SERA AWARDS FOR RESTORATION EXCELLENCE – 2021
The 2021 SERA Annual Awards are open to all those located in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.
SERA’s Annual Awards categories for 2021 are:
(1) The SERA International Award for Restoration Excellence (2 sub categories)
(2) The Koonamore Student Award
(3) Albert Morris Award – a collaboration with the Australian Association of Bush Regenerators and Barrier Field Naturalists’ Club.
2021 Awards (Darwin conference)
Large Project (>50 ha): North-east Bioregional Alliance for Skyline Tier project, Tasmania
Small Project (<50 ha): Wet Tropics Management Authority for the Mt Hypipamee Rainforest Restoration program, Queensland
SERA Koonamore Student Award: Aaron Eger (University of NSW) – for his work on the Kelp Forest Alliance
2021 Albert Morris Award: Marra Creek Waterponding Community for their Waterponding program in Nyngan NSW
Finalists:
- City of Gold Coast – for City of Gold Coast Bushland Restoration, Queensland
- Blue Carbon Lab, Deakin University – for Victorian Coastal Wetland Restoration Program, Victoria
- NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service – for Snowy Adit Habitat Restoration, NSW
- The Nature Conservancy Australia – for Port Phillip Bay Shellfish Reef Restoration. Victoria
Highly commended:
- Winton Wetlands Committee of Management – for Winton Wetlands Restoration, Vic.
- Tranen Revegetation Systems – for Bushmead Estate, WA
- Australian Wildlife Conservancy and Landcare Australia – for Dakalanta Wildlife Sanctuary
- Barapa Barapa Wemba ‘Water for Country’ committee and Barapa Land and Water – for Barapa Wemba Wetland Restoration