5 Paul Gibson-Roy: National Seed Survey, aspirations vs reality. Are the issues relevant to Sydney?
Primary findings from the ANPC National Native Seed Survey will be launched at this Forum. Results from this sector-wide survey provide a current snapshot of sector practice as well as concerns and issues which act as barriers to effective and efficient native seed supply across the country. Paul has been involved in various aspects of [...]
4 Martin Driver, ANPC. Healthy Seeds – What’s needed? The current barriers and future opportunities
This presentation outlines the Healthy Seeds project, confirms the relevance of the National Native Seed Survey findings and will explore other issues that need to be addressed. From this, and an extensive audit of the seed supply chain across NSW, it is hoped to establish a Roadmap to assist in outlining how these issues can [...]
3 Tein McDonald. Greater Sydney or Lesser Sydney? Putting restoration standards into practice.
Sydney can be celebrated for its bushland – but to keep it requires ongoing conservation management assisted by (not replaced by) restoration. Considering the National Restoration Standards, Tein asks do we have the wherewithal to plan and implement the necessary restoration? Original presentation title: Greater Sydney or Lesser Sydney? Putting restoration principles and standards [...]
2 Ascelin Gordon, RMIT. Restoration in the context of Offsetting
Using examples from the restoration of Cumberland Plain Woodland Dr Gordon will discuss the uncertainties involved in restoration, and what this could mean in terms of offsetting, multipliers, and the scale required to produce resilient offsetting outcomes. Ascelin's current research focuses on developing predictive modelling approaches to assess the impacts of different types of [...]
Six years and $250,000 – What a community group learnt from implementing a major project :: Suzanne Pritchard :: SERA Conference 2018
A six year - $250,000 Environmental Trust project enabled a community group to formally identify threatened species, record and monitor the local flora and fauna and undertake bush regeneration which has aided connectivity and set the multiple public reserves on a recovery trajectory. An assortment of community engagement events were undertaken and a plethora of [...]
Recovery processes underpinning rainforest restoration in the Big Scrub :: Tein McDonald :: SERA Conference 2018
Does size matter? Victoria Park Nature Reserve is a small fragment of the once mighty Big Scrub sub-tropical rainforest. Reflecting on 40 years of monitoring, Tein McDonald highlights the significant contributions to the understanding of rainforest succession that this reserve has made. Monitoring of Camphor laurel removal using species composition surveys and photopoints, clearly demonstrates [...]
Scaling up – Is it possible or an ongoing aspiration? :: Jen Ford :: SERA Conference 2018
Comprehensive strategic planning and site assessments, coupled with thinking creatively around landscape connections are some of the ingredients required to scale up projects. By understanding the capacity of assisted regeneration, a spectrum of bush regenerator skill levels and resources can be utilised to maximise outcomes. Jen Ford provides two examples that explore how the planning [...]
Fire management business in Australia’s tropical savannas :: Jeremy Russell-Smith :: NCC Forum 2015
The north Australian savannas are vast and have the potential to provide significant indigenous business opportunities for markets in greenhouse gas emissions, living tree biomass and non-living biomass as shown during the Carbon Farming Initiative. Jeremy Russell-Smith provides an overview of the fire management strategies that have been undertaken within the context of indigenous management [...]
How the National Restoration Standards’ affirmation of native ecosystems as references can strengthen SERA’s function as a broad church :: Tein McDonald :: SERA Conference 2018
Tein McDonald provides a detailed explanation of the concept of ecological restoration as intended by the National Standards for Ecological Restoration. Tein outlines the restorative activities continuum and provides examples of where various restoration projects may reside along that spectrum. Ideologies such as ‘restorative thinking’ and ‘ecological civilization’ are considered within the context of the [...]