The presentations at the plenary and sessions were recorded and video files made available by the conference organiser. On this page, the recordings of each session are presented. Presentations by speakers that have not given permission are not shown. The sessions are presented in chronological order.
11 MAY 2021
OPENING PLENARY
Conference Opening: SERA Chair Bruce Clarkson
Welcome to Country Aunty Bilawara Lee, Larrakia Elder
Assoc Prof Adriana Verges, Engaging coastal communities in the restoration of underwater forests and meadows
Human Dimensions in Restoration
sponsoredby City of Darwin
The Djurrubu Rangers Ranger Team Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation, Restoring cultural values in wetlands of the Mirarr Estate
Rodger Barnes, Indigenous groups, rehabilitation and mine closure: exploring the Australian terrain
Jacob Mills, Nature-based public health interventions and the case for Indigenouslead urban restoration
Jackie Hartnett, Rum Jungle Land Management Trainees. Rum Jungle Mine Rehabilitation – Direct Participation in Work Delivery, a Pathway for Two-way Learning
SOILS
Haylee D’Agui, Functional and biological analysis of topsoil at mine sites in Western Australia
Leveraging Technology, Scale, and Networks for Restoration
Nardia Grant, Bringing Back the Forest: Reforestation Provides Climate Mitigation Opportunities for Mining Regions of the World
Nicholas Gellie, Collaborating on method development to pilot a Monitoring, Evaluation and Research (MER) Network in Australia
Aaron Eger, The Kelp Forest Alliance: A Global Network for Kelp Ecosystem Restoration and conservation
Jaume Ruscalleda Alvarez, Near-surface remote sensing of plant condition in mine site restoration environments
Richard Campbell, Reef Builder: A bold plan to recover critically endangered shellfish ecosystems
Phillip McKenna, A Review Remote Sensing of Post-Mine Rehabilitation for Ecological Outcomes
Blair Parsons, New approaches to driving ecological restoration at scale in Australia’s Great Southern Landscapes
Tipton Hudson, Data-driven dynamic grazing decisions for increasingly variable landscapes
The Arts and Restoration – Linking Nature and Culture
David Curtis and William R. Jordan III, The arts – turning hearts and minds towards restoration
Narelle Vogel, People + art + wetlands = connections using creativity to interpret stories of the Landscape
Marcus-Rongowhitiao Shadbolt and Jamie Ataria Empowering the Indigenous voice in a graphical representation of Aotearoa’s bio-cultural heritage (flora and fauna)
Tein McDonald, A journey from depiction to performance art
Liz (BELANJEE) Cameron, Ways of art making and seeing within creative healing practices
Panel Discussion
Current Perspectives on Ranger Mine Restoration
Moderator Introduction by Keith Taylor
Megan Parry, Ranger Mine Species Establishment Research Program
Chris Brady, Cultural reconnection with the Ranger Project Area
David Loewensteiner, The Practical Development of a Reference Ecosystem to Inform Mine Site Restoration
Sarah Smith, Development of Fauna closure criteria for the Ranger Mine
Ping Lu, From a waste rock landform to a vibrant ecosystem: lesson learnt from a 12-year-long trial at Ranger uranium mine
Trajectories and Spatiotemporal Patterns
Katherine Harries, The ecological trajectory of 25-year-old mine rehabilitation from historical sleuthing & longitudinal survey
Peter Erskine, The utility of historic data to guide the rehabilitation of Ranger uranium mine
Dr Fiamma Riviera, Long-term patterns and drivers of recovery of Banksia woodlands restored after sand quarrying