FORUM
8th August Hay Services Club
8.30am Registration
9.00 Ted Wolfe - Welcome, welcome to country & introduction
9.30 Ian Auldist – Hay Trees on Plains Landcare – Landcare in the Western Riverina
Rangeland monitoring I
Chair: Ted Wolfe
10.00 David Gee – Monitoring rangeland condition on leases in Western Land Division
10.30 Stephan Heidenreich – Measuring soil movement - Dustwatch
11.00 Morning tea
Rangeland monitoring II
Chair: Yohannes Alemseged (DPI)
11.30 Cathy waters - Current monitoring programs & practical application of same
12.00 Daryl Green – Rangeland Monitoring and Biodiversity Data
12.40 Lunch
Keynote speaker: Carbon Farming in rangelands
Chair: Peter Holding
1.15pm Dale Miles - Carbon markets and market influences
- CFI overview and opportunities for landholders
- Carbon Credit generation and what projects are eligible
- Verification of projects and the Rangelands Restoration methodology
- Ongoing obligations for project participants
- Examples of projects in the rangelands
- How can a landholder get started
Rangeland revegetation and conservation: adding value or a feel-good fix?
Chair: Geoff Chapman (Murrumbidgee CMA)
2.15 NPWS – Reservation of productive land – How does NPWS value rangeland?
2.45 Martin Driver – Re-vegetation of rangeland – why do it?
3.15 Afternoon tea
Threatened rangeland communities
Chair: Dr Catherine Allan (CSU)
3.35 Matt Herring – Wildlife biodiversity and changing water infrastructure
4.05 David Eastburn -Maintaining human value as rangeland communities disappear.
4.35 Ted Wolfe – Concluding review – towards discussion document
