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| Event title | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Summer Sounds 2016 | Saturday, 16 January 2016 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm |
Featuring 2015 The Voice finalist Amber Nichols supported by Micky Sulit on the Eucalypt Lawn at the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Clunies Ross Street Acton. Brought to you by the Friends of the Gardens and the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Click on the blue heading in the left hand column for more information. |
| Plant Science Group Technical Talk: Nunzio Knerr 'Biodiversity Metrics and their Visualisation - Exploring our Collections'. | Monday, 7 December 2015 - 10:30am |
Biodiversity can be measured by more than just a count of the number of species in a given area. Genetic information along with community data allows for interesting ways to explore biodiversity at many scales. Our national collections contain a mass of historical information that may inform us about biodiversity hotspots, past and present. This talk will cover different ways of looking at biodiversity data using current visualisation technologies, taking some iconic Australian plant families as examples. |
| Dr Pep Canadell ‘Human Carbon Emissions and how to Stabilize the Climate’ | Thursday, 26 November 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Global carbon emissions from human activities have been growing relentless since the beginning of the Industrial Era, and the effects of climate change are already noticeable around the world. For the first time in international negotiations, over 160 countries will meet in Paris this December, under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, to establish an agreement to prevent climate change from reaching dangerous levels thought to be at 2 degrees C above preindustrial global temperature. What are the latest trajectories on greenhouse gases and what will happen in Paris? |
| Atticus Fleming ‘AWC: a new model for conservation’ | Thursday, 19 November 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Atticus, inaugural chief executive of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, will describe how AWC is integrating science, philanthropy, sound business principles and a strong commitment to practical land management on order to reverse the decline in Australia’s wildlife. Applying this innovative business model, AWC owns and manages 23 properties around Australia, protecting endangered wildlife across more than 3 million hectares in iconic locations such as the Kimberley, Cape York, Arnhem Land and the central deserts. |
| Special Talk: Julie Quinn 'Abating the threat from feral animals: policy to practical action' | Sunday, 15 November 2015 - 1:00pm to Monday, 16 November 2015 - 12:45pm |
In Australia, feral animals have a huge impact on native species, and are a major cause of decline in many of our threatened species. For example, feral cats alone impact over 142 threatened species of mammals, birds, reptiles and frogs. Control of feral animals can be complex and challenging. |
| Growing Friends Spring Plant Sale | Saturday, 14 November 2015 - 8:30am to Sunday, 15 November 2015 - 10:45am |
The Growing Friends Spring Sale will be held on Saturday, 14 November 2015. Plants are propagated and tended by the Growing Friends from material sourced from the Gardens. All proceeds go to support the Gardens. Be early for the best selection - Details of some of the plants that will be available are here. A list of all the plants that will be on the sale is available. |
| Dr Roger Farrow ‘Travels through the world’s oldest desert and beyond’ | Thursday, 12 November 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Plant life encountered on a trek through Namibia and Botswana: an evolutionary perspective. |
| Dr Brett Summerell ‘Root rots, rusts and water moulds: Invasive diseases in botanic gardens’ | Thursday, 5 November 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Plant diseases are the bane of many botanic gardens causing death, destruction and difficulty in maintaining their collections. Conversely these same diseases may also provide an opportunity for botanic gardens to provide a major contribution in plant conservation as a sentinel for understanding the impact of these diseases on specific species. This talk will focus on some of the key plant diseases affecting Australian plants in botanic gardens (and home gardens) and the role botanic gardens play in combating them. |
| Plant Science Group Technical Talk: Nick Dos Remedios, Australia's Virtual Herbarium and the Atlas of Living Australia - getting the most out of these free online biodiversity resources. | Monday, 2 November 2015 - 10:30am |
Australia’s Virtual Herbarium has been around for over 10 years and is now maintained by Atlas of Living Australia on behalf of the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Over that time it has been refined and new tools added. Come along and find out what these online tools can do for you. Venue: Theatrette at the ANBG. |
| Doug Laing ‘The mysterious baobab’ | Thursday, 29 October 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
This talk explores the ecology, distribution and lore of the baobab, from ancient times to the present. It takes us on a journey across the Indian Ocean from Africa, through Madagascar to Australia, and ponders on how and when these regal trees might have got from there to here and how they may have changed along the way. Doug Laing is a retired diplomat with a long fascination in natural history, ornithology and how things in nature are connected. He is an educator at the ANBG, a volunteer guide and a member of the Friends’ Thursday Talks Committee. |
