May 5, 2022 | News
The National Herbarium of NSW is heading to Mount Annan and will be moving their herbarium collections out of boxes and into compactus storage. There will be thousands of these boxes available, which may be useful in all sorts of nursery, garden, seedbank and storage operations, as well as herbaria. The dimensions of the boxes (in mm) are: 500 deep, 340 wide and 80 high. If you would like some please contact Hannah McPherson, Collections Manager (hannah.mcpherson@botanicgardens.nsw.gov.au).
May 5, 2022 | News
The Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience is hosting a free workshop at the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney on Tuesday 10 May 2022. The workshop ‘Conservation and restoration genomics for field practitioners’ runs from 9:30am – 4pm, with lunch provided. The workshop focuses on introducing and explaining standardised workflows to guide efficient planning and application of genetic information across disparate projects. Register now at https://events.humanitix.com/introduction-to-conservation-genetics-and-genomics (limited to 50 participants).
Feb 25, 2022 | News
Hard copies of the third edition of Plant Germplasm Conservation in Australia are now available to purchase from the ANPC website. This evidence-based best practice guide is the most up to date resource for the management of ex situ (off site) collections of seeds, plant tissues, or plants in nurseries and living collections. Thanks to the generous funding for this project from The Ian Potter Foundation we are able to offer our ANPC members the guidelines at a very reasonable price of AUD$25 (including postage within Australia). The revised edition contains 550 pages of case studies and evidence-based information. Head to the publications page to purchase your copy of this fantastic resource now.
Feb 25, 2022 | News
The second webinar in our series ‘Plant treasures – in conversation’ is coming up on Thursday 10 March at 1pm AEDT. This webinar, hosted in collaboration with BGANZ’s Collections and Records Management Group, will discuss biosecurity in conservation collections. We have lined up some special guests to kick start the conversation, including Dr Brett Summerell from the Australian Institute of Botanical Science, Bob Makinson, Conservation Botanist and former ANPC president and Bec Stanley of Auckland Council and former curator of the Auckland Botanic Gardens. Click here for more information and the meeting link.
Feb 25, 2022 | News
In one week we will be closing early bird registrations for the 13th Australasian Plant Conservation Conference. If you haven’t secured your place at this year’s event now is the time to do so! Working with the local community we have created a schedule that allows delegates to immerse themselves with real people working on real issues in real landscapes. After two years apart we are excited to offer this opportunity to reconnect in person with the conference theme ‘Seeds to recovery’. Early bird registrations close 11:55pm on Friday 4 March 2022. Head straight to the conference website to secure your place.
