{"id":298,"date":"2025-09-01T09:28:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T23:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/?p=298"},"modified":"2025-09-01T19:43:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T09:43:00","slug":"sera-conference-2018-day-1-recordings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/2025\/09\/01\/sera-conference-2018-day-1-recordings\/","title":{"rendered":"SERA Conference 2018 &#8211; Day 1 recordings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The presentations at the plenary and sessions were recorded by University of Queensland, and the video file made available to SERA. Sessions below are in chronological order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Presentations by speakers that who did not provide permission to record their session are unavailable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please note, some presentations are cut short, as they exceeded the 1:30 hours recoding time allocated for each session. Audio may be compromised in some recordings due to lack of microphone access for some speakers and the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">25 SEPTEMBER 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OPENING PLENARY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Session 1 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-DPGcFLnBnI\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/-DPGcFLnBnI<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Conference Welcome <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Welcome to Country <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Professor Jakki Mohr:<\/strong> Challenges in innovation in ecological restoration: Data from the U.S.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Professor David Lindenmayer:<\/strong> Key lessons from long-term research for restoration and integrating conservation and agricultural production<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Session 2 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZOALPgI7VH4\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZOALPgI7VH4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Maksym Polyakov:<\/strong> Thinking differently about restoration: economists\u2019 perspective <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr Tein McDonald: <\/strong>How the National Restoration Standards\u2019 affirmation of native ecosystems as references can strengthen SERA\u2019s function as a broad church<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION PRACTICE IN THE BIG SCRUB IN NORTH-EAST NSW &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gMknJJ6yCjs\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/gMknJJ6yCjs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Saving the Big Scrub. <strong>Mike Delaney <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recovery processes underpinning rainforest restoration in the Big Scrub. <strong>Tein McDonald<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Camphor conversion to rainforest: restoration of mixed rainforest and camphor laurel patches to lowland rainforest case study. <strong>Dan Cox<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wanganui Gorge ecological restoration &#8211; a ten-year case study in rainforest restoration in a biodiversity hotspot. <strong>Ian Stych <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Big Scrub &#8211; making a vision of genetically appropriate seed production areas a reality. <strong>Tony Parkes<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RIPARIAN AND COASTAL WETLAND RESTORATION &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ucp2JeF5KSk\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ucp2JeF5KSk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Evolution of a riparian restoration project: stabilisation and revegetation of the Damian Leeding Foreshore. <strong>Marjolein &#8220;Mars&#8221; Oram<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reef Aid: restoration of wetlands and gullies in priority catchments to improve water quality in the Great Barrier Reef. <strong>Lynise Wearne<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Case study of avifaunal diversity of wetlands in industrial and non-industrial areas, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. <strong>Jagruti Rathod <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Implementing strategic coastal wetland restoration on a catchment scale. <strong>Duncan Rayner<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Restoring coastal wetland water quality: ecosystem service provisioning by a native freshwater bivalve. <strong>Christina Buelow <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remediation of legacy acid sulfate soil disturbance: East Trinity case study. <strong>Michelle Martens<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASPECTS OF SUCCESSFUL MINE SITE REHABILITATION  &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KRyuklTSFLg\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/KRyuklTSFLg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Introduction: Mine site rehabilitation &#8211; an interdisciplinary approach. <strong>Marit Kragt <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The new standards for improving mine site restoration. <strong>Kingsley Dixon <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why is designing effective and efficient policies for mine rehabilitation proving to be so hard? <strong>Ben White <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Economics to the rescue: non-market valuation of mine site rehabilitation. <strong>Marit Kragt <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The global knowledge base on the social aspects of mine closure. <strong>Sarah Holcombe<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A risk-based framework for completion criteria development for mine closure planning in Western Australia. <strong>Renee Young<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NOVEL TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS FOR RESTORATION MONITORING  &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LOghq5CbCew\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/LOghq5CbCew<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>DNA metabarcoding &#8211; a new approach to fauna monitoring in mine site restoration. <strong>Paul Nevill<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assessing the use of metabarcoding