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Early bird registrations open

Early bird registrations open

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.

https://www.anpc.asn.au/conferences/apcc13/apcc13-early-biranpc-membership-subscription-form-2022-calendar-year/

Plant heroes

Plant heroes

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

Healthy Seeds Update

Healthy Seeds Update

Stage 1 of the Healthy Seeds project is coming to completion with the draft Roadmap submitted to the NSW Environmental Trust and the Healthy Seeds Consortium in November. The Roadmap integrates the results of the Australian Native Seed Survey Report, the Audit of Seed Production Areas in NSW and the identification of the barriers and opportunities for the NSW seed sector to provide a strategic plan to improve native seed supply for ecological restoration in NSW. The full Roadmap is available on the ANPC website, along with the roadmap summary. https://www.anpc.asn.au/healthy-seeds/

2021 AGM

2021 AGM

On Wednesday 17 November 2021 we held our AGM over Zoom with 25 people in attendance. The ANPC president, Tony Auld, presented his President’s Report which details what the ANPC has achieved over the last year, and the activities we are looking forward to. We also said thank you and farewell to our committee members Paul Gibson-Roy, Stephen Bell and Bob Makinson who have finished their terms. We welcomed three new ordinary members to the ANPC management committee, Kelli Gowland and Damian Wrigley from the ACT and Cathy Offord from NSW. https://www.anpc.asn.au/annual-report/

APCC13 – Call for abstracts

APCC13 – Call for abstracts

The organising committee is calling for abstracts for our 13th Australasian Plant Conservation Conference to be held in Albury, NSW next April. This is the premier event in Australia to discuss native plant conservation issues. The overall theme is ‘Seeds to recovery’. We are seeking abstracts for both presentations and posters which fit within one of the 4 sub-themes:

1. Seeds

2. Bushfire recovery

3. Conservation/threatened species and communities

4. Engaging people with conservation & restoration

We are also seeking abstracts for shorter presentations (5 – 10mins TBC) on three workshop topics.Please visit our conference website to download the submission form. Abstract submission closes 4 February 2022.