Engaging Others

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 [...]

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 Eastern Pygmy Possum monitoring program- Chelsea Costello Ecologist Chelsea Castello from Ku-ring-gai Council shares insights from a long-term monitoring project for the eastern pygmy possum, a vulnerable pollinator species living in Sydney’s bushland corridors. Using nest boxes, cameras, and community partnerships, the program has [...]

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 [...]

Innovation in Conservation Symposium - May 10, 2024 - Ryde TAFE Regen2.0 - the future of bush regeneration to give a future to the Bush AABR Keynote -Peter Dixon- 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 [...]

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 [...]