Woodlands for
Wildlife: recovery for our birds
Saturday
4 June 2005 1.30 to 4.30pm
Arrival and
registration from 1pm #
CSIRO
Discovery Centre, Black Mountain, ACT
Seminar
Chairperson: Dr Richard Schodde
Large-scale
studies and natural experiments on woodland bird responses - new insights into
farm and conservation management practices
Prof
David Lindenmayer, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies,
ANU
Trends
from a decade of bird surveys in the ACT - what have we
learned?
A
progress report from the COG Woodland Bird Monitoring
Project
Ms
Alison Rowell, Biologist and Environmental Consultant
Statistical
analysis by Ross Cunningham, Consultant Statistician & Associate Professor
ANU
Reversing the
Decline of the Cowra Woodland Birds - the Cowra Woodland Birds
Program
Dr
Jack Baker, Manager of Biodiversity Conservation Science, NSW Dept. of
Environment & Conservation & Councillor of Birds Australia
Intermission
- Afternoon Tea (approx 2.45pm)
Bringing
Breeding Birds Back - a study of birds breeding in re-vegetation
sites
Ms
Nicki Taws, Ecologist & Ms Suzi Bond, ANU Honours
Graduate
Rebirding the
Holbrook Landscape - Birds as indicators of ecosystem health &
biodiversity
Dr
Geoff Barrett, Ecologist, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
Panel
Questions & Discussion - Chairperson: Dr Rosemary Purdie, ACT Commissioner
for the Environment
Hosted
by Canberra Ornithologists Group (COG), in collaboration with the Wildlife
Research and Monitoring Unit of Environment ACT, & the
CRES/ANU
#
Prior booking recommended to reserve a seat. Email:
Seats
may be available on the day
