Monday 25th June 2007 – Pre Conference |
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Australian Maritime College Biodiversity Cruise, Seahorse World, Platypus House |
Beauty Point |
4.00-6.00pm |
Registration and Art Gallery Viewing |
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Inveresk |
6.00-7.30pm |
Welcome Function (sponsored by Origin Energy) |
Tuesday 26th June 2007 – DAY 1 |
8.00am approx |
Buses from hotels (see schedule)
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8.00am |
Registration |
University of Tasmania
– Sir Raymond Ferrall Centre |
8.45am |
Welcome to Country by the Panninher People
Introduction: “Environment and Production Systems – The Setting and Context”
– Dr Peter Hay: “Ethics, Politics and the Developing Revolution in Humankind’s Relationship to Other Life”
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9.30am - 10:00am |
What to expect “Our conference – Your contribution”
– Gerard dCastles s |
10:30am Morning Tea – sponsored by Europcar
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10.30am |
Official Opening - Ian Sauer, President of Tamar NRM introduces Senator Richard Colbeck, MP Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance & Administration
– Gerard dCastles s |
11.00am |
“Finding opportunity in the Challenge”
– Severn Cullis-Suzuki |
11.50am |
“Production, Biodiversity and Ecological Sustainability. .Where have we got to? Where must we go?
– David Lindenmayer |
12:40pm Lunch - sponsored by Rethink |
1.15pm |
Launch: "People, Sheep and Nature Conservation: the Tasmanian Experience" by Jamie Kirkpatrick and Kerry Bridle, CSIRO Publishing - Lu Hogan, Program Manager, Sustainable Production Systems, Australian Wool Innovation Limited |
1.30pm
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Theme A
Conservation in production systems Lecture Theatre 1 (LT1)
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Theme B
Managing vegetation in production landscapes (Main Theatre)
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Theme C
Coasts, rivers and wetlands
Lecture Theatre 2 (LT2)
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A1. The value of biodiversity in supporting integrated pest management (IPM) for broadacre cropping and grazing.
Cam Nicholson |
B1. Balancing Farming On The Three Legged Stool In The Twenty First Century.
Ian Dickenson |
C1. Challenges involved in the development of sustainable seahorse aquaculture.
John Purser |
A2. Environmental Champions Program – bridging the gap between environment and production.
Janelle McGufficke |
B2. Integrated farm forestry: A case study analysis of biodiversity protection and small-scale forest production in northern Tasmania.
Greg Unwin, John Lord & Arthur Lyons
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C2. Much more than exploitation – challenges of managing the western rock lobster fishery responsibly.
Steven Gill |
A3. Managing the Top End flood plains for productive and ecological gain.
Tony Searle |
B3 . Integration of conservation into extensive grazing systems.
Louise Gilfedder & Rae Young
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C3. Razor clams (Stolen spp.) of Kuching Bay, Sarawak Malaysia.
Ruhana Hassan
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Afternoon Tea - sponsored by the Department of Primary Industry & Water - Poster Viewing with Authors |
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A4. Regenerative agriculture – the case for dialogue with natural systems.
Graham Strong |
B4. Increasing production and biodiversity in the Tamar Region.
Nicole Walsh & Brian Baxter |
C4. Caring and Sharing – the Little Swanport pathway to sustainability.
Colin Dyke |
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A5. A new approach to working with farmers to bring back ground nesting birds in the NSW Murray catchment.
Alexandra Knight |
B5. Project Hindmarsh
Dean Robertson & Don Haines |
C5. Promoting sustainable production to improve river health in the Greater Rubicon Catchment.
Peter Stronach |
4.30 - 5.10pm |
“Meet the speakers”
Buses to hotels and later from hotels to The Tramsheds, Inveresk |
University of Tasmania – Sir Raymond Ferrall Centre and related spaces |
7.30 - 9.30pm |
Public Forum “Footprints to a Sustainable Future” - sponsored by NRM North |
Tramsheds’, Inveresk |
Wednesday 27th June 2007 – DAY 2 |
8.00am approx |
Buses from hotels (see schedule)
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8.30am |
“Multiple Contexts of Sustainable Production in theeReal World” - Barney Foran |
University of Tasmania – Sir Raymond Ferrall Centre and related spaces |
1.30pm
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Theme A
Conservation in production systems Lecture Theatre 1 (LT1)
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Theme B
Managing vegetation in production landscapes (Main Theatre)
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Theme C
Coasts, rivers and wetlands
Lecture Theatre 2 (LT2)
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Sessions convened by
The Partners in Vegetation Management Group |
Sessions sponsored by Department of Fisheries and Marine Environment and National Centre for Marine & Coastal Conservation, Australian Maritime College |
9.25am |
A6. Biodiversity sustained for millennia in Indian agricultural landscapes.
Jai Ranganathan
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B6. Nature conservation on private land - not just threatened species.
Tom Dunbabin |
C6. Risk evaluation of fisheries effects on the marine environment.
Marnie Campbell |
A7. Invertebrate biodiversity of pasture phases in mixed farming landscapes.
Stuart Brown |
B7. A Different Approach to Balancing Conservation and Production.
