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Recovery:
A Decade Towards a Biodiverse Future
Fifth
Australian Network for Plant Conservation National Conference
and Conservation Techniques Workshops
Monday 24th February - Saturday 1st March 2003
Geelong Conference Centre, Victoria, Australia
Proudly hosted by: City of Greater Geelong
Supported by the Australian Government Envirofund
Tuesday,
25 February 2003
Welcome
Rob Small
KEYNOTE
Biodiversity's Recovery - how do we pay for it?
Carl
Binning, Chief Executive, Greening Australia
Geelong
Biodiversity Strategy John Arnott
Flora of Victoria Rodger Elliot
Morning Tea
KEYNOTE
Marine Parks & Biodiversity
Tim Allen, National Coordinator, Marine & Coastal
Community Network
Global Strategy for Plant Conservation Kingsley
Dixon
Natural Heritage Trust Hanna Jaireth
ANPC 10 Years On ANPC
Lunch
Conservation of Non-Vascular Plants in Semi-Arid Environments
David Eldridge
Comparisons Between Vascular Plants and Macrofungi Sapphire
McMullan-Fisher
Impact of Introduced & Reintroduced Species in Arid
Zone Nicki Munro
Ex-situ Projects in Tasmania Paul Black
Afternoon Tea/Poster Session
Genetics and Grevillea williamsonii Liz James
Conserving South Australia's Rare & Threatened Flora
Phillip Ainsley
Conservation of southern African threatened plants Janice
Golding
Wednesday,
26 February 2003
KEYNOTE
Geelong Biodiversity from a Naturalist's Perspective
The Honourable John Landy, AC, MBE, Governor of Victoria
Strategic Recovery of an Entire Flora - Norfolk Island
Paul Stevenson
Chatham Island: A Strategy for Plant Conservation John
Sawyer
Southern Tablelands - Meeting the Biodiversity Challenge
Cathy Roberston
Morning Tea
KEYNOTE
Conservation
on Private Land Dr Mike Looker, Director,
Trust For Nature
Mungabareena
Reserve, Wiradjuri Reconciliation Project Yalmambirra
Mapping
Vegetation Boundaries for Biodiversity Conservation Lyn
Atkins
Community
as a Nucleus for Co-operative Land Management Chris
Dewhurst
Lunch
Differing Needs of Rural and Urban Significant Sites Studies
Graeme
Lorimer
The
Grazing Myth: Questioning a Grassland Management Paradigm Josh
Dorrough TBC
Implementing
Recovery Plans for Urban Ecological Communities Val
English
Using
Seed Mixtures to Establish Basalt Grassland Communities Paul
Gibson Roy
Afternoon
Tea
Recovery Planning for a Threatened Javanese Palm Didik
Widyatmoko
Conserving
Floristic Biodiversity in Clearfelled Forest Keely
Ough
Weed
Management in Riparian Forests, Tasmania Peter
McGlone
ANPC
(conclusion/discussion) ANPC
Please
Note: This program is provisional and may change at the
discretion of the conference program committee.
Conservation
Techniques Workshops
Provisional Program
Three
streams, Sessions approx 90 mins each.
Thursday,
27 February 2003
Field
Trip
The whole-day field trip will explore the plant communities of
Victoria's renowned Great Ocean Road and Otway National Park.
Experience the diversity of coastal heathland communities, the
cool serenity of moist , tree fern gullies and the grandeur of
Mountain Ash forests. Share the passion and expert commentary
of local conservations and the knowledge and convivial company
of your fellow travellers. The spectacular southern coastline
will be thrown in for free.
