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.

 

13 MAY 2021


OPENING PLENARY

John Woinarski – The challenge, opportunity and benefits of fauna restoration in Australia

 

Floodplain and Coastal Restoration

Duncan Rayner, Prioritising restoration on NSW coastal flood plains

 

Sarah Fischer, Restored river-floodplain connectivity promotes woody plant establishment

 

Main Uddin, Ecological succession in mangrove plantations of the Bangladesh Delta

 

Giulia Ferretto, Naturally-detached fragments of the endangered seagrass Posidonia australis can be used to restore fragmented meadows


seeds

Sponsored by the City of Darwin

Lucy Commander, Updating the FloraBank Guidelines – the best practice guidelines for Australian native seed collection and use


Landcare in the Northern Territory – taking stock and moving forward

Madonna Wuttke, Taking stock – an overview of Landcare NT’s potential and needs

 

Pauline Cass, Ecosystem management of a man-made natural wonder: Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve

 

Deborah Hall, Casuarina Coastal Reserve Landcare Group – Where Forest, Fire and Weeds meet Landcarers


What will the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration mean for Australian restoration?

Bruce Clarkson introduction

 

James Fitzsimons, Increasing Protections and restorative management across the continent during the UN Decade

 

Keith Bradby, Strengthening the networks for large scale restoration

 

Patrick O’Connor, Further empowering local action through the National Landcare Network

 

Lucy Commander, The Australian Network for Plant Conservation’s projects and UN Decade


The role of the native seed standards in strengthening the global seed supply chain

Simone Pedrini, Native seed supply chain: the true price(value) of native seeds

 

Peggy Olwell, The U.S. National Seed Strategy

 

Paul Gibson Roy, The Australian Native Seed Sector: Structure, Perceptions and Practice

 

Shane Turner, Seed-based restoration for Nuytsia floribunda, an arborescent root hemiparasite endemic to Southwest Western Australia

 

Michael Just, Seed dormancy and germination of intractable southwest Australian Rutaceae


Scaling-Up Coastal Wetland Restoration

Valarie Hagger Scaling Up Coastal Wetland Introduction

 

Nathan Waltham, Evaluating the costs and co-benefits of agricultural land conversion: looking backward to look forward

 

Benjamin Brown, Modelling Mangrove Forest Landscape Restoration Options to Inform Improved Planning and Practice in Indonesia

 

Melissa Wartman, Translating science into on-ground action: the Victorian Coastal Wetland Restoration Program

 

Valerie Hager, Feasibility and prioritisation of coastal wetland restoration for blue carbon with environmental co-benefits

 

What will the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration mean for Australian restoration?

Tim Cronin, Integrated approaches for habitat restoration and protection – from global to local

 

Kingsley Dixon and John Dixon, Facilitating environmental NGO networking for the UN Decade

 

Panel discussion


SERA Awards and closing cerimony