Evaluating Progress

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 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 [...]