About the Webinar

Wildlife populations are being impacted globally by a range of factors, including climate change and disease. Monitoring at breeding sites is important to identify trends in population sizes to understand the impact of threats and inform conservation and management actions.

Australia has two sub-Antarctic island groups: Heard Island and McDonald Islands, and Macquarie Island. These islands and surrounding waters are home to over one million breeding seabirds and seals, some of which are found nowhere else on earth. This talk will explore the wildlife monitoring at these two islands and some of the work carried out to understand the impacts of HPAI at Heard Island.

Meet the Speaker

Dr Julie McInnes is a biologist who works predominantly on the ecology of Southern Ocean Ecosystems. Her work focuses on applied research leading to conservation and management outcomes for threatened species. She has been heavily involved in the development and implementation of wildlife monitoring programs around Australia, the Antarctic and sub- Antarctic. She is currently one of the projects leads on the Heard Island and McDonald Island Seabird and Avian Influenza projects, as well as the long-term Macquarie Island Wildlife Monitoring Program.

This webinar will run on Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) and will be recorded. A link to the recording will be sent to all registered delegates in the days post the event.

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