Scaling Up

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 [...]

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 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 Consultation and community protocols- Jillian West and Uncle Shane Guidance for protocols were detailed by Jillian Jillian West has supported Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in work education and their life’s journey. Jillian wants to see her people succeed in employment and education so the world [...]

AABR National Forum 2024 – The R's of Restoration Using the SER Standards to improve restoration project design - Lincoln Kern Lincoln is an ecologist with a keen interest in indigenous biodiversity conservation and environmental issues. He trained in botany and environmental science in the USA, before studying environmental management at Deakin University in Melbourne. After [...]

AABR National Forum 2024 – The Rs of Restoration Presenter – Danny Pettingill The adoption of drone technology is increasing across industries providing advancements and efficiencies in data collection, analysis and on-ground outcomes. This technology provides significant opportunity in the landscape management sector to collect data, utilise multispectral and GIS workflows and deploy on ground [...]

AABR National Forum 2024 – The Rs of Restoration COVRAM – a simple tool for better native vegetation management -Ian and Michael Davidson Ian is an ecologist with over 30 years of experience in native vegetation assessments and providing land management advice. He’s the developer of COVRAM Michael is the tech guy, with a background [...]

Damien Cook, ecologist and co-founder of the Wetland Revival Trust (WRT)  outlines the project planning process the WRT are using to implement their goals outlined in the Blueprint for Action which include Ensuring restoration is based on sound science and practical knowledge: Embedding the National Standards for the Practice of Ecological Restoration in their work processes [...]

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 [...]

The Q & A session of the Innovations in the Chemical Management of Vertebrate Pests webinar addressed the following questions from the audience. Q & A Timecodes 00:00 – 01:50 Might the lack of native plant recruitment after vertebrate pest control in sclerophyll veg communities be related to whether the soils are original or not? [...]