
Have a look a the Speaker Biographies and Speaker Abstracts.
TIME | PRESENTER | TITLE |
8:30AM | Registrations | |
Start 9:00AM | Welcome to delegates and housekeeping | Dr Lucy Commander |
Marie Taylor | Welcome to Country | |
Dr Catherine Baudains | Rehabilitating Roe 8 Advisory Committee spokesperson | |
First Session 9:30AM | Felicity Bradshaw (The University of Western Australia) | Connecting to Country |
Kit Prendergast (Bees in the burbs) | Networks of plants and pollinators in urbanised habitats in a biodiversity hotspot | |
Narelle Mewburn (Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group) | Restoration Ecology – Through the Landcare lens in the mid to upper Canning Southern Wungong River Catchment | |
Morning Tea 10:30AM | (30 minutes) | |
Second Session 11:00AM | Associate Professor Rachel Standish (Murdoch University) | Undergraduate research at Roe 8: a report of findings from ecological and educational perspectives |
Julian Kruger (Emapper) | Rehabilitating Roe 8: Monitoring, management and collaboration using Emapper | |
Merryn Pryor (BirdLife ) | The Great Cocky Count | |
Vicky Hartill / Jane Chambers (City of Cockburn / Murdoch University) | Turtle Trackers: Citizen science at Bibra Lake | |
Tom Mansfield (PhD Murdoch University) | Biological bulldozer meets ecosystem engineer: effects of dieback on habitat use and fungal food of a digging mammal | |
Ali Babington (PhD Murdoch University) | Future-proof urban greening for Perth: Balancing environmental and social considerations in urban plantings | |
Stephen Beatty (Murdoch University) | Why care about native freshwater fish (and the challenges of managing invasive species)? | |
Stephen Szydlowski (Friends of Jirdarup Bushland / Town of Victoria Park) | Friends of Jirdarup : Caring for the ‘Place of Birds’ | |
Lunch 12:30PM | (1hour) | |
Third Session 1:30PM | Oral McGuire (Gundi Consulting) | Karl Ngara – A Plan to bring Budjar back…. |
Dr Ben Miller / Russell Miller (DBCA) | Degradation or Restoration? Interactions between prescribed burning and weed management in urban bushlands | |
Kate Sputore / Wayne Walters (Perth NRM) | Coastal Restoration and Adopt A Beach in the Perth Region | |
Liz Kington (Activate the Wheatbelt) | Activate the Wheatbelt Tree Planting and Music Festivals: many hands celebrate Wheatbelt recovery and community through land healing events | |
Afternoon Tea 2:40PM | (20 min) | |
Fourth Session 3:00PM | Interactive session with panel : Oral McGuire (Traditional Owner), Rachel Standish (Murdoch University), Amy Krupa (SERCUL), Kate Sputore (Perth NRM), Karen Clarke (DBCA) | What are the current challenges in caring for our flora and fauna? How are people making a difference in their communities? What changes are needed for the future? |
4.45PM | Dr Lucy Commander | Summary |
4:00PM | Dr Lucy Commander | Close |
Have a look a the Speaker Biographies and Speaker Abstracts.