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SUMMARY:Sally Barnes ‘I am a sucker for getting people out into nature’
DESCRIPTION:Sally’s career has centred on managed public places for public value from national parks in NSW\, Northern Territory and Jervis Bay\, to the Australian National Botanic Gardens and now as Chief Executive of the National Capital Authority.  Sally is leaving her current role at the end of February 2024 so this talk will provide a nice space (with friends) to reflect on her passion. \nBiography   \nSally started in the National Capital Authority Chief Executive role on Monday 12 February 2018. \nSally has spent most of her career in place making activities – connecting people to places and making places as healthy and sustainable as possible.  Sally was the Chief Executive of the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and Australia’s Director of National Parks – which includes the Australian National Botanic Gardens. \nSally is a member of the National Capital Authority Board as well as the Chief Executive. Since joining the National Capital Authority\, Sally and the team have focussed on activation of public places. \nBooking link: https://www.trybooking.com/COAWE \nBooking\n	Lunchtime talks are held at 12.30 pm every Thursday from February to November. Talks last for 1 hour. We welcome donations by gold coins\, notes\, or electronically. The Friends use donations received at each talk to support Gardens’ programs and development and we thank all those who have donated.  \nUnless otherwise indicated\, talks are held in the ANBG Theatrette. \nIt is a good idea to reserve a seat at the talks that you wish to attend; talks may be booked out very quickly.  Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached.  \nBooking link: https://www.trybooking.com/COAWE \nThe Friends of the ANBG thank the speakers who volunteer their time and talents to further the knowledge of all attending events in the Gardens. Many summaries or PowerPoint presentations of Thursday talks are available to Friends at the ANBG library. Please direct queries about the talks to the Thursday Talks Team: email talks@friendsanbg.org.au.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/sally-barnes-i-am-a-sucker-for-getting-people-out-into-nature/
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SUMMARY:Black Mountain Weeding Work Party
DESCRIPTION:We plan to remove woody weeds that have been thriving along the Powerline road in Black Mountain Nature Reserve. \nMeet: Belconnen Way entry to Black Mountain Nature Reserve.   \nLook for banners. \nBring:  more of your friends if you wish\, as everyone is welcome.   \nWear:  hat\, sunscreen\, long-sleeved shirt\, long pants\, gloves\, stout shoes. \nWe shall break for delicious morning tea at about 10:00am \nPlease book: if you are planning to come\, please let us know by booking using this booking link: https://www.trybooking.com/CMRKK \nThis helps us to let you know if arrangements need to change at the last minute (for example\, adverse weather conditions). \nIf you need further information\, please contact me by email or phone 0437 298 711. \nWe look forward to seeing you at our next weeding work party. \nLinda Beveridge\n	Convenor\, Friends of Black Mountain
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/black-mountain-weeding-work-party/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Canberra:20240208T123000
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SUMMARY:Bradley Desmond ‘The Rare Bloom Project: A partnership approach to conserving Australian wildflowers’
DESCRIPTION:Abstract \n	With over 1\,300 Australian species nationally listed as threatened\, the Australian Seed Bank Partnership are taking action to safeguard our native flora. In 2021\, the Partnership embarked on a three-year collaboration with WWF-Australia and Botanica by Air Wick to deliver The Rare Bloom Project. This project supports a national program of conservation actions including proactive seed collecting\, germination trials\, rapid flora assessments\, propagation\, reintroductions\, and long-term seed banking of some of Australia’s rarest wildflowers. The collaboration aims to improve conservation outcomes for 120 of Australia’s native wildflowers from fire affected and high-conservation-value areas\, securing plants from the Australian Capital Territory\, New South Wales\, the Northern Territory\, South Australia\, Victoria\, Tasmania and Western Australia. Join us for a presentation by Mr Brad Desmond\, the Partnership’s Assistant Coordinator\, who will discuss the ongoing need for ex situ plant conservation in Australia\, and the country-wide accomplishments of the Rare Bloom Project.  \nBiography  \n	Brad is the Assistant Coordinator of the Australian Seed Bank Partnership – Australia’s only national alliance of conservation seed banks. Hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens on Ngunnawal country\, Bradley facilitates collaborative seed banking\, research and knowledge sharing initiatives on behalf of the Partnership. An environmental scientist with 10 years’ experience in NGO\, industry and public service sectors\, Bradley provides support to the Council of Heads of Australian Botanic Gardens (CHABG) to deliver better outcomes for native plant conservation. \nBooking link: https://www.trybooking.com/COAWG \nBooking\n	Lunchtime talks are held at 12.30 pm every Thursday from February to November. Talks last for 1 hour. We welcome donations by gold coins\, notes\, or electronically. The Friends use donations received at each talk to support Gardens’ programs and development and we thank all those who have donated.  \nUnless otherwise indicated\, talks are held in the ANBG Theatrette. \nIt is a good idea to reserve a seat at the talks that you wish to attend; talks may be booked out very quickly.  Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached.  \nBooking link: https://www.trybooking.com/COAWG \nThe Friends of the ANBG thank the speakers who volunteer their time and talents to further the knowledge of all attending events in the Gardens. Many summaries or PowerPoint presentations of Thursday talks are available to Friends at the ANBG library. Please direct queries about the talks to the Thursday Talks Team: email talks@friendsanbg.org.au.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/bradley-desmond-the-rare-bloom-project-a-partnership-approach-to-conserving-australian-wildflowers/
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SUMMARY:Dr Peter Caley ‘On estimating waterbird abundance and trend across eastern Australia’
DESCRIPTION:Abstract \n	Monitoring waterbird populations in Australia is challenging for reasons of counting logistics\, and because population aggregation and dispersion can shift rapidly in response to large spatio-temporal variations in resource availability. In this talk I will present a modelling approach that attempts to address some of these challenges on the way to making sound inference on population trends. For many species\, the year-to-year variation in the estimated proportion of the population on surveyed wetlands is very high. The results have implications for making inferences on population trends from these data\, with the ability to model the year-to-year sampling variation a key requirement before the rate of population increase can be estimated with any precision. This study illustrates how to progress this approach\, and infers that under average rainfall conditions\, the general trend is for estimated superpopulation rates of increase to be negative\, though for only a few species is this occurring with strong belief. \nBiography \n	Peter is a research scientist with CSIRO Data61. He has a strong research record of applying quantitative methods to address contemporary problems in the environmental\, agricultural and health sciences. He has an ongoing research interest in the dynamics of animal populations\, with recent examples including inferring trends in the abundance of waterbird populations\, flying foxes\, and bogong moths. \nBooking link: https://www.trybooking.com/COAWJ \nBooking\n	Lunchtime talks are held at 12.30 pm every Thursday from February to November. Talks last for 1 hour. We welcome donations by gold coins\, notes\, or electronically. The Friends use donations received at each talk to support Gardens’ programs and development and we thank all those who have donated.  \nUnless otherwise indicated\, talks are held in the ANBG Theatrette. \nIt is a good idea to reserve a seat at the talks that you wish to attend; talks may be booked out very quickly.  Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached.  \nBooking link: https://www.trybooking.com/COAWJ \nThe Friends of the ANBG thank the speakers who volunteer their time and talents to further the knowledge of all attending events in the Gardens. Many summaries or PowerPoint presentations of Thursday talks are available to Friends at the ANBG library. Please direct queries about the talks to the Thursday Talks Team: email talks@friendsanbg.org.au.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/dr-peter-caley-on-estimating-waterbird-abundance-and-trend-across-eastern-australia/
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SUMMARY:Dr Linda Broome ‘Emergency feeding of Mountain Pygmy-possums after the Black Summer fires’
