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| Event title | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Lizzie Wandrag ‘The impact of bird loss on tropical forests: a case study from Guam’ | Thursday, 17 May 2018 - 12:30pm |
Lizzie will illustrate how the introduction of the brown tree snake has wiped out the entire avifauna of the Pacific island of Guam. The talk will explore what this means for forests on the island and will compare what is happening on Guam with adjacent islands. |
| Dr Brian Cooke ‘Effects of pastoralism and rabbits on the economy and culture of the Diyari People in north-east South Australia’ | Thursday, 10 May 2018 - 12:30pm |
European rabbits damaged not only agriculture and the environment but might have also destroyed the economy and culture of Aboriginal people so closely associated with the plants and animals that sustained them. Information from explorers’ journals and Lutheran missionaries in north-eastern South Australia provide new insights |
| ANBG Friends Plant Science Group - Technical Talk | Monday, 7 May 2018 - 10:30am |
Recent work on the ecology of seed dispersal and droughts Speaker: Dr Robert Godfree, CSIRO scientist with the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research. |
| Black Mountain weeding working party | Saturday, 5 May 2018 - 9:00am to Sunday, 6 May 2018 - 11:45am |
The details are: Saturday, 5 May 2018, 9am to 12 noon. Date : Saturday , 5 May 2018 9am to 12 noon Meet: at the car park on the right about half or two-thirds the way up on Black Mountain Drive. It is near the start of the Forest Trail. Look for balloons. Bring: Enthusiasm, your family and friends, water (and a small digger, if you wish). Everyone is welcome. Wear: hat, sunscreen, long-sleeved shirt, long pants, gloves, stout shoes. |
| Associate Professor Mark Lintermans ‘Stairway to heaven or highway to hell: the road for threatened freshwater fish recovery in Australia’ | Thursday, 3 May 2018 - 12:30pm |
A major focus of the talk will be the Murrumbidgee and Cotter Catchments and the suite of threatened fish species that live there including Macquarie Perch, Trout Cod, Two-spined Blackfish and Murray River Crayfish. |
| ANBG Friends Photographic Group - field excursion to Jerrabomberra Wetlands | Saturday, 28 April 2018 - 7:30am to Sunday, 29 April 2018 - 9:45am |
Practical Telephoto Photography follow-up excursion to Jerrabomberra Wetlands. Bring your camera and telephoto lens/es and meet at the Jerrabomberra Wetlands main carpark on Dairy Rd at 7:30 am. See Google map |
| ANBG Friends Photographic Group - April meeting | Friday, 27 April 2018 - 10:30am to Saturday, 28 April 2018 - 11:45am |
Telephoto Photography Bill Hall and David Cox will present a detailed review of Telephoto Photography, the techniques and equipment required to take that special photo with a particular focus on bird photography. This meeting will be followed up by an early Saturday morning field excursion to Jerrabomberra Wetlands - meet at the main carpark on Dairy Rd at 7:30 am. |
| Dr John Bradshaw ‘Rocks, climate changes and trees’ | Thursday, 26 April 2018 - 12:30pm |
John will assemble an eclectic mix of his recent adventures, including working on technical climate change solutions associated with his profession as a geologist, mixed with his passion for the natural environment, native plants and trees. |
| 'Cultivating Friends' - AAFBG Members Biennial Conference, Benalla | Friday, 20 April 2018 - 12:00am to Sunday, 22 April 2018 - 11:45pm |
The Biennial Conference of Members of the Australian Association of Friends of Botanic Gardens (AAFBG) will be held at Benalla, VIC The conference will be hosted by Friends of the Benalla Botanic Gardens and Riverine Parklands Inc. and will include the 2018 AGM of the AAFBG. |
| Dr Leo Joseph ‘News from the Front: An update on bird research at the Australian National Wildlife Collection (ANWC) and around the world’ | Thursday, 19 April 2018 - 12:30pm |
Leo will talk about thorny taxonomic problems in our birds, such as the Chestnut Quail-thrush, White-eared Honeyeater, and natural selection starring the Eastern Yellow Robin. |
