Appropriate Approaches

Welcome to Country – Tracey Howie | AABR Fest 2024 Gather in The Core for a deeply grounding Welcome to Country from Tracey Howie, direct descendant of Bungaree and Matora and Managing Director of Wannangini Pty Ltd. In this moving welcome, Tracey: Acknowledges Earth Mother and Sky Father and the gifts of air, water, sky [...]

50 years of regen - are we winning. Peter Dixon - AABR Fest 2024 - Welcome address Peter Dixon knows the bush regen world from just about every angle: volunteer, contractor, landcare facilitator, catchment strategist, program manager, grant-maker and now AABR President for the second time. In his welcome address at AABR Fest 2024, he [...]

Weedlings and Seedlings: Why Tiny Plants Make or Break Restoration – Rusty Linnane | AABR Fest 2024 Imagine applying for a grant on the strength of a rare species on your site… then accidentally spraying its only seedling in a primary sweep. That quiet risk sits behind every bushland job where we don’t really know [...]

Restoring natural vegetation means working in living systems full of interacting players: native species, weeds, different plant functional groups and all the ways they compete, collide and sometimes help each other. No wonder restoration sites can feel overwhelming. In this AABR Fest 2024 presentation, bush regenerator Pete Juniper cuts through that complexity with “Some Boiled [...]

Sandstone Ecosystems, Deep Time & Fire Management – Current and Future Issues for Maintaining Ku-ring-gai’s Biodiversity. In our recent AABR webinar, fire ecologist Mark Schuster*took us walking through the sandstone bush of Ku-ring-gai on Sydney’s leafy north shore, without leaving our chairs. Mark’s talk, Sandstone Ecosystems, Deep Time & Fire Management – Current and Future [...]

Managing vegetation change under current and future conditions, a perspective from old, climatically buffered, infertile landscapes (OCBILs) in Western Australia.- Prof Stephen Hopper Australian Association of Bush Regenerators members were treated to a rare west-coast perspective when Professor Stephen Hopper AC joined our recent webinar, Managing vegetation change under current and future conditions – a [...]

Innovation in Conservation Symposium – May 10, 2024 – Ryde TAFE Cultural burning opportunities and bush regeneration - Den Barber In this powerful, personal talk, Den Barber—Aboriginal Partnerships Manager at Landcare NSW and founder of Yarrabin Cultural Connections—shares his cultural fire journey. From National Parks firefighter to leading cultural burning workshops across Country, Den reveals [...]

Innovation in Conservation Symposium – May 10, 2024 – Ryde TAFE Expert panel - The Future of Urban Biodiversity This insightful expert panel dives into the future of bush regeneration under a shifting climate. From rising heat and unpredictable rain to bureaucratic hurdles and funding gaps, the conversation unpacks what it really takes to regenerate [...]

Innovation in Conservation Symposium – May 10, 2024 – Ryde TAFE Carved Hollows, what we've learnt. Where to from here?- matt Stephens Natural tree hollows can take 120–300 years to form, yet a third of Australia’s vertebrate species depend on them. Ecologist Matt Stephens introduces the Hollowhog, a groundbreaking tool that creates long-lasting, naturalistic hollows [...]

Innovation in Conservation Symposium – May 10, 2024 – Ryde TAFE Topsoil translocation- 25 years- What’s been learnt? 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 [...]