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 These courses are suitable for those who are undertaking or wish to undertake practical community and threatened plant conservation projects including: Community volunteers, government staff, community support staff, land managers, industry environmental officers, botanic gardens staff These projects are assisted by the New South Wales Government through its Environmental Trust, and supported by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Council of Heads of Australian Botanic Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, Wollongong Botanic Gardens, Wollongong City Bushcare and Wollongong City Council. Demystifying Threatened Plant Conservation Hosted by Wollongong City Council and Bushcare Wollongong, NSW, 16th-17th April 2002 Cost $100 for two (2) days or $70 for one (1) day Includes lunch, morning and afternoon teas, course notes and field trip. Course content includes: Demystifying the legal process; how to list threatened plant, communities, populations and critical habitat; recovery planning; the role of community groups; how to get involved. Speakers include Martin Bremner (NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service), Assoc Prof Paul Adam (University of New South Wales, Deputy Chair of the NSW Scientific Committee), Simon Nally (NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service), Anders Bofeldt (Wollongong Botanic Gardens), Lynne Kavanagh (Bushcare Group Coordinator). Conservation of Ecological Communities Hosted by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney Mount Annan Botanic Garden 30th April 2002 Cost $55 for the day Includes lunch, morning and afternoon teas, course notes and field trip. Course content includes: Revegetation versus regeneration, conservation across fragmented landscapes, skilling the community, ecological processes, workable regeneration techniques. Speakers include Rainer Rehwinkle (NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service) Peter Cuneo (Mount Annan Botanic Garden), Louise Brodie (NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service), Robert Kooyman (Earthprocess Ecological Services) For More Information To obtain further information on this course, please contact us. |
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