DESCRIPTION:Abstract \n	On January 4\, 2020 the catastrophic Dunn’s Road fire exploded into a severe fire storm centred on the habitat of the critically endangered mountain pygmy-possum in northern Kosciuszko National Park\, near Cabramurra. One third of the habitat of the possum in NSW was severely burnt\, with all vegetation cover removed. While it was hoped the possums had survived the fire deep within the shelter of their rocky homes\, we suspected they would be short on food and water due to the prolonged drought drying up local boulder streams and the record low numbers of a major food source\, the bogong moth\, migrating from their lowland breeding grounds. In this talk I outline the rapid response measures the Department of Planning and Environment Saving Our Species Team\, NPWS\, Zoos Victoria\, colleagues\, friends\, volunteers and local school children took to sustain the possums in the after math of the fire for the next two years\, the results of our efforts and the current status of the possum under the continuing threat of global heating. \nBiography  \n	Linda is a Senior Threatened Species Officer with the NSW Department of Planning and Environment\, Biodiversity Conservation Section. She has been conducting research and monitoring populations of mountain pygmy-possums and bogong moths in Kosciuszko National Park for 37 years\, since January 1986. \nBooking link: https://www.trybooking.com/COAWN \nBooking\n	Lunchtime talks are held at 12.30 pm every Thursday from February to November. Talks last for 1 hour. We welcome donations by gold coins\, notes\, or electronically. The Friends use donations received at each talk to support Gardens’ programs and development and we thank all those who have donated.  \nUnless otherwise indicated\, talks are held in the ANBG Theatrette. \nIt is a good idea to reserve a seat at the talks that you wish to attend; talks may be booked out very quickly.  Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached.  \nBooking link: https://www.trybooking.com/COAWN \nThe Friends of the ANBG thank the speakers who volunteer their time and talents to further the knowledge of all attending events in the Gardens. Many summaries or PowerPoint presentations of Thursday talks are available to Friends at the ANBG library. Please direct queries about the talks to the Thursday Talks Team: email talks@friendsanbg.org.au.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/dr-linda-broome-emergency-feeding-of-mountain-pygmy-possums-after-the-black-summer-fires/
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SUMMARY:Distinguished Professor Sue O’Connor ‘Art in the Bark: The Indigenous carved boab trees of northwest Australia’
DESCRIPTION:Abstract \n	The Australian boab (Adansonia gregorii) is an iconic tree which is related to the baobabs of Africa and Madagascar.  Found only in a restricted area of northwest Australia\, boab trees are instantly recognisable by their massive bottle-shaped trunks. Boabs are an important economic species for Indigenous Australians with the pith\, seeds and young roots all eaten\, and the bast of the roots used to make string. Less well known is that many of these trees are culturally significant and some were carved with images and symbols. This paper will look at the history of research on carved boab trees in northwest Australia and the results of recent fieldwork in pursuit of these rare trees \nBiography  \n	Sue is a Distinguished Professor in the College of Asia Pacific at the Australian National University. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Sue’s research focuses on migration and colonization in the Indo-Pacific region. She is particularly interested in the cultural flexibility of modern humans and has contributed to our understanding of the colonisation of Island Southeast Asia and Australia. She has undertaken numerous research projects in Indonesia\, Timor-Leste and in northern Australia in Arnhem Land and the Kimberley. Sue has a current ARC Special Research Initiative project Archives in Bark researching carved and inscribed boab trees in northwest Australia.  Sue has published more than 100 articles and five books including 30\,000 Years of Aboriginal Occupation\, Kimberley\, Northwest Australia (1999)\, East of Wallace’s Line: Studies of Past and Present Maritime Cultures of the Indo-Pacific Region (2000) and The Archaeology of the Aru Islands\, Eastern Indonesia (2005) and New Directions in Archaeological Science (2009).            \nBooking link: https://www.trybooking.com/COAWQ \nBooking\n	Lunchtime talks are held at 12.30 pm every Thursday from February to November. Talks last for 1 hour. We welcome donations by gold coins\, notes\, or electronically. The Friends use donations received at each talk to support Gardens’ programs and development and we thank all those who have donated.  \nUnless otherwise indicated\, talks are held in the ANBG Theatrette. \nIt is a good idea to reserve a seat at the talks that you wish to attend; talks may be booked out very quickly.  Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached.  \nBooking link: https://www.trybooking.com/COAWQ \nThe Friends of the ANBG thank the speakers who volunteer their time and talents to further the knowledge of all attending events in the Gardens. Many summaries or PowerPoint presentations of Thursday talks are available to Friends at the ANBG library. Please direct queries about the talks to the Thursday Talks Team: email talks@friendsanbg.org.au. \n  
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/distinguished-professor-sue-oconnor-art-in-the-bark-the-indigenous-carved-boab-trees-of-northwest-australia/
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