Donate to Advocate Will you donate so we can advocate and demonstrate that bush regeneration can repair natural areas? You can donate here. AABR Advocates for the appropriate management of Australian ecosystems by: engaging with communities (including First Nations) and all levels of government to promote the sound ecological management and repair of natural areas. [...]
Whats in this e-news Upcoming Events City Nature Challenge at La Perouse (NSW) with expert guide Danny Hirschfeld - 25/4/25 Potential innovations in methods of Bush Regeneration at Pt Nepean (Vic) 1-4 May Hat Head Holiday while volunteering 24-31 May Eucalypt ID workshops with Gum Guru Gadsby, 25 or 26 July ERIK project Update Help [...]
Presentations from the Innovation In Conservation Symposium Symposium Theme: Innovation in Restoration The Symposium title about Innovation in Restoration is apt because we have to constantly improve our impact and effectiveness and efficiency in restoring ecosystems. Peter’s Perspective: Innovation in Governance Peter’s talk covers the innovation that we need which is around the governance of [...]
Author: Todd Dudley, President, North East Bioregional Network The site in 2014 The St Helens Sports Complex is located on the outskirts of the town of St Helens, north east Tasmania. While it is primarily set aside for sporting activities, it has viable remnant patches of bushland within its environs. In 2014 the [...]
Spanish Moss living in Oak and Old Mans Beard, Savannah Photo L Brodie A study by STEP STEP is a community-based environmental organisation covering suburbs in northern Sydney from Ku-ring-gai and Hornsby local government areas and surrounding suburbs with a membership of over 550. Its primary aim is to work for the conservation [...]
Planning for restoration projects - Key steps and checklist This checklist has been developed to guide the planning of ecological restoration projects. It was prepared by the Australian Association of Bush Regenerators (AABR), drawing on the National Standards for the Practice of Ecological Restoration in Australia. More detail on each point can be found in [...]
NSW-ACT Branch to form in Feb 2025 After several enthusiastically attended online meetings and an AABR Fest discussion, a decision was made on 12/12/24 to progress the formation of the NSW-ACT Branch of AABR. If you are interested in sharing your thoughts about the branch and its activities, to inform the 2025 goals and terms [...]
President's Perspective Insights into environmental funding- Peter Dixon STOP PRESS- Project Officer Position Upcoming AABR Events Eucalypt ID Workshops Sydney south, Menai Community Centre, Menai NSW Friday 22nd November, 2024- Need to know numbers by Friday 15 November, book now! Sydney west and north in February 2025. More details here AABR News Welcome to [...]
Weedlings and Seedlings -A field guide to seedling identification for bush regeneration - Rusty Linnane Reviewed by Spencer Shaw Self-Published by the Author 2024 RRP $28.00 195 Pages Sales: rustleinthetrees@outlook.com Back in about 1999 I had my first taste of Bush Regen, working with Robyn Becket at a site called Drapers Crossing, just north of [...]
Photo: Virginia Bear It was at a meeting of the Society for Growing Australian Plants in Lismore NSW, when I first met Stephanie and Julian Lymburner. That was sometime in the early 1990s. We became friends quickly and easily in the hospitable atmosphere of that organisation. We found we had a lot in [...]
Ray Thomas continues his comments on making progress in the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. In this article Ray describes the Regent Honeyeater Project he coordinated. Using this experience in large-scale restoration/reconstruction works, he has helpful ideas to share...specifically what were the factors that enabled the on-ground works to scale up to such a [...]
