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| Event title | Date | Details |
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| Viewing Botanical Art at National Library | Wednesday, 17 June 2015 - 1:00pm to Thursday, 18 June 2015 - 12:45pm, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 - 2:00pm to Thursday, 18 June 2015 - 1:45pm, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 - 3:00pm to Thursday, 18 June 2015 - 2:45pm |
Friends are offered an exclusive opportunity to a viewing of original botanical illustrations and watercolours by the artists Robert David Fitzgerald (1830-1892), Adam Forster (1848-1928) and Ida McComish (1885-1978). The viewing sessions will commence with a brief introductory talk. Please note that this event is for members only of the Friends of the ANBG. For more details, including booking arrangements, click on the heading in column 1 to the left. |
| Viewing Botanical Art at National Library | Wednesday, 17 June 2015 - 1:00pm to Thursday, 18 June 2015 - 12:45pm, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 - 2:00pm to Thursday, 18 June 2015 - 1:45pm, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 - 3:00pm to Thursday, 18 June 2015 - 2:45pm |
Friends are offered an exclusive opportunity to a viewing of original botanical illustrations and watercolours by the artists Robert David Fitzgerald (1830-1892), Adam Forster (1848-1928) and Ida McComish (1885-1978). The viewing sessions will commence with a brief introductory talk. Please note that this event is for members only of the Friends of the ANBG. For more details, including booking arrangements, click on the heading in column 1 to the left. |
| Dr Karen Viggers, 'Science + Fiction does not = Science Fiction' | Thursday, 11 June 2015 - 12:30pm |
Karen, a best-selling author and veterinarian, will speak about using fiction to bring readers closer to wild places and environmental issues. |
| Dr Martin Fortescue, ‘Booderee National Park: the jewel of Jervis Bay’ | Thursday, 4 June 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Martin, Booderee National Park Resource Manager, will discuss a new book on Booderee NP written in collaboration between ANU and Booderee researchers and talk about some of the benefits of the enduring research partnership.
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| Plant Science Group Technical Talk: Dr Greg Baines and Dr Michael Mulvaney, The ACT Rare Plants List. VENUE: THEATRETTE at the ANBG. | Monday, 1 June 2015 - 10:30am |
In 2012 the ACT Flora and Fauna Committee agreed a list of plant species that are rare in the ACT. Detailed work was subsequently carried out to compile lists of rare plants present in each component of Canberra Nature Park. In the joint presentation, Greg will firstly talk on how the ACT rare plants list was established, outlining the processes used and the underlying scientific basis of the work. Michael will then talk about mechanisms being used to gain new information about rare species to help ensure the list remains accurate. |
| Assistant Professor Dianne Gleeson, ‘Wildlife detection using environmental DNA’ | Thursday, 28 May 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Associate Professor Dianne Gleeson research interests are in the application of DNA technologies for biodiversity conservation outcomes. Specifically this has been applied to population genetics of threatened species (invertebrates & vertebrates) and in the developing field of wildlife forensics. She is interested in application of next generation sequencing technologies to applications within ecology such as species detection from trace DNA samples and diet analysis of gut/scat contents. |
| Professor Richard Duncan, ‘The impact of humans; patterns of bird extinction in remote Pacific Islands’ | Thursday, 21 May 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
The remote islands of the South Pacific were the last habitable region on Earth to be colonized by humans. A massive extinction event followed human colonization, with fossil deposits revealing the loss of thousands of bird populations on islands across the Pacific. However gaps in the fossil record mean that considerable uncertainty surrounds the magnitude and pattern of these extinctions. |
| Dr Michael Mulvaney, ‘Red Hill Regenerators’ | Thursday, 14 May 2015 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Michael’s talk will be a natural history of Red Hill from its geological formation to the plants and animals that occur there today. It will have a specific focus but will place Red Hill into a wider ACT conservation context. |
| Dr Judy West, ‘Forest music’ : A Canberra International Music Festival event | Tuesday, 5 May 2015 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm |
Please note there will be no Thursday Talk in the Auditorium this week instead the 2015 Canberra International Music Festival will host a programme in ANBG called‘A musical treasure hunt through a green labyrinth: the ultimate ecological experience’. Charges may apply. |
| Plant Science Group Technical Talk: Heino Lepp, 'Lichens - Colour and Chemistry'. VENUE: THEATRETTE at the ANBG. | Monday, 4 May 2015 - 10:30am |
Lichens and other fungi come in a variety of colours, which may change if you apply a drop of a suitable chemical. Are such reactions useful for identification or for taxonomic purposes? Have you ever wondered how useful household bleach, ammonia or vanillin are in the study of lichens or of fungi in general? These are some of the subjects being talking about. Heino Lepp is a Scientific Associate of the Australian National Herbarium, curating the Fungi Collection and undertaking associated research projects. He also assists with public identifications of fungi. |
