ANPC training workshops
On 30 July, the ANPC participated in the Eco Logical Australia Conference in Sydney in delivering a series of staff workshops. Organised by Eco Logical Australia and delivered by ANPC Project Manager, Martin Driver, the presentations targeted training to the Western Sydney Bush Regeneration and Aboriginal Riverkeeper teams. The training focused on revegetation strategies, techniques and technologies appropriate to upscale restoration outcomes. It also looked at the issues of the native seed supply chain in restoration works and the importance of understanding provenance and genetic diversity in achieving self-sustaining plant communities. There were great opportunities for questions and active discussion on a whole range of issues relevant to plant restoration. Martin is available for presenting such workshops for specific organisations on a fee-for-service basis. Please contact this email for further information.
Martin Driver (6th from right) with Eco Logical Australia staff members who participated in an ANPC Training Workshop in July 2015. (Eco Logical Australia)
Orchid Conservation Program
The ANPC is proud to be one of the partners in these two exciting and fascinating projects in Victoria:
1/ Read or listen to the recent Radio National Off Track program episode about the recent reintroduction in the Loddon Mallee region of Victoria, of 100 endangered Yellow-lip Spider-orchid seedlings (Caladenia xanthochila) propagated at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. Only 3 wild plants remain in the area.
2/ Hear about the recent reintroductions of six threatened orchids in the Wimmera region in Victoria's west on 774 ABC Melbourne.
One of the six orchid species being reintroduced in the Wimmera region, the endangered Tawny Spider-orchid (Caladenia fulva). (N. Reiter)
Bring Back the Banksias project
The ANPC will be contacting interested parties very soon with a questionnaire seeking to document the location and distribution of known relict or remnant populations of Silver Banksia (Banksia marginata) across its range in Victoria and south west NSW, where it has undergone considerable decline. The Norman Wettenhall Foundation is funding Stage 1 of this project to assist in improving the conservation and restoration of this iconic species. This information will be used to select sites/populations for genetic research that will help to guide seed collection strategies for the establishment of Seed Production Areas and future field restoration works. Obtaining this information from across the Silver Banksia’s distribution is essential for helping to conserve and protect the remaining populations. For futher information click here or contact ANPC Project Officer, Martin Driver, on this email.
The iconic Silver Banksia (Banksia marginata). (J. Lynch)
Other items of interest:
New Zealand Plant Conservation Conference 2015 - Dunedin, 28 - 31 October 2015
Are you interested in New Zealand's flora? Registrations are now open for the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network Conference. A wide variety of session themes are on offer, such as Grassroots Plant Conservation, Threatened Plant Research, and Unique Southern Flora, as well as practical workshops and field trips. For more information, visit the conference website.
Australasian Systematic Botany Society Annual Conference - Canberra, 29 November–4 December 2015
The Society will be holding its 2015 conference, with the theme of Building Our Botanical Capital, at the CSIRO Discovery Centre, Black Mountain, providing a forum for presentations and workshops on developments in plant systematics. There will be a particular focus on emerging methods of phylogenetic analysis and on making biological collections data accessible. A conference fieldtrip will also be run in addition to a program of social events for delegates. Early-bird registrations close Friday 16 October 2015. For more details visit the conference website.
New FloraNT website
The primary online resource for information on the Northern Territory's flora. The Northern Territory has a distinctive flora of more than 4,300 species of native plants, including some 702 endemic species concentrated particularly on the Western Arnhem Land Plateau. While the Northern Territory flora is primarily Australian in origin and occurrence, it naturally includes many species also found in nearby New Guinea, Timor-Leste and eastern Indonesia.
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