The Australian Network for Plant Conservation (ANPC) marks its 21st year in 2012. To celebrate the occasion, the 9th ANPC National Conference has the theme Plant Conservation in Australia: Achievements and Future Directions. Registration for the conference will open in mid April 2012. To register an interest in attending the conference or presenting a paper or poster please send an email to anpc@anpc.asn.au. Proposals for workshops are also invited.
The Australian Network for Plant Conservation (ANPC) is seeking articles for the December 2011 – February 2012 issue of Australasian Plant Conservation (APC). The issue will be on the theme ‘Monitoring and plant conservation’. Monitoring is an important aspect of plant conservation work, providing data to assess changes over time and allowing people to make informed decisions about management practices, and make changes to those practices if necessary. In this issue ANPC wants to look at the objectives of monitoring, what should be monitored and how, and how we can keep monitoring simple but effective. ANPC is particularly interested to receive articles related to specific examples of effective monitoring of the outcomes of on-ground plant conservation activities, monitoring vegetation condition, and long-term monitoring, and to learn of the insights/lessons for those about to embark on their first monitoring program.
General articles not on the theme are also welcome. Articles generally should not exceed 1200 words and authors are encouraged to submit two or three high resolution images to illustrate their article. ANPC also welcomes book reviews; titles of interesting recent publications or resources, and where they can be found; conference, workshop, course and fieldwork announcements; and details of relevant publications, information resources and websites.
Deadline for submissions for the December 2011 – February 2012 issue is Friday 11 November 2011. If you are intending to submit an article or wish to discuss possibilities, please contact the Editor, Selga Harrington, by 28 October. Your final article must be submitted to Selga by email at selga.harrington@gmail.com
The Australian Network for Plant Conservation (ANPC) is seeking articles for the September-November 2011 issue of Australasian Plant Conservation (APC). The issue will be on the theme ‘Conservation and restoration of coastal and estuarine ecosystems’. Most of Australia’s population lives on or near the coast, and numerous community groups are involved in plant conservation activities there. Rapid urbanisation, catchment degradation and the emerging threat of climate change have led to concern about coastal ecosystem conservation. If you or your group has been doing plant conservation or vegetation restoration work in coastal or estuarine ecosystems, ANPC encourages you to write an article about it. The deadline for submissions for the September – November 2011 issue is Friday 12 August 2011.
Have you been involved in, or would you like to be involved in, the planning, approval or implementation of a translocation project for threatened flora? The Australian Network for Plant Conservation (ANPC) Translocation of Threatened Plants workshop on 26-27 May 2011 in Melbourne will provide an excellent insight into translocation, which is one of the many tools available to assist in conserving threatened plant species. It involves the deliberate transfer of plants or regenerative plant material from one place to another. The workshop will include case studies of translocation programs, highlighting lessons to be learnt. The workshop also includes a half-day field trip to translocation recipient sites for Diuris fragrantissima, Pimelea spinescens and the Striped Legless Lizard.
The Australian Network for Plant Conservation (ANPC) is seeking articles for the June-August 2011 issue of Australasian Plant Conservation (APC), the ANPC bulletin. The issue will be on the theme ‘Doing it ourselves – non-government conservation’. This theme covers the range of mechanisms being used to help achieve plant conservation on private land. Deadline for submissions for the June-August 2011 issue is Friday 13 May 2011, and if you are intending to submit an article or wish to discuss possibilities please contact the APC Editor by 29 April. For further information see the Call for articles for APC 20 (1).
Australasian Plant Conservation (APC) is the quarterly bulletin of the Australian Network for Plant Conservation Inc. (ANPC). In APC issue 19(4), March-May 2011, ANPC aims to look at plant conservation activities on land owned and/or managed by Aboriginal / Indigenous communities. Articles may focus on any aspect of plant conservation, including planning, partnerships, education and on-ground activities. To find out more visit ANPC: Call for articles for APC 19(4), March-May 2011, Plant conservation on Aboriginal / Indigenous lands.
Have you been involved in, or would you like to be involved in, the planning, approval or implementation of a translocation project for threatened flora? Then this Australian Network for Plant Conservation (ANPC) workshop is relevant to you! The workshop is being held at the Tweed Bicentennial Environment Park, Centennial Drive, Pottsville NSW on Friday 5 November 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
The call for abstracts and workshop expressions of interest for the Australian Network for Plant Conservation (ANPC) 8th National Conference has been extended to 15 August 2010. With the theme “Planning conservation to achieving restoration”, the Australian Network for Plant Conservation (ANPC) 8th National Conference (Perth 28 Sep – 1 Oct 2010) is a conference for everyone involved in conserving Australia’s unique flora and native vegetation. To find out more visit the conference webpage.