Dr Kathy Eyles - 'International commitments towards conservation'

Kathy, of the Australian Seed Bank Partnership, will describe how, in this third decade of Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, the Partnership will continue to support conservation of Australia’s native flora and global efforts to reverse the impacts on plant species.

Abstract

The Australian Seed Bank Partnership is a not-for-profit alliance of 14 organisations, bringing together expertise from Australia’s leading botanic gardens, state environment agencies and NGOs. They are working on strategic solutions to deal with the multitude of threats facing our biodiversity. The Australian Seed Bank Partnership aims to deliver a national effort that contributes to the conservation of Australia’s native plant diversity through collaborative and sustainable seed collecting, banking, research and knowledge sharing.

The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation provides an international focus for conservation efforts for the world’s flora. The Australian Seed Bank Partnership has contributed substantially to the targets of the GSPC between 2000–2010 and 2011–2020. In this third decade of global efforts, the Partnership will continue to support improved conservation practices and collaborations to conserve Australia’s native flora and global efforts to reverse the impacts on plant species

Biography

Kathy is National Coordinator, Australian Seed Bank Partnership. She has had a varied career across the public and NGO sector as an environmental planner, program manager, policy analyst and NRM Facilitator. After time out for study, Kathy returned to the Department responsible for environment and water in 2017 working in Natural and Indigenous Heritage and as the Knowledge Broker for the National Environmental Science program, and later in the Wetlands Area with its responsibility for the RAMSAR Convention. 

Outside of work, Kathy is a conservation volunteer with the Parkcare program in the ACT, a former convenor of the Friends of Mulligans Flat and Co-convenor with Anne I’ons of Mt Taylor Parkcare Group, as well as a member of the management committees of the Southern ACT Catchment Group and CoG.

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