to monitor mine site restoration. <strong>Mieke van der Heyde<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Automated monitoring of seedling emergence and early mortality from drone imagery. <strong>Todd Buters <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using UAV-based Lidar to assess forest structural attributes for monitoring of restoration plantings. <strong>Nicolo Camarretta <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using invertebrate DNA (IDNA) metabarcoding to track restoration trajectories of arthropods across two mine site chronosequences. <strong>Kristen Fernandes<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF RESTORATION &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/om_uvTnLFVs\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/om_uvTnLFVs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Engaging schools and the community in riparian restoration &#8211; a Wilsons River case study. <strong>Georgina Jones <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pest Free Auckland &#8211; enabling community-led conservation. <strong>Brett Butland<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rehabilitating Roe 8: a standard approach to a not so standard restoration project.<strong> Tom Atkinson <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When the funding finishes &#8211; continuing conservation efforts through community connections. <strong>Samantha Colbran <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Six years and $250,000 &#8211; what a community group learnt from implementing a major project. <strong>Suzanne Pritchard <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How ecological restoration can help facilitate a nature conservation culture. <strong>Todd Dudley<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AQUATIC SYSTEMS RESTORATION &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ve5I1B6akxs\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ve5I1B6akxs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Recreating wallum wetland habitat for threatened &#8216;acid&#8217; frog species. <strong>Ed Meyer <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Integrated solutions for ecological restoration and management of tropical freshwater swamp forest. <strong>Yixiong Cai <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trialing stream rehabilitation tools to attenuate high nitrate loads in agricultural headwaters. <strong>Brandon C. Goeller <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reverting the Brisbane River Estuary from brown to blue. <strong>Jesper Nielsen <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using Hooded Plovers to promote restoration of lake foreshores in WA&#8217;s Great Southern. <strong>Basil Schur <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Mokoan Project: The ecological renewal of an ephemeral wetland system in North-east Victoria. <strong>Lisa Farnsworth<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SOIL AND SOIL BIOTA &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZyLgOLmYFfc\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZyLgOLmYFfc<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Walking to scale up soil restoration by cyanobacterisation in drylands. <strong>Yolanda Canton<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Artificially-constructed depressions provide insights into the role of soil disturbing animals in the recovery of degraded drylands. <strong>David Eldridge <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Geochemical and mineralogical factors limiting soil structure formation in magnetite iron ore tailings. <strong>Songlin Wu <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A question of time; Mycorrhizal community change along a restoration trajectory. <strong>Vicky McGimpsey <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Microbial Biobanking: Cyanobacteria-rich topsoil facilitates mine rehabilitation. <strong>Wendy Williams<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MINE SITE RESTORATION MONITORING &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/byT6BKgSZ1w\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/byT6BKgSZ1w<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mine Site Restoration Monitoring Measuring the recovery of coal mine rehabilitation following fire in Queensland using remote sensing and ground surveys. <strong>Phill McKenna<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developing objectives and completion criteria for post-mine landforms following silica sand mining. <strong>Andrew Butler<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using data from drones to derive restoration targets for Ranger Uranium Mine. <strong>Mitchel Rudge<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monitoring understorey from UAV-derived data: a review and future directions for monitoring ecosystem restoration. <strong>Lorna Hernandez Santin<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assessing understorey vegetation diversity of savanna woodland to inform mine-site restoration in Kakadu National Park. <strong>Jaylen Nicholson<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF RESTORATION AND SCIENCE COMMUNICATION &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MwUCJEJKaBI\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/MwUCJEJKaBI<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The capacity of restored urban forests to support native birds: Ecological or social restoration?<strong> Elizabeth Elliot-Hogg<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connecting restoration science, policy and industry: lessons from the WA Biodiversity Science Institute. <strong>Guy Boggs<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using the YouTube platform to promote Gondwana Link eco-restoration. <strong>Basil Schur<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creek Heroes&#8217; are winning the battle in the City of Onkaparinga urban watercourse restoration project. <strong>Nikola Manos <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>RegenTV &#8211; a new way to share stories about restoration. <strong>Virginia Bear<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Day 2 recordings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The presentations at the plenary and sessions were recorded by University of Queensland, and the video file made available to SERA. 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