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Sunshine Diuris Structured Decision Making (SDM) workshop – saving an orchid from extinction
Experts were gathered at the School of Botany, University of Melbourne, to participate in a 2-day SDM workshop in April 2013 in relation to Diuris fragrantissima, an endangered orchid restricted only to Sunshine in the western suburbs of Melbourne, and to Altona with reintroductions. The workshop was facilitated by Joslin Moore and Rodney van der [...]
Biodiversity and the City- public forum
ARCUE and the City of Melbourne hosted a Public Open Forum on “Biodiversity and the City” in early December 2012. The forum attracted over 200 members of the general public who came to the Melbourne Town Hall to hear a number of speakers talking about a range of issues and opportunities related to this topic. [...]
Managing our nocturnal neighbours – public forum
A special public forum exploring the interactions between people and bats in a rapidly urbanising world will be held on April 11th at the University of Melbourne as part of the 15th Australasian Bat Society Conference. This forum is for: • Government environmental & biodiversity officers • Ecological consultants, arborists, landscape planners • Educators and students [...]
Urbanisation and Plant Traits Working Group
During February and again in December 2007 ARCUE hosted a workshop funded by the Australian Research Council / NZ Landcare Research Network for Vegetation Function to discuss the relationship between urbanisation and plant functional traits. The Network funds researchers to bring scientists from different disciplines together to address high-impact research questions that can benefit from [...]