Remnant Habitat workshop - presented as part of the 2021 Leaky Landscapes symposium
Remnant Habitat workshop - presented as part of the 2021 Leaky Landscapes symposium

This workshop showcases ecological restoration projects designed to repair the hydrological function, soil health and associated biodiversity of damaged ‘natural’ bushland that has been highly altered by past land uses. Under discussion will be practical approaches for restoration, learnings from trials and how trials can be scaled-up for greater impact at landscape scales.

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2021 symposium, video, Central Victoria, Functional repair, landscape repair, Dry forestsSophie Bickford
Regenerative Agriculture workshop - presented as part of the 2021 Leaky Landscapes symposium
Regenerative Agriculture workshop - presented as part of the 2021 Leaky Landscapes symposium

Regenerative agriculture has been at the forefront of the development of systems and tools to restore water-availability and soil health of landscapes - seeking techniques that require reading how ecosystems and landscapes function and working with natural processes to repair them. This workshop will showcase exemplary properties and projects that have undertaken rehydration and restoration works in production settings. How can regenerative agriculture be a meaningful part of the solution to Australia’s biodiversity crisis, will be a key focus of discussion in the workshop.

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2021 symposium, Regenerative Agriculture, video, River restoration, Functional repairSophie Bickford
Professor David Watson & Professor David Eldridge present as part of the 2021 Leaky Landscapes symposium
Professor David Watson & Professor David Eldridge present as part of the 2021 Leaky Landscapes symposium

Professor David Watson - “Facilitating recovery: marshalling food web dynamics and engaging landholders to keep our woodlands thriving” and Professor David Eldridge UNSW - “Harnessing the activity of soil disturbing animals to restore degraded woodlands”

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2021 symposium, video, Functional repair, Grassy woodlands, landscape repair, Species reintroduction, EchidnasSophie Bickford
Repairing Victorian Landscapes - the Spring Plains Watershed Repair project
Repairing Victorian Landscapes - the Spring Plains Watershed Repair project

The Spring Plains Nature Conservation Reserve, on Taungurung country, in central Victoria is a local hotspot for Swift Parrots and other threatened species. However, its damaged soils are no longer porous enough to absorb rainfall, so less water is available to the landscape and its food webs. Like many other box-ironbark forests, the ecosystem is so damaged that it cannot recover without active restoration interventions.

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Heathcote region, landscape repair, Swift Parrot, video, Functional repair, Leaky LandscapesSophie Bickford