President's Perspective Insights into environmental funding- Peter Dixon STOP PRESS- Project Officer Position Upcoming AABR Events Eucalypt ID Workshops Sydney south, Menai Community Centre, Menai NSW Friday 22nd November, 2024- Need to know numbers by Friday 15 November, book now! Sydney west and north in February 2025. More details here AABR News Welcome to [...]
Weedlings and Seedlings -A field guide to seedling identification for bush regeneration - Rusty Linnane Reviewed by Spencer Shaw Self-Published by the Author 2024 RRP $28.00 195 Pages Sales: rustleinthetrees@outlook.com Back in about 1999 I had my first taste of Bush Regen, working with Robyn Becket at a site called Drapers Crossing, just north of [...]
Photo: Virginia Bear It was at a meeting of the Society for Growing Australian Plants in Lismore NSW, when I first met Stephanie and Julian Lymburner. That was sometime in the early 1990s. We became friends quickly and easily in the hospitable atmosphere of that organisation. We found we had a lot in [...]
Ray Thomas continues his comments on making progress in the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. In this article Ray describes the Regent Honeyeater Project he coordinated. Using this experience in large-scale restoration/reconstruction works, he has helpful ideas to share...specifically what were the factors that enabled the on-ground works to scale up to such a [...]
Peter Juniper, Accredited AABR Member Seal Rocks, is located on the NSW Mid North Coast, and is one of the jewels of the area. On Saturday, 10th August 2024, AABR held a walk and talk field trip to Seal Rocks. A beautiful place known for its surf, rugged coastline and rainforest. During the walk the [...]
Sharon Mason, Accredited AABR Member In May 2024, AABR hosted an excursion to Hurstbridge (Diamond Creek riparian zone near Ben Frilay oval). Our Guide was Michael Smith, Naturalist and Educator with 14 people attending on an overcast morning. Context First, I will give a small bit of context of the area before I write about [...]
Congratulations on Accreditation! Joshua McCaig Peter Nash John Moen Zachary Price Welcome new members Alexander Nicol, Amy Della-Sale, Amy Trello, Andrew Morrison, Anne Cooper, Ben Courtice, Bonnie Packer, Chantelle James, Dermott Leonard, Eleanor Muskens, Elena Colless, Helen Kemp, Indi Randall, Isaac Thompson, Jen Currey, Jennah Voigt, John Fountain, Kathy Eyles, Leah Samson, Melina Beecroft, [...]
I must say that one of the aspects of society I find most baffling is why certain voices have a higher impact than others in terms of influencing government policy, programs and funding. Most governments in Australia are under severe financial constraint at the moment… incomes are down, costs to govern are up, natural disasters [...]
MORE INFORMATION GET YOUR TICKETS Put up a poster to spread the word about the speakers or about the social side of AABR Fest The three-day schedule is a perfect opportunity for friends, families and crews, to share some quality time together learning about the multi-faceted nature of implementing bush regen practices, assessing the sector’s [...]
Do you want to see more happening in relation to ecological restoration in Australia? If so, have you thought about nominating to go on the Board of the Australian Association of Bush Regenerators (AABR), or joining one of our many Working Groups? AABR Board members come from a broad range of backgrounds: including volunteer and [...]
