Plant Network Conference Announcement For 2013
Are we there yet? 10 years of the Plant Conservation Network
In conjunction with Auckland Botanical Society, Landcare Research Manaaki Whenua and Massey University the next NZPCN Conference will be held in Parnell, Auckland from Thurs 23 – Sunday 26 May 2013
The final conference programme is yet to be finalised because other field trips and events are still being planned. Please tell us if you would like to sponsor, contribute to, suggest speakers or help us organise this conference (E: [Enable JavaScript to view protected content]).
Symposia
- Back from the brink – threatened plant recoveryon islands, on private land, in sanctuaries and in the city. Recovery, monitoring and adaptive management of threatened plant populations by government, communities and landowners
- Defining, understanding and banking our biota. Understanding our biota through systematics, biogeography and research on seed banks, plant diseases and autecology
- Naturalising natives – friend or foe?The biogeography and impact of native weeds such as karaka, pohutukawa, mangrove and pohuehue amongst others
- Beyond the converted – plant conservation advocacy. Promotion of the indigenous flora—engaging with business, farmers, communities, gardeners and the public to use and protect native plants
- The urban native plant oasis– the importance of trees and urban habitats. The importance of parks, road corridors, natural fragments, trees and the urban forest and novel, human induced ecosystems in the urban matrix
- What price conservation? Offsets, natural capital, nature’s services and the economic importance of native plants
Papers highlighting and providing case studies for these symposia will be acceptable. There will also be general sessions for papers that do not readily fit into these symposia.
Field trips
Mataia Farm and Atuanui Scenic Reserve (Kaipara Harbour)
A private 3000 acre property (including bush remnants, salt marshes and retired restoration areas). Atuanui Reserve contains 615 hectares of mature native forest reserve and is the largest area of native forest between the Waipoua Forest and the Waitakere Ranges.
Rotoroa Island
An 80 hectare island being revegetated by the Rotoroa Island Trust, which has established a public arts and conservation estate. The island has undergone a transformation with 20,000 pine trees felled and almost 400,000 plants sourced from local seed, propagated and planted on the island. A state-of-the-art exhibition centre and museum now showcase the island’s fascinating history and heritage buildings such as the jail, chapel and schoolhouse, have been restored.
Posted: 26/09/2012