Birds Australia Conservation Forum 2009

Around 100 people attended the very successful Birds Austrtalia Conservation Forum in Brisbane on 30 June 2009. An analysis of the Evaluation Questionnaire is available

For an explanantion fo the theme see Reconnect (with) the Bush on the BA website

All the abstracts and some of the the presentations are available on the BA website

Conservation Forum Program

Graeme Hamilton, Birds Australia CEO - Reconnect (with) the Bush
David Freudenberger, Greening Australia's Director of Science and Major Projects - Visionary-scale Restoration Projects: Landscape Dreaming or a Real Opportunity
Rob Dunn, NSW Nature Conservation Trust CEO - The Great Eastern Ranges Initiative – Connecting People Connecting Nature
Judit Szabo, Bob Sutherst and Hugh Possingham, UQ Ecology Centre - Are stock routes valuable for bird conservation? The need for a new bird survey protocol.
Amy Bond and Darryl Jones, Griffith Uni School of Environment - Roads are barriers to birds too: Avian use of a fauna- friendly overpass in Brisbane
Carla Catterall, Griffith Uni School of Environment - What’s in it for the birds: quality, quantity, or connectedness?
Jarrad Cousin, Griffith Uni School of Environment - Could patterns of landscape-scale occupancy be constrained by fine-scale decisions? 
Aimee Freimanis, Birds Australia Education Coordinator - Reconnect with the bush by education and awareness raising
Guy Dutson, Birds Australia IBA & Kakadu Birding Projects Manager - Birdwatching Tourism – improving its profile and impact