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| Event title | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Asst. Professor Benjamin Schwessinger - 'Pest monitoring in the ANBG' | Thursday, 13 March 2025 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Benjamin, from the ANU Research School of Biology, will describe how they catch fungal spores from the air for plant pathogen diagnostics, and their outreach to the public and schools highlighting biodiversity. Bookings open 7 February. Booking link: https://www.trybooking.com/CXZXG |
| Dr Luke Keogh - 'Museum Collections and Australia’s Gardens' | Thursday, 20 March 2025 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Luke, inaugural White Family Senior Fellow in Australian Garden History at NMA, will showcase some of the objects and stories he has uncovered in his work with museums that have significance and connections that are not always fully represented and interpreted. Bookings open 14th February. Booking link: https://www.trybooking.com/CXZXH |
| Brad Opdyke - 'Paleoclimate records and stratigraphy from Lake George: what we can learn about climate change and our future' | Thursday, 27 March 2025 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Brad will discuss the sedimentary record of almost 4 million years, pollen records that indicate much greater rainfall than recently, and the extraordinarily long historical records of lake-levels, dating from 1820, and their important relevance with current climate change. Bookings open 21 February 2025. Booking link: https://www.trybooking.com/CXZXI |
| Dr Kylie Cairns - 'Dispelling the wild dog myth' | Thursday, 3 April 2025 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Kylie, a researcher from the University of New South Wales, specialises in wildlife genetics and conservation biology. Cutting-edge genetics has altered our understanding of the dingo and its origins and is leading to policy changes about dingo management. Bookings open 28 February 2025. Booking link: https://www.trybooking.com/CXZXJ |
| Professor David Lindenmeyer AO - 'A 25-year experiment to document the effects of large-scale plantation transformation on forest biodiversity' | Thursday, 10 April 2025 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
David, from the Fenner School of Environment and Society, will highlight the effects and challenges of plantations on forest biodiversity. Bookings open 7 March 2025. Booking link: https://www.trybooking.com/CXZXK |
| Dr Peter Fullagar and Chris Davey - 'Potential impacts of a rodent eradication program on the Lord Howe Island lowland terrestrial avifauna' | Thursday, 17 April 2025 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Peter and Chris, from Canberra Birds, will describe the extent to which rodent a control program caused a detectable change in abundance of birds on Lord howe Island. They matched the avian response to rodent removal in terms of the known biology of the species, particularly the Lord Howe Island Woodhen. Bookings open 14 March. Booking link: https://www.trybooking.com/CXZXL |
| Emma Cooke - 'Breaking family ties: The genetic rescue of Canberra’s Small Purple Pea population' | Thursday, 24 April 2025 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Emma will discuss work done over the last nine years by the National Seed Bank, ANBG nursery, ACT Office of Nature Conservation and the Parks and Conservation Service teams to collect seed from across the region, establish a seed production orchard, grow on established plants for translocation and design and implement a translocation plan incorporating both genetic rescue and ex-situ population formation of the Small Purple Pea. Bookings open 21 March. Booking link: https://www.trybooking.com/CXZXM |
