Welcome to Country – Mandy Nicholson
AABR National Forum 2024 – The R’s of Restoration Welcome to Country - Mandy Nicholson Dr Mandy Nicholson is Wurundjeri-willam (Wurundjeri-baluk patriline) artist, the founder, singer and songwriter of Djirri Djirri dance group and Traditional Custodian of Melbourne and surrounds. Mandy also has connections to the Dja Dja wurrung and Ngurai illam wurrung language groups [...]
Sharing, learning and working together: on Country learning
AABR National Forum 2024 – The R’s of Restoration Sharing, learning and working together: On Country Learning - Ben Cullen, Chelsea Cooke and Renee Sweetman Ben Cullen works with Trust for Nature. TFN works with private land protection using conservation covenants. Ben talks about the Warreen Beek Rangers Course. Some years ago the CMA contacted [...]
Wait and see – the benefits of time to explore resilience
AABR National Forum 2024 – The R’s of Restoration Wait and see - the benefits of time to explore resilience - Brian Bainbridge 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 [...]
Consultation and community protocols
AABR National Forum 2024 – The R’s of Restoration Consultation and community protocols- Jillian West and Uncle Shane Guidance for protocols were detailed by Jillian Jillian West has supported Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in work education and their life’s journey. Jillian wants to see her people succeed in employment and education so the world [...]
Sorting out the R words: using the Standards to improve restoration project design.
AABR National Forum 2024 – The R's of Restoration Using the SER Standards to improve restoration project design - Lincoln Kern Lincoln is an ecologist with a keen interest in indigenous biodiversity conservation and environmental issues. He trained in botany and environmental science in the USA, before studying environmental management at Deakin University in Melbourne. After [...]
Rescuing Wingham Brush: The premiere & panelists Q and A recording
The introduction and panelists Q and A from the premiere of Rescuing Wingham Brush July 4 2024 on Zoom. The event was chaired by Tein McDonald. The movie was introduced by Tamara Campbell - Area Manager, NPWS Manning-Great Lakes. Panellists for the Q and A were John Stockard, Mike Dodkin, Scott Meier, Nancy Pallin, Tabetha [...]
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 [...]