David dMarsh h |
C7.Tackling fisheries bycatch: new approaches to change the selectivity of prawn trawls.
David Maynard |
10.25am Morning Tea - sponsored by Hydro Tasmania - Poster Viewing with Authors |
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A8. Tailoring forestry prescriptions for Giant Velvet Worms (Tasmanipatus barrette) in Tasmania.
Simon Grove |
B8. Balancing conservation and production is a constant-sum game.
Sue McIntyre
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C8. Sea rights or sustainability? Negotiating socially just biodiversity outcomes in Australia.
Melissa Nursey-Bray
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A9. Property-based wildlife management plans in Tasmania.
Matt Byrne |
B9. Challenges for profitably integrating high level biodiversity goals into contemporary commercial grazing and mixed farming enterprises.
Neil MacLeod
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C9. Marine biosecurity - conservation management.
Chad Hewitt |
A10. Landscape and regional scale planning for native vegetation management.
Dean Robertson |
B10. Native pastures of the Southern Tablelands: Finding the win/wins for grassy ecosystems and primary producers
Donna Hazel
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C10. Does Diel variation enhance the biodiversity and fisheries productivity of tropical estuarine mangrove systems?
Janet Ley |
A11. Combining production and conservation in the Woady Yaloak Catchment.
Alice Knight |
B11. Achieving environmental progress as a precursor to production gains.
John Ive |
C11. Developing water quality monitoring and collecting baseline data in estuaries in Tasmania and environmental flow regimes to maintain estuarine health and production.
Christine Crawford |
12.50pm Lunch - sponsored by Private Forests Tasmania and Old Launceston Seaport |
1.25pm |
Launch: "Memorial: The Silence of Extinction" - Severn Cullis-Suzuki
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The Launch Pad
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1.35pm |
Launch: Tamar Region Natural Resource Management Strategy 2007 - 2011 - Ian Sauer, President, Tamar NRM
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The Launch Pad
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A12. Land management tenders - using production improvements to get farmers interested in nature conservation.
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David Walker and Rob Frend |
B12. Multipurpose tree growing - what farmers really want to do. Case study of the Otway Agroforestry Network.
Rowan Reid
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C12. What to do? Deciding on actions when the benefits are uncertain.
Terry Walshe & Tilo Massenbauer |
A13. Integrating natural resource management into farming practices through monitoring and action-oriented learning.
Bronwyn Haller |
B13. Profitable and biodiverse wool production: a national case study from Land, Water & Wool.
Jann Williams & Mary Goodacre |
C13. Integrating NRM and production: for professionals facilitating change in rural Australia.
Amabel Fulton |
A14. Conservation management plan for the planted forest zone, Sarawak, Borneo.
Graham Hall |
B14. Adapting to the landscape: Conservation perspectives of Tasmanian wool.
Kerry Bridle |
C14. Land vs water: the conflict of restoring terrestrial environments at the expense of downstream aquatic ecosystems.
Jenny Davis |
A15. Good farmers and green: proof that it is possible from the wheatbelt of Western Australia.
Patrick Smith & Gavin Morgan |
B15. Environmental benefits of shelter-belts under centre pivot irrigators.
Anna Atherton-Griggs
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C15. Nutrient exports - with so many simple solutions why so little progress?
David Nash |
3.45pm Afternoon Tea - sponsored by Becks Home Timber & Hardware |
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Buses to hotels and later to The Albert Hall (see schedule)
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4.10pm |
"Meet the speakers"
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7.00pm |
Conference Dinner - sponsored by Australia & New Zealand Banking Group
- Dr Peter Ellyard and Hannah Ellyard; MC: Andrew Nichols
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Grand Ballroom, The Albert Hall
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Thursday 28th June 2007 – DAY 3 |
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Buses from hotels
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Theme A
Conservation in production systems Lecture Theatre 1 (LT1)
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Theme B
Managing vegetation in production landscapes (Main Theatre)
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Theme C
Coasts, rivers and wetlands
Lecture Theatre 2 (LT2)
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A16. Achieving conservation targets through voluntary agreements in a regional body arrangement.
Kate Steel |
B16. Farm businesses can profitably manage biodiversity.
Jim Moll, Rob Shea & Debbie Shea |
C16. Management of grassy Eucalyptus globulus forests for wood production and conservation in southeast Tasmania.
Fred Duncan |
A17. Bush returns: a landscape restoration trial of the Goulburn Broken Catchment
Carla Miles |
B17. Effective landscape restoration for native biodiversity in Northern Victoria - landholder case studies.
Geoff Park and Dwain Duxson |
C17. Conservation of hollow-using fauna in Tasmania's production forests.
Sarah Munks |
Move to interactive session - Old Drama Theatre - Refreshments sponsored by AMC and CB&M Design |
9:50am |
Interactive Session facilitated by Gerard Castles (including morning tea and lunch) "Our Conference's Gift to the Future" - Distilling collective wisdom.
Rapporteurs, analysis and commentary. Conference Conclusion.
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Conference Close by 2.15pm |
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Meeting of the Partners in Vegetation Management Group |
Friday 29th June 2007 – Post Conference |
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Australian Maritime College Biodiversity Cruise, Seahorse World, Platypus House Beauty Point |
