Recent Events

Glorious Days : Australia 1913

Friends of National Institutions are invited to join senior curator Michelle Hetherington for an exclusive look at objects borrowed from fellow institutions in Canberra for the above fabulous exhibition. This features stunning artworks and ordinary and extraordinary objects from the period. Immerse yourself in the music, photographs and newsreel footage of Australian life as it was 100 years ago.

You are invited to the monthly meeting of the Botanical Resource Centre Facilitators where Andrew Young will speak on 'The Biology of the Daisy - Rudidosis leptorhynchoides'. 10am for a 10.30 talk in the Crosbie Morrison Building.

At the conclusion of the talk, about 11.30am, there will be a short meeting of the Plant Science group of the Friends of ANBG (about 10 minutes or so). That will provide an update on the group and what it might do, as well as briefings on several current activites of relevance to the group (eg the review of the Botanical Resource Centre, the Gardens stocktake etc). All are welcome to stay on for this meeting.

Crop yield increases since 1960 have permitted the world to feed more than a doubling of its population at an improved per capita calorie level with only a very modest increase in arable land. The question is whether yield increase can continue to cover growing demand, and indeed eliminate the persistent hunger, without recourse to acceleration of land area expansion. Future yield growth possibilities will be discussed, in the light of new challenges, and the need to check, and hopefully lessen, the environmental impact of agriculture.