AABR’s almost monthly e-news is an opportunity to catch up with the events that are upcoming, projects that AABR is progressing and sharing items that come across the various desks of the AABR Board, a well-connected and conscientious crew.
Events
11-13 September – Spring mini regen camp at Crowdy Bay NP
17 September – Let’s form a NSW Branch of AABR
21st September – Creating Habitat for Endangered Species – Woori Yallock (vic)
1-3 November -AABR Fest Update – The draft program is out!
Seeking expressions of interest to assist in resurveying the original Albert Morris surveys
Accreditation
At the core of AABR’s existence is the accreditation system, recognition of the skills and experience gained from understanding and practicing resilience-based bush regeneration.
AABR is seeking experienced bush regenerators to join the team of Accreditation Assessors, a worthwhile and highly satisfying volunteer endeavour. Find out more about The what, why, who and how of Accreditation here.
NSW News
Let’s form a NSW Branch of AABR
Has it really been a year since we last met to discuss a NSW Branch of AABR? Yes it has! There were a couple of discussions over the past 12 months about forming a NSW branch of AABR. The conversations kicked off at last year’s AABR Fest, the follow-up meeting fleshed out the process and the support available.
Now it’s time New South Wales-folk to come together again, on Tuesday 17th Sept at 6-7pm, with the goal of forming the basic branch structure. Find out what’s involved here.
If you’ve expressed interest in the past please register for the meeting and join us again.
Public exhibition of draft Conservation Action Plans for Assets of Intergenerational Significance
NPWS has a statutory obligation to prepare and exhibit draft Conservation Action Plans (CAPs) for environmental values (threatened species) that occur on land declared under s.153G of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 as Assets of Intergenerational Significance (AIS).
The draft CAPs are on exhibition for a period of 14 days (from 29 August 2024) and are available on the Environment and Heritage website.
You can provide your feedback on the draft CAPs by sending a written submission via the online submission form on the Environment and Heritage website or email to npws.conservationplanning@environment.nsw.gov.au
post to: Manager, Threatened Species
Biodiversity and Ecological Health Branch
Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water
Locked Bag 5022, Parramatta NSW 2124
The closing date for written submissions is available on the website. Any submissions received will be considered by NPWS when finalising the CAPs. For information on how we will treat any personal information you provide see www.environment.nsw.gov.au/help/privacy.htm.
If you require any further information, please check the website or email npws.conservationplanning@environment.nsw.gov.au.
Doing and Viewing
regenTV.
The latest addition to regenTV is the AABR Forum Presentation from Jillian West and Uncle Shane on Cultural protocols.
You can view all the recordings on our regenTV channel
Looking for something to watch?
Here are the five most watched videos from regenTV
- Restoring the Caledonian Forest in Scotland – 15,941 views
- Heroes of the Big Scrub – 8,829 views
- Rescuing Wingham Brush – 4,232 views
- Get to know the six main weeding techniques – 2,707 views
- Cooks River naturalisation -2,412 views
Ecoweeder knowledge sharing platform
The ecoweeder.au platform is being built as a peer-to-peer knowledge sharing platform. Bush regenerators trialing innovative and alternative weed control techniques can fill in a simple form that will be turned into a case study for others to access and learn from. Here’s more information about the project.
AABR member, Sameer Pundee, has been busy creating the ecoweeder.au platform. AABR is supporting the development of the platform by promoting the survey that gathers the data.
Worth a read or a review
The Wentworth Report’s Blueprint to RepairAustralia’s Landscapes
The Wentworth Report- Blueprint to Repair Australia’s Landscapes. “The Blueprint shows that repairing Australia’s landscapes is not only urgent and essential, it is achievable and affordable and in the national interest.”
Stephen Derrick the Editor of FriendsNET , the Victorian Environment Friends Network e-news provided this summary of the release of the Blueprint.
The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists has published a plan to repair Australia’s landscapes that sets out a 30 year plan estimated to cost around $7billion a year. The report has been prepared by the group together with experts from academia, business and government.
The report argues that “It is possible to restore nearly all of Australia’s degraded terrestrial ecosystems to 30% of their pre-1750s extent in healthy condition and maintain and even increase current agricultural production if we address environmental degradation and rebuild and prioritise productivity in agricultural landscapes.”
To put this investment of $7 billion a year in context, the Australian Government has committed to spend $58 billion over the next decade to arm Australia with nuclear powered submarines. See this Guardian article which compared various budget commitments over the next decade. A great deal of that expenditure will be spent overseas in the submarine shipyards in England and the US.
Another way of comparing the proposed investment of $7 billion a year is to look at the cost to the budget of measures such as the capital gains discount on housing which costs $15.5 billion a year. See the analysis by Greg Jericho in the Guardian here.
Many commentators highlight how budgets are choices made by our governments. Money spent on environmental improvements and protection are usually characterised only in cost terms and not as an investment with long term benefits. The report by the Wentworth Group seeks to change perspectives and is well worth a read.
You can read about the report on their website and download the 23pp Synthesis Report here and the full report here.
The Blueprint was not intended as the final word but the start of a conversation.
Interactive Weed Models
NSW DPI are seeking some feedback. Here are the links to the DPI 3D digital interactive Weed Models (and some pest) models:
NSW DPI (@dpicomms) – Sketchfab
If you have any feedback on these 3D digital models please email Amber Kelly at boorowacommunitylandcare@gmail.com
Fauna Corner
AABR’s Conservation Connections
AABR is a member of peak conservation groups in the states where we have members. These memberships help inform and align the national goals of AABR with the state-based issues.
Here are the recent news updates from those organisations
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