Appropriate Approaches

Topsoil translocation- 25 years – What’s been learnt?

2025-06-05T14:42:13+10:00

Innovation in Conservation Symposium – May 10, 2024 – Ryde TAFE Mark Walters - Soil Translocation Specialist Topsoil from development sites is usually headed for the tip and, although it’s distressing to see bush being cleared, the silver lining can be found in saving the seed-rich topsoil. Mark will be sharing how using translocated topsoil [...]

Hawkesbury-Nepean eDNA Platypus Project

2025-06-05T14:37:39+10:00

Innovation in Conservation Symposium – May 10, 2024 – Ryde TAFE Dr Michell Ryan (CHEN Platypus Project). The platypus is on the path to extinction and it is critical that national conservation measures are implemented. Due to their elusive behaviour, platypus are monitored using environmental DNA (eDNA) – an innovative, non-invasive sampling technique that analyses [...]

Welcome to Country – Mandy Nicholson

2024-10-15T14:07:08+10:00

AABR National Forum 2024 – The R’s of Restoration Welcome to Country - Mandy Nicholson Dr Mandy Nicholson is Wurundjeri-willam (Wurundjeri-baluk patriline) artist, the founder, singer and songwriter of Djirri Djirri dance group and Traditional Custodian of Melbourne and surrounds. Mandy also has connections to the Dja Dja wurrung and Ngurai illam wurrung language groups [...]

Sharing, learning and working together: on Country learning

2024-11-12T14:20:31+10:00

AABR National Forum 2024 – The R’s of Restoration Sharing, learning and working together: On Country Learning - Ben Cullen, Chelsea Cooke and Renee Sweetman Ben Cullen works with Trust for Nature. TFN works with private land protection using conservation covenants. Ben talks about the Warreen Beek Rangers Course. Some years ago the CMA contacted [...]

Wait and see – the benefits of time to explore resilience

2024-11-12T18:37:49+10:00

AABR National Forum 2024 – The R’s of Restoration Wait and see - the benefits of time to explore resilience - Brian Bainbridge Brian has worked in ecological restoration since the mid 1990s. For over twenty years Brian worked with the community-based not for profit organisation - Merri Creek Management Committee and over the past [...]

Sorting out the R words: using the Standards to improve restoration project design.

2024-07-30T07:42:57+10:00

AABR National Forum 2024 – The R's of Restoration Using the SER Standards to improve restoration project design - Lincoln Kern Lincoln is an ecologist with a keen interest in indigenous biodiversity conservation and environmental issues. He trained in botany and environmental science in the USA, before studying environmental management at Deakin University in Melbourne. After [...]

Utilising drones in weed surveillance, treatment and management

2024-07-02T16:52:54+10:00

AABR National Forum 2024 – The Rs of Restoration Presenter – Danny Pettingill The adoption of drone technology is increasing across industries providing advancements and efficiencies in data collection, analysis and on-ground outcomes. This technology provides significant opportunity in the landscape management sector to collect data, utilise multispectral and GIS workflows and deploy on ground [...]

Igniting change: Collaboration for cultural fire – Liam Gallagher

2024-07-30T06:05:33+10:00

AABR National Forum 2024 – The Rs of Restoration Igniting change: Collaboration for cultural fire- Liam Gallagher Liam Gallagher has a Masters in Disaster and Emergency Management from Charles Darwin University and has been with the Victorian Department of Energy Environment and Climate Action for three years working previously as a forest and fire operations [...]

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