Kwongan Workshop 2015
On the ecology of WA’s arid zone
21 July 2015
Organisers: School of Plant Biology, UWA.
Audience: Environmental officers working with mining companies, consultants, fellow scientists, growers, managers
of the land, anybody with a keen interest in the ecology of WA’s arid zone.
Aims:
The arid zone of Western Australia is an area of both fascinating biodiversity and great economic
importance. The Workshop, organised by the not-for-profit Kwongan Foundation, aims to enhance
awareness of Western Australia’s arid zone biodiversity by providing a forum to communicate research
outcomes, policy and environmental management practices related to this region.
The workshop provides an excellent networking opportunity by bringing together landholders, regulators,
researchers, consultants, growers and anyone with an interest in the science and management of Western
Australia’s arid zone environments. In doing so, UWA seeks to facilitate transfer of wisdom through
communication and collaboration, thereby creating better outcomes for arid zone environments.
Location: The University Club, UWA.
Time:
Tuesday, 21 July, 2014.
Cost:
$375, including morning and afternoon tea, lunch, sundowner and a copy of the presentations.
Concessions available for Patrons of the Kwongan Foundation, UWA Alumni and unwaged attendees.
Themes and speakers
7.45
8.10
8.15
9.00
Arrival and coffee
Welcome by Hans Lambers
General overview to set the theme: Contribution of semi-arid ecosystems to interannual variability of the
global carbon cycle (Pep Canadell, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Canberra)
Aboriginal people and post-glacial climatic change in the inland Pilbara' (Caroline Bird from archae-aus)
Plants and Vegetation
9.30
Deciphering the biotic and abiotic block in the recruitment of keystone Triodia species for Pilbara restoration.
(Wolfgang Lewandrowski, UWA/KPBG)
10.00
Morning tea
10.30
Using soil ecological indicators to assess ecosystem recovery after disturbance in arid environments (Miriam
Munoz-Rojas, KPBG)
xxx (Erik Veneklaas or one of his colleagues, UWA)
DNA barcoding work in the Pilbara (Paul Nevill, KPBG)
11.00
11.30
Fauna
12.00
Out of the Dark - Camera traps as a survey and monitoring tool for mammals (Mark Cowan, DPaW)
12.30
Lunch
13.30
14.00
Beyond fences: can the dingo help save Australia's threatened fauna? (Michael Wysong, UWA)
Conservation systematics of the Pilbara fauna (Joel Huey, WA Museum)
Honorary Chief Patron: Her Excellency the Honourable Kerry Sanderson AO, Governor of Western Australia
Honorary Patrons: Marion Blackwell, Peter Cundell, Mary Hancock, Professor Steve Hopper, Philippa Nikulinsky, Professor Alan Robson, Dr Michael Shane
Patrons: Professor Hans Lambers and Dr Marion Cambridge, Dr Cleve Hassell, Dr Rob Keogh, Jock Clough, Professor John Pate, Lady Jean Brody-Hall,
Professor Richard Hobbs, Professor William Loneragan
Land Management - Conservation Planning – Rehabilitation
14.30
15.00
Understanding the birds of the Great Western Woodlands (Liz Fox, Birdlife Australia)
Evolutionary processes and connectivity in banded ironstone formation associated flora (Melissa Millar,
DPaW)
15.30
Afternoon tea
16.00
A stable isotope perspective on water budgets of the arid zone: interactions among water sources and
vegetation in Pilbara (Greg Skrzypek, UWA)
Recent advances in monitoring population trends in threatened vertebrates on Barrow Island (Roy Teale,
Biota)
16.30
17.00
Closing remarks (Hans Lambers), followed by drinks and canapés
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On the ecology of WA’s arid zone
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The University of Western Australia
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Crawley 6009
Barbara Jamieson
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