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South Australian threatened plant translocation workshop

Name: South Australian threatened plant translocation workshop
Start: 2019-05-03T08:30:00+09:30
End: 2019-05-03T08:30:00+09:30
Location: Ingkarni Wardli Conference Room, Level 7

Come along and learn about the new Threatened Plant Translocation Guidelines, hear about local South Australian case studies and get your translocation questions answered.

We have a range of speakers presenting on topics such as translocation policies and requirements for approvals in South Australia, preparing a translocation proposal, collecting testing and storing seed and more.

Bookings are open now!

Below are some of the speakers and topics. For a full version of the program click here.

Preparing a translocation proposal – ideas from around Australia - Dr Lucy Commander, Lead Editor of the Translocation Guidelines, Australian Network for Plant Conservation Inc
When do you need a geneticist and seed provenance? - Dr Martin Breed, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
Translocation policies and requirements for approvals in South Australia - Doug Bickerton, Project Officer, Threatened Species, Department for Environment aand Water
Collecting, testing and storing seed of threatened species for translocation - Dan Duval, Technical Officer Seed Collection & Research, Department for Environment aand Water
Case study: Silver Daisy-bush (Olearia pannosa) - Alex Mason, On-ground Co-ordinator Securing Silver Daisy Project, Trees for Life
Case study: Translocating and managing Spiny Daisy (Acanthocladium dockeri) - Tim Field, Conservation & Wetland Manager, Banrock Station
Case study: 20 years of Whibley wattle (Acacia whibleyana), working with the community - Geraldine Turner, Southern NRM Officer, Natural Resources Eyre Peninsula
Case study: Yundi Guinea-flower (Hibbertia tenuis), unlocking seed dormancy and using ecological burns for better growing conditions for threatened flora - James Trezise, PhD Candidate, Fire Ecology University of Adelaide.

This event is supported by the South Australian Murray-Darling Basin Natural Resources Management Board through funding from the NRM levies. Funding has also been provided by The University of Adelaide and the Threatened Species Recovery Hub.