A Great Eastern Ranges Initiative. Join leading experts at this two-day, high-level event to learn about the science and practice of connectivity conservation.

Date: 18th - 19th October, 2022
Location: Queensland Multicultural Centre, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane

Tickets available from: $250 - $450
*Early bird special on all tickets until 31st July 2022

Hosted by the Great Eastern Ranges (GER), this event is an opportunity to hear from key connectivity conservation experts from Australia and around the world, and to share knowledge, tools and lessons learnt with dozens of organisations working in large landscape conservation.

Thanks to Kate Boyd (who is active with our SLA & ATG subgroups) for bringing this event to our notice. Kate was suggesting it might be a worthwhile opportunity for academic or students from UNE, or a few practitioners from our local region to attend.

Click here to view the draft agenda.

The conference will take the focus from global context to local action, bringing together industry leaders with on-ground practitioners, researchers, traditional owners, community groups, eNGOs and government agencies.

Presentations and Q&A panel sessions will inspire through practical examples of connectivity in action and will cover a diversity of topics around the current state of connectivity, the latest science and best practice, and how to move beyond business-as-usual conservation.

The first day of the conference will be followed by an evening networking function sponsored by our partner, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) Australia, in the foyer area of the Queensland Multicultural Centre.

Tickets available from $250 - $450 *Early bird special on all tickets until 31 July 2022*

DR GARY TABOR: Founder and President of the Centre for Large Landscape Conservation, and Chair of the IUCN WCPA Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group
PROF BRENDAN MACKEY: Director, Climate Action Beacon, Griffith University, Queensland

Other speakers include:

• Bob Debus AO, former NSW Environment Minister and Chair of Great Eastern Ranges
• Jimmiel Mandima, IFAW's Vice President for Global Programs
• Dr Jody Gunn, CEO of the Australian Land Conservation Alliance (ALCA)
• Ricky Archer, CEO of the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance (NAILSMA)
• Dr Rebecca Spindler, Executive Manager, Science and Conservation, Bush Heritage Australia
• James Forbes, CEO of Jane Goodall Institute Australia
• Professor Robyn Alders AO, grazier, Chair of Upper Lachlan Branch of NSW Farmers Federation and Senior consulting fellow with the Chatham House Global Health Program
• Professor James Aronson, Co-founder of the Ecohealth Network and senior scientist at the Missouri Botanical Gardens

To register for the Conference click here.