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Join the ANPC today and help us promote and improve plant conservation in Australia
SPECIAL OFFER! If you join for 2016 before 31 December 2015, you will receive all four 2015 editions of our quarterly bulletin Australasian Plant Conservation! Joining is one of the most solid contributions you can make to our work. Membership fees are an essential part of our financial base, and members and member-organisations are the lifeblood of our network. Download the 2016 membership form here or contact us to find out more.
New ANPC Prospectus recently released!
Find out about what we do and why we do it, our capabilities, and how you can help through membership, sponsorship, donations, bequests, project support, collaboration and volunteering. Help us promote and improve plant conservation today!
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We are seeking articles for the December 2015 - February 2016 (Summer) edition of Australasian Plant Conservation (APC), the ANPC's quarterly bulletin. This issue will carry the theme of "Cryptogams". There is increasing recognition of the role of cryptogams in ecosystems, but few conservation measures are directly focused on cryptogams. Articles that discuss the role and importance of cryptogams, or describe conservation initiatives are sought. The deadline for submissions is Friday 13 November 2015. Click here for more information. If you are intending to submit an article or wish to discuss possiblities, please email APC Editor, Paul Adam, by Friday 6 November.
Silver Banksia survey extended to 20 November
To allow people more time to determine the precise locations of known plants, the date for submitting the Bring Back the Banksia survey of known Silver Banksia (Banksia marginata) locations in Victoria and south-western NSW has been extended to Friday 20 November 2015. If you can help us document the location and distribution of known relict or remnant populations of Silver Banksia across this range, please download and complete the survey here. A big thank you to those who have already responded, this valuable information will help guide future genetic research, seed collection strategies for the establishment of Seed Production Areas, and field restoration works. Stage 1 of the 'Bring Back the Banksias' project has been funded by the Norman Wettenhall Foundation to assist in improving the conservation status of this iconic species which has undergone considerable decline.
National Seed Science Forum 15-16 March 2016
Forum participants are invited to enter the World of Seeds Photography Competition by submitting up to three digital photographs. The images will be digitally displayed at the Forum and delegates will be voting for their favourite in each category: Landscapes, Microscopy, Up close and personal macro, Seeds and the environment, and Digitally manipulated/multimedia enhanced photos. Key Forum dates: Announcement of programme details 16-20 November 2015; Early-bird registration closes 11 December 2015; Submissions for Photography Competition close 29 February 2016; Forum registration closes 29 February 2016. Visit the Forum web pages here.
Other items of interest:
Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) update
The following listing assessments are now open for public comment: Solanum dissectum; Solanum johnsonianum; and Streblus pendulinus. In the past 6 months, the Minister has agreed to amend the list of threatened species under the EPBC Act for the following species:
Listed as critically endangered: Prasophyllum laxum (Lax Leek Orchid); Lepidorrhachis mooreana (Little Mountain Palm); and Acacia leptoneura.
Transferred from the endangered to critically endangered category: Eucalyptus recurva (Mongarlowe Mallee).
Listed as endangered: Dipodium campanulatum (Bell Flower Hyacinth Orchid); Geniostoma huttoni; Xylosma parvifolium; and Polystichum moorei.
Listed as critically endangered: Southern Highlands Shale Forest and Woodland of the Sydney Basin Bioregion;
Central Hunter Valley Eucalypt Forest and Woodland; and Posidonia australis seagrass meadows of the Manning-Hawkesbury ecoregion.
New threatened Ecological Community publication
An information guide is now available for the Western Sydney Dry Rainforest and Moist Woodland on Shale ecological community which is listed as critically endangered under the EPBC Act. The guide is intended to assist the public to understand the national listing of the ecological community - what it is, why it is threatened and what national protection means for people in the region.
AABR Field Tour: Restoration of Grassy Groundcovers - Thursday 5 November 2015,10am - 1pm
Join Dr Paul Gibson-Roy, Chief Restoration Ecologist with Greening Australia (and ANPC's Vice-President), and leading expert on methods for restoring grassland and grassy woodland, on a tour of grassland restoration sites and seed production areas at the University of Western Sydney (Hawkesbury). Paul, whose PhD investigated grassland restoration methods in Victoria, now leads a program to restore complex Cumberland Plain Grassy Woodlands in Sydney. Click here for more information and to register.
Australian Native Plant Society (Australia) Biennial Conference 2015, Canberra Sunday 15 - Friday 20 November 2015
Conference and Seminar program features lectures, workshops and field trips highlighting the diversity of Australia's native flora. Theme: Bush Capital / Garden City. Venue: Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra. For more information and to register click here.
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