Communique from the NSW restoration industry AABR /ANPC - ‘Seeds for the Future’ Forum - Oct 8, 2019, Sydney, Teacher’s Federation Auditorium The ecological restoration industry is small but critical to the future of biodiverse native ecosystems in Australia, ecosystems that are essential to our nation’s clean water, functional soils and carbon capture and storage. Great strides [...]
Conservation and land management, and its related fields of lands, parks and wildlife, ecological restoration, conservation earthworks, and pest management, make up a key skill area within the Agriculture, Horticulture & Conservation & Land Management Training Package. This is one of the largest, most complex and diverse training packages in the Australian System, so it’s [...]
Date: Saturday 23rd November 2019 Time: 11am-1 pm (social 1-2pm) Venue: Physical: YHA Sydney Central- Meeting room level 8 11 Rawson Place, Corner of Pitt St and Rawson Place, Sydney (opposite Central Station) Virtual: Livestream via RegenTV channel on YouTube Guest speaker: Linda Groom. Kosciuszko National Park – the horses, the damage and the arguments. RSVP [...]
A one-day workshop with a bit of everything… Water Weeds, the Biosecurity Act, the National Restoration Standards and networking…what more could you want? Charlie Mifsud, DPI’s Aquatic Weeds Project Officer in the Invasive Species Program will be the main presenter. The day is designed to be a learning and networking opportunity with morning tea and [...]
Are you a skilled bush regenerator but don't yet have your AABR accreditation? AABR is seeking Bush Regeneration Practitioner Accreditation applications from the many practicing bush regenerators who have a Cert III CLM and the requisite experience but are not yet accredited. Applicants are assumed to have the 12 AABR bush regenerator competencies upon completion [...]
The Powerful Owl Coalition’s publication, Protecting Powerful Owls in Urban Areas – Powerful Owls benefit people, : is must read for restoration practitioners. The 36-page position statement not only has background information on the need to protect the Powerful Owls along with their biology and habitat requirements, it also has a dedicated section for various [...]
In August several AABR members attended the NSW Roadside Environment Committee Forum - Linear Reserves: Linking People, Nature and Infrastructure. Whilst linear reserves are largely roadsides, they also include Travelling Stock routes and riparian areas plus other type of corridors. It is estimated that linear reserves in NSW cover about 6% of the state. In some [...]
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 [...]
Connecting Corridors by Conservancy AABR and the Cumberland Land Conservancy (CLC) are hosting an all-day field trip on Saturday 31/8/19 at the Wallaroo propertyto explore the natural assets of the endangered Cumberland Plain Woodland and evaluate the tools and techniques being used to monitor and restore the seven vegetation types present on the CLC reserves. [...]
Tein McDonald - Member of the Order of Australia For significant service to conservation and the environment. “… she is a shining example of selfless giving to the community and the environment. She is certainly a rare individual of disarming modesty matched by quiet determination.”- Professor Kingsley Dixon (John Curtin Distinguished Professor) Dr Tein McDonald [...]
