8 May 2012 – Revegetating the Future
Posted on 2 May, 2012 by Connecting Country
Professor Ary Hoffmann - Director of Centre for Environmental Stress and Adaptation Research, Department of Genetics and Zoology
The final evening talk in the Connecting Country Education Program for 2012 will be held at Sutton Grange Community Hall on Tuesday 8 May from 6.30pm. In the face of environmental degradation, Professor Ary Hoffman from the University of Melbourne Bio21 Institute, will discuss the concept of building evolutionary resilience in vegetation and how it can be included in conservation and landscape planning strategies.
This event will be useful to the industry practitioner and the active Landcare group member alike, as well as all other community members. It will get you thinking in more depth about aspects of revegetation such as tube stock provenance, parent tree selection, seed collection and species selection. Considerable time will be available for the audience to discuss these concepts with Professor Hoffmann, Connecting Country staff and members of the Sutton Grange Landcare group. Additional information for further reading will also be available on the night to take home.
The free evening event commences at 6.30pm with a pre-talk supper. The event is fully catered by CAKE (Castlemaine Abundance Kitchen Enterprise) with food sourced from locally grown ingredients – the food and drinks are free, but gold coin donations to the Sutton Grange Landcare group are encouraged.
For more information and to RSVP please contact bryan@connectingcountry.org.au or call the Connecting Country office on 5472 1594. RSVPs are not essential but are preferred for catering purposes. Full details of the program and a registration form can be found at the Connecting Country website: www.connectingcountry.org.au/2012-education-program.
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