Early bird registrations for the 13th Australasian Plant Conservation Conference have opened. This special pricing is only available until 18 February so be sure to head to the website and register soon.
The organising committee is also accepting abstracts for conference presentations and workshops. Full details on the themes and workshop titles are on the website, where you can download an abstract submission form.
We’re pleased to announce our Germplasm-themed calendar is off to the printers! The calendar will be arriving in the letterboxes of all our 2021 members shortly to thank you for your valued support and celebrate the 30th anniversary of the ANPC.
It is also that time of year when members need to renew their memberships. ANPC Members receive quarterly issues of our bulletin and discounts to ANPC events. If you’re thinking of heading to our APCC13 conference in April it is great value to become a member! Did you know that a direct debit function is now available to automatically keep your membership current? Just tick the Auto Renewal box on the membership form and we’ll do all the work for you!
An article on the three different guidelines the ANPC has recently updated has been published in BGANZ’s magazine THE BOTANIC GARDENer. This article explains what is in the different guidelines, when to use them and how to find them. You can download the summer edition of the magazine here.
We are excited to be opening early bird registrations for our conference! The 13th Australasian Plant Conservation Conference (APCC13) will be held in Albury, NSW next April. We chose to hold this in person conference in Albury so delegates can immerse themselves with real people working on real issues in real landscapes (which should look incredible after all this rain!).
Head to our website to buy tickets at the special early bird price. This pricing will be available until Friday 18 February 2022.
The Plant Heroes series, funded by an ANPC grant, continues with a fascinating video and podcast on Murnong – a type of Yam Daisy (Microseris scapigera). For the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and other Aboriginal groups in south-eastern Australia, the Murnong has been an important cultural food source for thousands of years. But today only three populations remain in Melbourne, these rely on active management to keep them alive. https://www.plant-heroes.com/species/murnong
On Tuesday 16 November, ANPC Project Manager Amelia Martyn Yenson gave an online presentation as part of the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney’s virtual science seminar series. Details of the talk can be found on their website where they will be publishing a recording of the talk shortly. https://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/Science/Virtual-science-seminars/Australian-ex-situ-conservation