Papers presented at ImLal Biorich project Field Day in June 2011
Stephen Murphy, author of Recreating the Country
A nurseryman at Teesdale and active member of Landcare, Steve Murphy originally presented his sustainability index for restoring bare, rural landscapes to their forested splendour at a Ballarat Region Treegrowers workshop. His vision had enough resonance to intrigue the group. Out of a collaboration between Steve and BRT came the AFG-published book Recreating the Country with its ten principles for designing sustainable landscapes. BRT is seeking to put the book’s principles into practice on the ImLal site.
Click here for a powerpoint of his presentation titled A blueprint for the design of sustainable landscapes It includes notes if you open the notes page.
Click here for a powerpoint of his presentation titled A blueprint for the design of sustainable landscapes It includes notes if you open the notes page.
Colin Bullen, Australia General Manager & Asia Pacific Operations Manager, Imerys Minerals
Singarayer Florentine, University of Ballarat
Florry (right) & BRT Pres. Phil Kinghorn.
For the past 20 years, Singarayer Florentine (or Florry, as he is known) has been working on ecologically diverse habitats in two different countries. His initial research was in Sri Lanka, where he studied the impact of selective logging of tropical rainforest on native species recruitment. Then in north Queensland, he researched alternative approaches for rainforest restoration in abandoned pasturelands. An Associate Professor at the University of Ballarat, he and a graduate student, Tim Simpson, are establishing long term monitoring plots on the ImLal site of the plants' mortality and growth rates.
Click here for a powerpoint of his presentation titled Why Bother Monitoring: Importance of long term monitoring of restoration efforts
Click here for a powerpoint of his presentation titled Why Bother Monitoring: Importance of long term monitoring of restoration efforts
Tanya Loos, ornotholigist
Tanya Loos is the Vice President of te BirdLife Ballarat, formed after the recent amalgamation of Birds Australia and the Bird Observers Club. She is an enthusiastic field naturalist and environmental consultant who writes a nature column for the Hepburn Advocate. In 2009 she completed a Graduate Certificate in Ornithology at Charles Sturt University. She leads regular bird surveys with BRT members on the ImLal site.
Click here for a powerpoint of her presentation titled Long term bird monitoring at Imery’s Kaolin Mine site, Lal Lal
Click here for a powerpoint of her presentation titled Long term bird monitoring at Imery’s Kaolin Mine site, Lal Lal
Sonia Mahony, natural resources officer, Central Highlands Water
Sonia Mahony works at Central Highlands Water as a Natural Resource Officer, focusing on biodiversity management. Central Highlands Water is a significant land owner, and Sonia is in charge of planning and implementing native revegetation that improves habitat for flora and fauna. Previously, Sonia was employed at the Corangamite CMA in the areas of river health, biodiversity, funding coordination and knowledge management.
Click here for a powerpoint of her presentation
Click here for a powerpoint of her presentation
Warwick Ragg, Australian Forest Growers
Warwick Ragg has been Chief Executive of AFG for nine years and he was also a member of the Australian Landcare Council for seven years. Mr Ragg is closely engaged in a range of policy discussions at state and federal level, including the Carbon Farming Initiative, illegal logging, and development of a Victorian government Farm Forestry Plan. Warwick was formerly with NSW Farmers Association, so has a close understanding of farm forestry issues from both the farmer and forest perspective.
Click here for a powerpoint of his presentation.
Click here for a powerpoint of his presentation.
Ian Penna, researcher, Ballarat Region Treegrowers
As a practicing farm forester and a man with a PhD in timber industry related research, Ian Penna has thought long and hard about how humans might live within the limits of their landscapes. He was the one who first saw the potential of Steve Murphy’s sustainability index in bridging the gap between Landcare’s environmental plantings and farm forestry. In the final session of the Field Day, he looked forward to where BRT might take the biorich plantation concept into the future.
Click here for a powerpoint of his presentation titled The BRT and Analog Forestry
Click here for a powerpoint of his presentation titled The BRT and Analog Forestry