald (a principal author of the National Restoration Standards) will first highlight ways the [...]

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regenTV is AABR’s video platform and we love to record the knowledge that is shared at our field days and forums because not everyone can get to a field day or forum. There’s always so much to capture with experts on hand sharing their passion projects and enthusiastic participants asking the million dollar questions. Making [...]

What can 6 years & $250,000 achieve?

A six year - $250,000 Environmental Trust project enabled a community group to formally identify threatened species, record and monitor the local flora and fauna and undertake bush regeneration which has aided connectivity and set the multiple public reserves on a recovery trajectory. An assortment of community engagement events were undertaken and a plethora of [...]

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Restoring the Koorangie Marshes

The Koorangie Marshes are part of the Kerang Wetlands Ramsar site that is culturally significant to the Barapa Barapa people. Prolonged waterlogging and rising salinity, which resulted in the death of River Red Gum and Eumong canopies, had historically impacted almost half of the Koorangie marshes. In partnership with the Barapa Barapa peoples the regeneration [...]

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Big Scrub’s genetic dream

Rainforest restoration pioneers, Big Scrub Landcare, are again at the forefront of restoration ecology investigating solutions to the problem of genetic inbreeding in the hundreds of thousands of Big Scrub plantings. With the long term viability of the Big Scrub and associated investment at stake, they have developed a strategy to test for genetic diversity, [...]

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Scaling Up…Is it possible?

Comprehensive strategic planning and site assessments, coupled with thinking creatively around landscape connections are some of the ingredients required to scale up projects. By understanding the capacity of assisted regeneration, a spectrum of bush regenerator skill levels and resources can be utilised to maximise outcomes.  Jen Ford provides two examples that explore how the planning [...]

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Maximising outcomes with SNES

Jen Ford’s presentation showcases a well planned, 10 year funded, Threatened Species offset project. Detailed examples of four Species of National Environmental Significance are discussed and picture-perfect photopoints utilised to highlight the changes that have resulted from dedicated professionals undertaking assisted regeneration supported by hazard reduction burns. The project not only achieved the 2 for [...]

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Native ecosystems as references

Tein McDonald provides a detailed explanation of the concept of ecological restoration as intended by the National Standards for Ecological Restoration. Tein outlines the restorative activities continuum and provides examples of where various restoration projects may reside along that spectrum. Ideologies such as ‘restorative thinking’ and ‘ecological civilization’ are considered within the context of the [...]

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