Reference Ecosystems

Panel: Tein McDonald, Sam Craigie, Tim Berryman, Peter Cuneo and Dave Carr. Read More - Links Hancock, N., Gibson-Roy, P., Driver, M. and Broadhurst, L. (2020). The Australian Native Seed Sector Survey Report. Australian Network for Plant Conservation, Canberra. Healthy Seeds Project-ANPC Florabank Guidelines - Greening Australia

With space for ecosystems limited in cities – is there potential for green roofs to be developed to supplement conservation? This potential research project will be trialling a number of species on a roof on University of NSW campus, obtaining genetic stock from Randwick Council’s community nursery. John is a lecturer/tutor and researcher at the [...]

Chair: Paul Gibson-Roy. Panel: Peter Cuneo, Greg Steenbeeke, Sam Craigie, Martin Driver. Read More - Links Hancock, N., Gibson-Roy, P., Driver, M. and Broadhurst, L. (2020). The Australian Native Seed Sector Survey Report. Australian Network for Plant Conservation, Canberra. Healthy Seeds Project-ANPC Florabank Guidelines - Greening Australia

Full title: Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan - progress with revegetation and remnant protection to act as offsets for major developments in western Sydney. Department of Planning, Industry and Environment is developing a Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan (the Plan) that aims to improve the functionality and connectedness of the fragmented Cumberland subregion ecosystems in Western Sydney [...]

Sydney can be celebrated for its bushland – but to keep it requires ongoing conservation management assisted by (not replaced by) restoration. Considering the National Restoration Standards, Tein asks do we have the wherewithal to plan and implement the necessary restoration? Original presentation title: Greater Sydney or Lesser Sydney? Putting restoration principles and standards [...]

Does size matter? Victoria Park Nature Reserve is a small fragment of the once mighty Big Scrub sub-tropical rainforest. Reflecting on 40 years of monitoring, Tein McDonald highlights the significant contributions to the understanding of rainforest succession that this reserve has made. Monitoring of Camphor laurel removal using species composition surveys and photopoints, clearly demonstrates [...]

Tein McDonald provides a detailed explanation of the concept of ecological restoration as intended by the National Standards for Ecological Restoration. Tein outlines the restorative activities continuum and provides examples of where various restoration projects may reside along that spectrum. Ideologies such as ‘restorative thinking’ and ‘ecological civilization’ are considered within the context of the [...]

Jen Ford’s presentation showcases a well planned, 10 year funded, Threatened Species offset project. Detailed examples of four Species of National Environmental Significance are discussed and picture-perfect photopoints utilised to highlight the changes that have resulted from dedicated professionals undertaking assisted regeneration supported by hazard reduction burns. The project not only achieved the 2 for [...]

The Koorangie Marshes are part of the Kerang Wetlands Ramsar site that is culturally significant to the Barapa Barapa people. Prolonged waterlogging and rising salinity, which resulted in the death of River Red Gum and Eumong canopies, had historically impacted almost half of the Koorangie marshes. In partnership with the Barapa Barapa peoples the regeneration [...]

Todd explores the concept of ecocentricity and how it provides an ethical and social framework for both restoration and our relationship to the environment. An outline of the social, and individual benefits that have been produced on the Skyline tier project exemplifies how a changed worldview can unite a community. Todd, along with Michael Leunig [...]