Kwongan Colloquium 2010
Development and Biodiversity – can they co-exist?
18 and 19 September 2010
Organisers: School of Plant Biology and Conservation Council, together with Science Divisions of Kings
Park & Botanic Garden and Department of Environment and Conservation, with sponsorship
from the Busselton Naturalists Club.
Audience: Fellow scientists, growers, managers of the land, environmental officers working for mining
companies, anybody with a keen interest in native plants in WA, landowners with rare and
endangered species on their land, people responsible for management of road verges.
Aims:
To enhance awareness of the significance of native plants in the general community and build
stronger links between UWA’s School of Plant Biology and its associates with the
conservation and mining industry and the wider community. Explore options to work towards
collaboration, e.g., in ARC-Linkage proposals with conservation and mining industry and any
other interested parties.
Location: RSL Hall, Rosemary Drive, Busselton
Time:
Saturday, 18 September, 2010 (followed by a field trip on Sunday 19 September; field trip
not included in the cost given below).
Cost:
$110 [$75 for our alumni and (honorary) patrons], including morning and afternoon tea,
lunch, sundowner and a USB containing all the presentations. Concessions are available for
non-government organisations and unwaged attendees.
Themes and speakers on 18 September:
08.15
Arrival and coffee
08.45
Welcome
09.00
Threatened ironstone communities in the Busselton region (Greg Keighery, DEC)
09.30
WA's tall forest distribution under shifting conditions: the interplay between precipitation, soils,
evaporation and plant physiology (Steve Burgess, U. Sydney)
10.00
Quambalaria species implicated in marri decline: possible future for marri and where to
from here (Trudy Paap, Murdoch University)
10.30
11.00
Morning tea
The future of the western ringtail possum in the face of increasing development pressures (Paul
de Tores, DEC)
Floristic values of the Whicher Scarp (Andrew Webb, DEC)
Restoration of rivers and streams (Peter Davies, CENRM-UWA)
Lunch
Flora and vegetation of the Busselton Plain (Bronwen Keighery, DEC)
Mineral nutrition of native plants in our Global Biodiversity Hotspot in a global context (Hans
Lambers, UWA)
Title and speaker to be advised
Pygmy possum work and the Augusta community's efforts to protect the Donovan Road
bushland (Don Bradshaw, UWA)
Afternoon tea
The ancient origin of south-west plants in Gondwana (Phil Cocks, Green Skills)
The role of the Busselton Naturalists’ Club and volunteer (Bernie Masters, Busselton Naturalist
Club)
Closing remarks (Hans Lambers), followed by drinks and canapés
11.30
12.00
12.30
13.30
14.00
14.30
15.00
15.30
16.00
16.30
17.00
Honorary Patrons: Marion Blackwell, Peter Cundell, Donna Farragher MLA, Professor Steve Hopper,
Philippa Nikulinsky, Professor Alan Robson,
Patrons: Professor Hans Lambers and Dr Marion Cambridge, Dr Cleve Hassell, Dr Rob Keogh, Jock Clough,
Professor John Pate and Lady Jean Brodie-Hall
19 September 2010 - Field Trip
The trip will include a visit to Ambergate Reserve, where Dennis Cooper has done work on cultivation of
rare Verticordia and several orchids. He will show us his trial plots of Verticordia and speak about his
experience. Appropriate bushwalking footwear, sun protection and long trousers are recommended.
Time: 09:00 - 16:00
Departure at 9 am and return approx. 4 pm;
Cost of the Field Trip: $95, including morning and afternoon tea, lunch. All amounts quoted include GST.
The number of participants will be limited to 40.
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Development and Biodiversity
School of Plant Biology (M084)
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35 Stirling Highway
Crawley 6009
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