Rangeland Biology and Ecology Seminars

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Rangeland Biology and Ecology Seminars
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May 29, Friday, 3.30 at CSIRO Conference Room, Alice Springs.

Holger Woyt, MSc (Aquatic Tropical Ecology), University of Bremen, Germany

Ecology and conservation of the White Stork, Ciconia ciconia, in Germany
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The White Stork faces many problems during its annual migration as well as during its breeding season in Europe. Even though it is a well known charismatic bird species, it had almost disappeared from Germany in the 1980’s. Wide ranging community conservation efforts were able to stop the decline and stabilize the German breeding population. NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Union) has coordinated these efforts including recreating wetland habitats, protecting amphibian populations and modifying power pylons to reduce mortality by electrocution.
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Coming Seminars
June 5 or 12 ( to be confirmed) : Boyd Wright. Fire ecology in the southern Tanami

SPEAKERS and participants NEEDED:
Volunteer speakers, requests or cancellation of email notification: contact Bill Low, Coordinator, P.O.Box 3130, Alice Springs; Phone/Fax 89 555 222, Fax 89 555 722; Email: LowEcol@LowEcol.com.au
Organisational and distributional assistance from CSIRO, NRETA, DPIFM, CAT, CLC.
Seminar notices are available on: http://www.cse.csiro.au/news/alicespringsseminars.pdf

Rangeland Biology and Ecology Seminars (formerly Rangelands Coordinating Committee) have been useful in facilitating communication between environmental researchers, managers and the interested public in Alice Springs since 1974. The seminars provide an opportunity for the diverse Government, Institutional, Council, Company and private technical community and interested public to discuss current research and projects, impacts on or opportunities in arid Australia. Presenters may provide information on research and management of biological, landscape, cultural and physical aspects of central Australia or pertinent topics from around the World. The seminars also provide a training arena to practice talks for conferences or to float ideas or to help develop a project. Sometimes they present technical travelogues of distant lands. Appropriate professional society or interest group notices can also be included. The venue is the one most appropriate for the speaker and audience but for consistency is usually the CSIRO Conference Room. Come along for a natter, a catch up or to meet new people and new ideas.