Capacity building

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 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 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 [...]

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 [...]

Big Scrub Landcare are now driving an innovative program to ensure that all plantings use genetically diverse planting stock to overcome potential inbreeding and build greater adaptability to climate change within the landscape. Dr Tony Parkes (AO) - retired organic chemist and merchant banker (turned rainforest restorer) - is the Founder and President of Big [...]

Dr 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 [...]

Renewal 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: [...]

Hundreds 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 [...]