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| Walk in the Rainforest with Toby Golson | Thursday, 13 August 2015 - 10:00am to Friday, 14 August 2015 - 9:45am |
Friends are offered an opportunity to see and hear about the 92 collections made by Toby Golson and Julie Percival on their trip north to Queensland rainforest last September. As a thank you to Friends for the assistance given to the expedition Toby will take us through the Rainforest. Bookings via email to:events@friendsanbg.org.au (or leave a message on the Friends phone 6250 9548) giving your name, email and phone number. This is a repeat of yesterday's walk. |
| Walk in the Rainforest with Toby Golson | Wednesday, 12 August 2015 - 10:00am to Thursday, 13 August 2015 - 9:45am |
Friends are offered an opportunity to see and hear about the 92 collections made by Toby Golson and Julie Percival on their trip north to Queensland rainforest last September. As a thank you to Friends for the assistance given to the expedition Toby will take us through the Rainforest. Bookings via email to: events@friendsanbg.org.au (or leave a message on the Friends phone 6250 9548) giving your name, email and phone number. This same walk is repeated tomorrow, Thurs 13 August.
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| Chris Davey & Kathy Eyles, ‘The gang-gang special survey’ | Thursday, 6 August 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
The Gang-gang cockatoo survey is an ambitious citizen science project initiated by the Canberra Ornithologists Group (COG) in 2014. Surprisingly little is known about this much-loved bird. Survey Project manager, Chris Davey, and Communications officer, Kathy Eyles, will discuss what we have learned about the Gang-gang population and its habitat from the survey and from local community engagement. Implications for habitat management and the potential for further research will also be explored. |
| Plant Science Group Technical Talk: Dr Rob Godfey-The Fitness of Kangaroo Grass | Monday, 3 August 2015 - 10:30am to 11:30am |
Date & Time: Monday 3rd August at 10.30 am Place: Theatrette, ANBG Topic: The fitness of Kangaroo Grass (Themeda australis) populations under experimentally simulated drought and climate change. Speaker: Dr Bob Godfree, CSIRO Scientist with the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) in Canberra. |
| Dr John Turnbull, ‘Bunya pine and other Araucarias’ | Thursday, 30 July 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
John will discuss the lifestyles of these iconic trees and their impact on our lives. Dr John Turnbull is a former CSIRO scientist who researched the use of Australian native trees and exotic introductions. Later, as Chief Scientist at the Centre for International Forestry Research in Indonesia, he managed an international research program on tropical rainforest conservation and rehabilitation. He has been a volunteer guide at ANBG since 1999. |
| Michael Doherty, ‘How plants respond to fire: Examples from the ACT Region with a Particular Focus on Recovery After the 2003 Fires’ | Thursday, 23 July 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Michael Doherty is a plant ecologist with CSIRO Land & Water Flagship, based in Canberra. Born in southern Sydney, he spent much of his formative years botanising and bushwalking in the sandstone country of the Sydney Basin, and graduated with an Honours Degree in Science from the University of Sydney in 1986, majoring in plant ecology. For the past 30 years he has worked on a range of vegetation conservation and management projects at local, regional and national levels both in Australia and overseas. |
| Dr Elizabeth Dennis, ‘How plants flower at the right time’ | Thursday, 16 July 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Plants respond to environmental cues to induce flowering, day length, cold temperature being the best examples. This ensures plants flower at an appropriate time. The response to these signals works through changes in the activity of genes. The talk will cover the advances in our understanding of these pathways. Dr Elizabeth Dennis, a CSIRO Fellow, studies the genes underlying plant processes. She spent many years studying the molecular basis of flowering for which she won (jointly) the Prime Minister's Prize for Science. |
| Ben Wallace, ‘Plant hunting in Yunnan’ | Thursday, 9 July 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Ben, former horticultural botanist at Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens, will describe his recent eco-tour to Yunnan Province in China. |
| ANBG Friends Plant Science Group Technical Talk | Monday, 6 July 2015 - 10:30am to 11:30am |
Place: Theatrette, ANBG Topic: Biodiversity Research Program for Parks Australia Speaker: Dr Judy West, AO, Executive Director, ANBG Talk summary: Not only does Parks Australia manage the Commonwealth's iconic national parks, but it also undertakes and funds a range of research projects for scientific study, providing information for better park management decisions. Judy will provide an overview of this program with an emphasis on those with a botanical focus.
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| Vicki Still ‘Creating easy care and sustainable outdoor spaces’ | Thursday, 2 July 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Vicki Still, a former Australian and ACT Horticulturalist of the Year, established Easycare Garden Designs Pty Ltd in ACT in 1999. She will discuss how to create an easy care and sustainable garden and will answer questions on landscape design, construction and garden maintenance. |
