| The ANPC is proud to announce we are an Actor for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030). The decade highlights the urgent need to prevent, halt and reverse ecosystem degradation around the world to combat climate change and species loss. Learn what the decade for ecosystem restoration is about in this short video. |
| What is the best way to support ANPC’s work in plant conservation? Become a member! Members are the lifeblood of our network and now is the time to join or renew for 2023. Membership is open to individuals (with a concession option), small businesses, libraries, community groups and corporate entities/government agencies. All members receive a subscription to our quarterly bulletin Australasian Plant Conservation and discounts to our events. Join or renew today! |
The ANPC is looking for a volunteer to nominate as Treasurer to assist our efforts to conserve our amazing biodiversity. This is also a great opportunity to gain Executive Not-for-profit Committee experience!
The role of Treasurer is to manage the ANPC’s financial affairs and present financial reports to the ANPC’s bi-monthly Management Committee meetings and Annual General Meetings.
Desirable knowledge, skills and experience: a sound familiarity with financial record keeping and reporting, and a willingness to learn to use Xero financial software. Day to day financial management is undertaken by ANPC office staff.
Location in or near Canberra is an advantage but not essential, as the main duties can be undertaken remotely. Click here for more information.
If you are interested in applying or would like more information please reach out to our Business Manager Jo Lynch at business@anpc.asn.au
| While seed is the easiest and most efficient form of germplasm to store, species such as Native Guava (Rhodomyrtus psidioides) are undergoing such significant decline due to Myrtle Rust that they no longer produce viable seeds for collection. Other species have seeds that are not suited to storage under conventional seedbanking conditions. For these species, cutting propagation is a way of capturing genetic diversity and establishing ex situ collections that provide a measure of insurance against extinction. Our partners at the Department of Agriculture and Forestry (QLD) and the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan (NSW) are establishing new ex situ collections from wild-collected germplasm. These collections provide a source of future propagation material, an accessible collection for research and a way of distributing germplasm across partner organisations as a further measure to establish the species in safe custody. This project received grant funding from the Australian Government. Images below:(top) Cutting propagation of Native Guava (Rhodomyrtus psidioides) at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan. Credit: Amelia Martyn Yenson. |
| The Commonwealth has released for public comment a Draft Import Risk Analysis for the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa. This bacterial pathogen has a very broad host-range of plant species, and is known to pose a major potential environmental threat. The Risk Analysis explicitly limits itself to the potential arrival pathways of imported nursery stock and seed for sowing, and the possible impacts on the horticultural and agricultural industries. Environmental impact and response scoping is not covered, although the Draft IRA does contain a list of Australian native host species known from overseas infections. However, Xylella is on the EEPL Priority List of environmental pests and diseases yet to arrive in Australia, there is a short profile of it in this Information Paper. Comments on the Draft IRA are due by 1st March 2023. |
Do you have a story to share on plant conservation? The editor of Australasian Plant Conservation is seeking article submissions for the Autumn issue of APC. There is no theme for the next issue but there is a general call for fire related articles for all 2023 issues. Send your 1200 word article and images to editor@anpc.asn.au before 1 February 2023 for inclusion in the Autumn issue or by 1 May 2023 for the Winter issue. For more information see our webpage or contact the editor Nathan Emery.
The deadline for article submission has been extended to Friday 17 February 2023.