The second in a series of lunchtime webinars co-hosted by AABR vic and ECA Vic. Tein McDonald (a principal author of the National Restoration Standard) will first highlight ways the Standards’ principals and tools can be applied locally. Lincoln Kern (Consultant / restoration designer) will then highlight how the standards informed the La Trobe University [...]
Heroes of the Big Scrub
Heroes of the Big Scrub is an inspiring story of landscape scale restoration. The video showcases the people who understood the processes of rainforest restoration ecology, and have dedicated their life's work to enabling substantial recovery of the Big Scrub against all odds. The video looks at the role of assisted natural regeneration and revegetation [...]
Management planning for conservation sites
Suzanne Pritchard2022-09-30T08:01:57+10:00Our aim through this series of co-hosted presentations between AABR Victoria and Ecological Consultants australia- Victoria is to improve outcomes in biodiversity restoration management through better design and provision of guidelines and presentation of both successful aspects of past projects as well as those we can learn from in ways they could have been done [...]
Big Scrub Restoration – past, present and future
Suzanne Pritchard2022-03-24T05:58:52+10:00Dr Tein McDonald provides the background to the upcoming AABR Video on Heroes of Big Scrub Recovery and sets the scene for Tony Parkes talk on the Big Scrub Landcare's (BSL) Science Saving Rainforest project. Big Scrub was a once a 75,000 ha swathe of subtropical rainforest on the volcanic soils of the north coast [...]
Get up to date on Glyphosate
Suzanne Pritchard2021-11-28T11:56:56+10:00How is your council dealing with the use of Glyphosate? Do they have the latest information? At the November 17 meeting of the Chemicals In the Management of Biodiversity Working Group (CIMB) the findings from the recently released report on alternative glyphosate treatments, commissioned by Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV), were presented by report authors, [...]
Renewal in the Desert
Suzanne Pritchard2021-07-16T08:18:56+10:00Renewal in the desert. The Barrier Field Naturalists’ Club And The Broken Hill Regeneration Reserves. Celebrating the restoration vision Of Albert Morris. Filmed in and around Broken Hill in 2017. Script: Virginia Bear and Tein McDonald. Thanks to everyone who assisted during filming in 2017 and editing in 2021. Particular thanks to the following people: [...]
Post-fire regeneration in NSW – Where are we 12 months on?
Suzanne Pritchard2021-07-16T08:24:14+10:00Hundreds of AABR members rose to the challenge of supporting post-fire regeneration only to have their intent somewhat stifled by a pandemic. In spite of this five NSW site coordinators managed to navigate the COVID constraints and deliver on-ground outcomes. This video shares the process and the achievements from 12 months of post-fire regeneration activities [...]
Supporting recovery of fire-affected bushland in Victoria
Suzanne Pritchard2021-06-04T10:17:59+10:00Federal, State and Regional agencies along with community groups and private landholders have all been striving to address the consequences of the bushfires of 2019-20. This Zoom webinar highlighted the insights, actions and opportunities that are occurring as the ecosystems transition with various levels of support.
Seeds for the Future Forum (SFF) – Welcome & Introduction
Suzanne Pritchard2020-10-14T15:12:03+10:00Whether you’re involved in planting 20 trees in a fragmented urban remnant or 2 million for a biodiversity offset, having access to a sufficient quantity of high-quality seed, from a broad range of species, is essential for restoring ecosystems that are healthy and resilient over the long-term. Given development pressures, climate change and declining [...]
16 Communique
Following the Discussions, the Forum participants workshopped a communique to summarise the essential points to convey to stakeholders including government agencies and elected representatives. 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 [...]