Join the EIANZ SA Division who will be joined by David Paton AM. David will present on Bio-R, which is an NGO that reconstructs habitat for biodiversity. Frahn’s Farm in Monarto is their flagship restoration site in the Mount Lofty Ranges. The major aims for the site are to reconstruct habitat for declining woodland birds, establish research and monitoring projects to improve habitat reconstruction outcomes and create an accessible site for community and volunteer opportunities near Adelaide. Other current projects that Bio-R are involved in include revegetating farmland at Cygnet Park on Kangaroo Island and the glossy black-cockatoo fire recovery project also on Kangaroo Island.

Meet the speaker: David Paton AM

David Paton AM, is a respected ecologist at the University of Adelaide with a passion for conservation and restoration and a strong commitment to long-term studies that help understand and manage the natural environment for future generations. His work on the Coorong and declining woodland birds is well known. He frequently provides informed comment on wildlife and environmental issues to politicians, the general public and the media. In addition to being on the Board of Directors for Bio·R, he co-founded and was an initial Director for Arid Recovery, a non-profit organisation that aims to restore arid ecosystems in Australia.

This event will be offered as a lunchtime seminar with lunch provided. It will also be available to be livestreamed via Zoom.

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