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“Like in so many other fields, there is world class ecological restoration in Australia and New Zealand, Craig Copeland, a member of the selection panel, said. “ and we wanted to showcase the very high-quality work going on in Australasia to provide examples for others to follow and to make a difficult job a little bit easier. Seventeen projects were selected from nominations sent from all over Australia, with 9 outstanding projects selected from New Zealand. The Australian shortlist includes projects from areas as diverse as the Murray-Darling Catchment, the Great Barrier Reef, the Kimberly, South-west Western Australia, Atherton Tablelands, The Snowy Mountains and Tasmania. The 18-month search for the top projects was initiated by Ecological Management & Restoration (EMR), the management-oriented journal of the Ecological Society of Australia, and the Society for Ecological Restoration International (SER International), the world’s premier restoration body. The specialist panel was made up of two ecology professors, two restoration specialists ,a consulting ecologist and the EMR journal’s editor. “Large and increasing efforts are necessary across the world to rectify the enormous degradation of the environment that has occurred in recent centuries. Many communities and governments are working hard to halt the degradation and bring native ecosystems back to some level of sustainable function. So we want to highlight the positive results that are now starting to show, to encourage others to aim high” Mr Copeland added. The release of the Top 25 list has been timed to coincide with two major international conferences to be held in August in Australia this year – the INTECOL conference in Brisbane and the conference of SER International. Hundreds of scientists and managers from all over the world are expected to attend each conference, many attending both. The reports describing the Top 25 (and 17 Highly Commended) projects are on the Australian and New Zealand pages of the Global Restoration Network website a web-based information exchange site for restoration scientists and managers the world over. The 17 top category Australian projects (in alphabetical order):
See http://www.globalrestorationnetwork.org/countries/australianew-zealand/australia for more information. AUSTRALIAN ECOLOGY RESEARCH AWARD Nominations are invited for the 2009 Australian Ecology Research Award. This award recognises excellence in recent research in Australian ecology and supports an annual Ecological Society of Australia invited research lecture. The recipient of the award will present a lecture at the annual ESA conference of that year - this year the presentation will be at INTECOL10 which ESA is jointly hosting with NZ in Brisbane August 16-21 . The candidate’s travel, registration and accommodation will be paid or reimbursed. Nominations must be received by the Executive Officer of the Society ExecutiveOfficer@ecolsoc.org.au by Thursady 30th April 2009. Criteria and nomination information can be found here
ARE YOU THINKING OF LEAVING A BEQUEST TO THE SOCIETY?The ESA is currently accepting Bequests from members who would like to support the Jill Landsberg Trust Fund's purpose. The Trust supports research in applied ecology. The ESA are also pursuing advice with regard to other types of Bequests. If you have any questions about leaving a bequest to the Society, please contact the ESA's Executive Officer in the first instance. EIANZ ECOLOGY GROUP
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