Friday,
28 February 2003
- Seed
Dormancy and Germination
- Assessing
Rarity and the Risk of Extinction
- Introduction
to Practical Botany
Break
- Seed
Storage and Gene Banks
- Ecological
Genetics
- Plant
Propagation for Conservation
Lunch
- Producing
and Using Seed
- Rare
Plant Translocations
- Field
Trip to Victoria's Open Range Zoo: Interpretations, Grassland
Reconstruction
Break/Poster Session
- Plant
Translocation and Revision of the ANPC Guidelines
Saturday
1 March 2002
-
Cryptogam
Survey
- Grass
Identification
- Conservation
on Private Land
Break
- Mycorrhizal
Fungi
- Multi
Species Recovery Plans in SA
- Ecological
Fire Management
Lunch
- Orchid
Conservation
- Reconstructing
Grassy Communities
- Regional
Networks
Break
- ANPC
response to Global Strategy for Plant Conservation.
- Panel
question session and conference summation.
Please
Note: This program is provisional and may change at the
discretion of the conference program committee.
Conservation
Techniques Workshops
Nationally and internationally renowned specialists in conservation
of Australia's flora, ecological communities and habitats will
conduct a series of Conservation Techniques Workshops. Around
20 on-site and field based workshops will be held (see provisional
program). Presenters include researchers and practitioners from
conservation agencies, botanic gardens, research institutions,
zoos and community groups from across Australia. Don't miss out
on this unique opportunity to participate in these quality workshops.
These workshops are supported by the Australian Government Envirofund.
Social
Program
- Welcome
reception,
Monday 24th, 6.00pm. Hosted by City of Greater Geelong.
- BBQ,
Tuesday evening, 25th. Hosted by City Of Greater Geelong.
- Conference
dinner,
Wednesday 26th. Kardinia Park, home of the famous Geelong Football
Club.
- Informal
pizza night,
Friday 28th. BYO. A chance for informal networking in a City
of Greater Geelong civic venue.
Venue
The
Geelong Conference Centre is situated within walking distance
of the CBD in the magnificent surrounds of Eastern Park, adjacent
to the Geelong Botanic Gardens.
Accommodation
Geelong
Conference Centre, Adams Court, Eastern Park, East Geelong. 42
rooms @ $35 per person per night twin share, $55 pp pn single.
Breakfast $14 cooked, $8.50 continental pd. Please book using
the conference registration form and the conference organisers
will handle the booking. Note: rooms are limited, so book early.
No alcohol is allowed at the Geelong Conference Centre. Functions
will be held at other venues.
For all other accommodation options, self-booking is required.
(Quote ANPC block booking. Price valid to end of November.)
Four
Points Hotel Sheraton, 10 - 14 Eastern Beach Road, Geelong Vic.
Ph. 03 5223 1377. Room single only $150, with breakfast $160.
Double with breakfast $175.
- Mercure
Hotel,
Gheringhap Street, Geelong Ph. 03 5221 6844. $145.
- Eastern
Sands Motel,
1Bellerine Street, Geelong Ph: 03 5221 5577. Standard $85.50,
Bay view $94.50.
- City
Southside Caravan Park, 87 Barrabool Road,
Belmont, Ph: 03 5264 1243. Deluxe cabins @ $75.
- Barwon
Caravan Park,
153 Barrabool Road, Belmont, Ph: 03 5243 3842. 18 Cabins - 14
deluxe @ $66 - $70, 4 standard @ $60.
Travel
Geelong
is a one hour drive from Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport and
Melbourne CBD.
Gull Airport Service runs buses from Melbourne (Tullamarine)
Airport to the Geelong CBD. 13 buses run between 6.20 am and
10 pm weekdays, 11 on weekends. Cost approx $22 one way, $38
return. Ph 03 5222 4966, international + 61 3 5222 4966. Fax
03 5222 4956, international +61 3 5222 4956.
V-Line trains run regularly from Spencer St Station, Melbourne,
to Geelong. Ph 13 61 96.
Deadlines
for payments
Early
Bird:
by 31st December 2002
Full registration: by 10th February 2003
See
the workshop information as a PDF (70kB).
Sponsors and supporting organisations
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