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Graham Fifield ‘Can I get paid to plant trees?’ | Thursday, 30 May 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Graham, from Greening Australia, will talk about the emerging opportunities for landholders and examples of how the carbon market can fund native vegetation restoration and conservation projects. Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGMA |
Dr Roger Farrow ‘Four years on from the 2020 mega-fires. The course of recovery of the vegetation in Morton and Tallaganda National Parks.’ | Thursday, 6 June 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Four years on a complex pattern of succession is already apparent in two different plant communities, namely, heathland in Morton NP and forest in Tallaganda NP and will be illustrated in Roger’s talk. Roger is an un-retired entymologist, formerly of CSIRO. Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGMB |
Christina Gee ‘Quolls on tour – detecting trait differences between reintroduced and dispersing eastern quoll populations’ | Thursday, 13 June 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Christina, a Masters student at Fenner School of Environment and Society, will describe her exploration of how the "quolls on tour" differ behaviourally and morphologically from those who still live in Mulligans Flat, and how we can use this knowledge to manage the metapopulations of eastern quolls and other species. Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGMC |
Professor David Lindenmayer AO ‘The Forest Wars – debunking myths around native forest logging’ | Thursday, 20 June 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
David, from Fenner School of Environment & Society, will base his talk on his new book, The Forest Wars, and include a number of anecdotes from his experiences in dealing with Ministers and others officials over the past four decades. David will be happy to sign copies of this new book after his talk. Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGMD |
Emeritus Professor Jim Hone ‘Birds of Namadgi National Park’ | Thursday, 27 June 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Jim, from University of Canberra, will describe a surprising aspect of patterns of smaller birds and larger birds observed at 7 sites over 16 years, along with links of birds and vertebrate pest control in Namadgi to recommend that monitoring of the birds in Namadgi be part of on-going Park management. Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGME |
Professor Steve Webb ‘Empty deserts: Megafauna Demography and Extinction” | Thursday, 4 July 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Did mankind kill megafauna, or was it four great Ice Ages that caused Australia’s megafauna extinction? In the talk Steve, Adjunct Professor of Australian Studies at Bond University, will outline the biogeography and general disposition of the megafauna and their predisposition leading to their extinction as he views it. Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGMF |
Dr Valerie Caron ‘Dung Beetles’ | Thursday, 11 July 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Valerie, from Health and Biosecurity, CSIRO, will talk about the wonderful world of dung beetles and the latest importation program. Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGMH |
Sally Ingham ‘The Plant Science Learning Hub, inspiring students and empowering educators’ | Thursday, 18 July 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Sally, of ANBG, will take us behind the scenes to discover the fun, passion and expertise that went into designing, creating and launching the Plant Science Learning Hub. Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGMI |
Dr Nicki Taws ‘Native Grassland Restoration’ | Thursday, 25 July 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Nicki, Program Manager with Greening Australia, will present some of the grassland restoration work that has been undertaken in the ACT region over the past 10 years, sometimes with drastic measures that were required to give native plants the competitive edge. Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGMJ |
Jo Harding ‘Taxonomists don’t stuff things’ | Thursday, 1 August 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Jo, Bush Blitz Manager, will explain the who, what and why of what Bush Blitz does - who are these weird people that are so fascinated with insect genitals? what is this information used for? and why do we care about these new species? Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGMK |
Speaker and topic to be advised | Thursday, 8 August 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Speaker and topic to be advised. Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGML |
Jay Nicholson ‘Plant dieback and drought tolerance in Uluru-Kata Tjuta’ | Thursday, 15 August 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
One of the world’s most stunning and unique places is one of the places most at-risk to the impacts of climate change. Jay, a Ph D student at ANU, will outline what has been discovered so far as he and Anangu people design and use field studes and nursery experiments to answer questions about how plants cope with heat and water stress. Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/CQGMM |