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| Event title | Date | Details |
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| Dr Haylee Weaver ‘Parasites of Australian Animals: Unseen Biodiversity’ | Thursday, 7 May 2020 - 12:30pm |
Haylee, from the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, will talk on the fascinating biodiversity of parasites inhabiting some of Australia’s iconic (and lesser known) animals. The parasites of Australia are a vastly overlooked component of ecosystems, and our understanding of how they contribute to ecosystem function is still being investigated. |
| Professor Adrienne Nicotra ‘Living on the Edge: How do Plants of Threatened Ecological Communities Cope with Extreme Temperature?’ | Thursday, 14 May 2020 - 12:30pm |
Adrienne, from the Research School of Biology, ANU, will talk on a research partnership between the ANU, ANBG and Friends, the University of Technology Sydney, the Sydney Botanical Gardens, and Save the Species Program, which seeks to provide critical data on the physiological tolerances of Australian native species from alpine, desert and threatened ecological communities. |
| Dr Alicia Grealey ‘Eggshell Collection Genomics: Approaches and Applications to the Study of Australian Birds’ | Thursday, 21 May 2020 - 12:30pm |
Alicia, from the ANU Research School of Biology will talk about developing techniques that are offering opportunities to examine how diversity has changed across time and that the study of museum eggshells are an untapped resource of genomic information for thousands of avian species including rare and extinct taxa. |
| Doug Laing ‘Fall of the Warbler’ | Thursday, 28 May 2020 - 12:30pm |
Doug, a retired diplomat, will talk about the long migration of the sparrow-size wood warblers, many of which make a brief pit-stop to refuel in New York’s Central Park before continuing north. In May 2018 Doug was witness to this truly great spectacle. He will describe the experience, wonder at the drivers behind this migration, and look at some of the technology that is helping science better understand it. |
| Dr Natasha Robinson ‘Reintroducing Bandicoots and Quolls to Booderee National Park’ | Thursday, 4 June 2020 - 12:30pm |
Natasha, is a Research Fellow with the National Environmental Science Program, Threatened Species Recovery Hub. Booderee National Park has experienced large declines and extinctions of native species, especially mammals. Natasha will talk about what species have been reintroduced, and what has been learnt regarding their ecology and threats to their survival. |
| Richard Swain ‘Reclaim Kosci Builds an Urgent Campaign in Response to Laws Allowing an Overpopulation of Feral Horses to Damage Australia’s Kosciusko National Park’ | Thursday, 11 June 2020 - 12:30pm |
Richard is of Wiradjuri descent, and born and bred in the Snowy Mountains. Invasive species are one of the greatest causes of biodiversity loss in the Australian continent. He will discuss the Reclaim Kosci campaign to protect the conservation values of the Kosciusko National Park and repeal the 2018 feral horse protection legislation, and the desperate need to restore its heavily damaged catchments. |
| Peter Coyne ‘Australia’s Amazing Orchids’ | Thursday, 18 June 2020 - 12:30pm |
Peter’s career was in nature conservation, and in retirement he has found time to grow orchids. Peter will discuss what makes orchids so exceptional, our local orchids and growing orchids in Canberra. |
| Leanne Wilkinson ‘Watery Goals and Our Way of Life’ | Thursday, 25 June 2020 - 12:30pm |
Leanne from the Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment will discuss how the UN Sustainable development goals affect us and why the protection of wetlands is essential to our continued well-being. |
| Dr Bob Godfree ‘How Great Historical Droughts have Shaped Australia’ | Thursday, 2 July 2020 - 12:30pm |
Bob, a Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO, will talk about his research on the impact of great droughts on Australian people and landscapes. He will focus on the 1895-1903 Federation Drought, which devastated inland Australia. Lessons learnt give key insights into the likely future of the Australian landscapes and society in coming decades of climate change. |
| Jackson Taylor-Grant ‘The Culture of Fire; How Fire has Influenced People and Landscape’ | Thursday, 9 July 2020 - 12:30pm |
Jackson is the Senior Indigenous Ranger with the ACT Parks and Conservation Services and his talk will take you on a journey through the development of community and culture through fire. The journey is being taken by many around Australia and now more than ever we need to share the story of fire’s culture. |
