Rescuing Wingham Brush
You will be amazed that such a degraded site could be regenerated at all – but particularly given the controversy at the time that became known as ‘The Battle of the Brush!” This dramatic work helped us break free of dogma and assess the resilience of each site on its own terms. This is the [...]
Utilising drones in weed surveillance, treatment and management
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 [...]
Igniting change: Collaboration for cultural fire – Liam Gallagher
AABR National Forum 2024 – The Rs of Restoration Igniting change: Collaboration for cultural fire- Liam Gallagher Liam Gallagher has a Masters in Disaster and Emergency Management from Charles Darwin University and has been with the Victorian Department of Energy Environment and Climate Action for three years working previously as a forest and fire operations [...]
COVRAM a simple tool for better native vegetation management
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 [...]
Applying the 18 elements from the national standards to contract specifications
AABR National Forum 2024 - The Rs of Restoration Applying the 18 elements from the National Standards to contract specifications -Craig McGrath, City Of Yarra Craig is the Biodiversity Officer from the City of Yarra. The principles of the SERA National Standards pretty much underwrite the City of Yarra’s contracts. Back in 2016, I thought [...]
Accurately predicting resilience requires ongoing trial and error.
AABR National Forum March 2024 - The Rs of Restoration Yes it’s all about resilience assessment – but accurate prediction requires ongoing trial and error - Tein McDonald, AABR Tein McDonald led the team that produced the National Standards. Tein draws on the ecological literature about resilience and disturbance and her experience in restoration of [...]
AABR Accreditation
The Australian Association of Bush Regenerators is expanding its accreditation system. Right now we’re keen to hear from those more proficient and committed regenerators who’ve probably been ready for accreditation for a while. Do you fit that category? Or does someone you know? Get in touch with AABR’s Accreditation team – or visit our website. [...]
Protecting and restoring Wirra-lo Wetlands – Wetlands Revival Trust
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 [...]
Demystifying reference ecosystems for bush regenerators – how their use is critical to best practice regen.
The guest speaker at this year’s Annual General Meeting is Dr Andy Baker who will be demystifying reference ecosystems, expounding their virtues and answering that question of every bush regenerators lips, Are we getting sub-optimal results by not defining our reference ecosystem? Dr Baker will be discussing the following scenarios Grassland – What happens if we [...]