Project Description
AABR National Forum 2024 – The R’s of Restoration
Assisted natural regeneration – an example with butterflies – Brian Bainbridge
Some recent examples of assisted natural regeneration in the Hepburn Shire in Central Victoria have demonstrated high regeneration potential of some local wetland sites. The results have been rapidly colonised by an uncommon wetland butterfly- providing a welcome flagship for this cost-effective approach.
Brian has worked in ecological restoration since the mid 1990s. For over twenty years Brian worked with the community-based not for profit organisation – Merri Creek Management Committee and over the past 6 years as the Biodiversity officer with Hepburn Shire, a small, ecologically rich rural Shire in Central Victoria. In this role Brian supports the Shire’s Parks, Engineering, Planning and the wider community in their management of many biodiverse-rich spaces.