Island Arks Symposium II
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The Island Arks Symposium II was held in Canberra during February 2012.
The 2012 program and abstracts can be found here
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Individual Presentations can be accessed below
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State of the Islands Reports
KEYNOTE ADRESS
ISLAND CONSERVATION IN AUSTRALIA: OVERVIEW AND MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES Andrew Burbidge VIEW (20MB)
Queensland – John Olds1, John Hicks2, Chris Mitchell3 & Malcolm Turner4 1Ecological Assessment Unit, Planning & Program Delivery, 2Marine Directorate, 3Management Effectiveness Evaluation, Planning & Program Delivery; Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management. 4Malcolm Turner, Field Management Program, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Tasmania – Sally Bryant, Tasmania Land Conservancy
Western Australia – Keith Morris, Western Australia Department of Environment and Conservation VIEW
New South Wales – David Priddel, New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage
South Australia – Justine Graham, South Australia Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Victoria – Michael Johnstone & Mike Stevens, Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment VIEW
Northern Territory– Alaric Fisher, Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport VIEW
Opening Invited Presentations
Global significance on and beyond the edge: Australia’s Island Important Bird Areas, Cheryl Gole & Samantha Vine, BirdLife Australia VIEW
Building our collective capacity to restore islands. Alan Saunders. Invasive Species International Landcare Research. VIEW (18MB)
Managing small islands in Indonesia – a success story from Kofiau MPA, West Papua, Indonesia. Joanne Wilson, Sangeeta Mangubhai, Lukas Rumetna, Karel Wamafma, The Nature Conservancy - Indonesia VIEW
Ecological Restoration of sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island.. Keith Springer, Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service VIEW (18MB)
Island Biosecurity in New Zealand Nature Reserves. Keith Broome New Zealand Department of Conservation VIEW
Deep Sea Mining in the South Pacific – opportunities and risks for Island communities. Steve Raaymakers Eco-strategic Consultants
Open Session 1 - Biosecurity
Barrow Island – A model for Conservation and Development
Russell Lagdon, Chevron Australia Environment Manager VIEW
KEYNOTE ADRESS
World-Class Management – Our Environmental Responsibility and the Barrow Island Quarantine Management System. Johann van der Merwe, Chevron Australia Quarantine Manager
Open Session 2 - Conservation Planning
KEYNOTE ADRESS
Prioritizing conservation management actions on Australian islands: towards an operational model. Bob Pressey Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University VIEW
Costs and effectiveness of actions to conserve threatened birds on Australian islands. Judit Szabo & Stephen Garnett VIEW
A national islands database and assessment of conservation value. Julie Quinn, Karl Bossard VIEW
Qualitative risk assessments to inform conservation prioritization in the Torres Strait. Grech, A.G., Coles, R., Marsh, H., Pressey, B. VIEW (20mb)
Rehabilitation of tropical rainforest on Christmas Island: Conservation prioritisation, adaptive management, and ecological state. Grigg A.M., Moloney B., Misso M., West J. VIEW (20mb)
Vulnerability assessment: a decision support tool to prioritize management of turtle rookeries in a changing climate. Mariana Fuentes VIEW (6mb)
Open Session 3 - Eradications
KEYNOTE ADRESS
A Global Campaign to prevent the extinction of island species threatened by invasive vertebrates. Waldman, B., Holmes, N. & Nias, R.C.. Island Conservation
Eradicating rodents on Lord Howe Island. Ian S. Wilkinson & David Priddel
Feral goat eradication on Kangaroo Island South Australia. Pip Masters, Nick Markopoulos and Brenton Florance
Open Session 3 - Eradications (cont)
Can the construction of interior fences make island eradication more efficient? Bode, M., Brennan, K., Desmond, A., Millar, A., & Helmstedt, K.
Innovative approaches to achieve weed eradication targets for Lord Howe Island. Bower, H., Bower S., and Pullbrook., S
The good, the bad and the unknown: alien species management on sub-Antarctic islands. Shaw, J.D, Terauds, A., Scott, J.J, Alderman, R.L. Bergstrom, D.M. & Possingham, H.P.
Black rat eradication on Barrow and surrounding islands. Morris, K.D.
Indirect Biocontrol for the Yellow Crazy Ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Peter T.Green, Dennis J. O’Dowd, Gabor Neumann, Sarah E. Wittman
Advantages and disadvantages of different rat incursion response tools. Murphy, E.C., Brown, K.P. & Giddy, C.
Impact of invasive species on native invertebrates on islands: Australian examples from subantarctic Macquarie to tropical Sweers Islands. Penelope Greenslade VIEW
KEYNOTE ADRESS
The Atlas of Living Australia. John La Salle
Open Session 4 - Conservation Entrepreneurship
Wild Mob – A case study in Conservation Entrepreneurship Andrew Elphistone & Bill Sykes
Ecotourism - a creative approach to weed control on Lord Howe Island. Ian Hutton
Wildcare’s Role in Island Conservation in Tasmania and Successful Community Engagement in Remote Area Reserves Christian Bell
Open Session 5 - Indigenous Island Management
Indigenous Protected Areas. Luke Ingram
Anindilyakwa Experience. Gavin Enever & Elma Yantamnga
The Ngaro Story. Carol Prior & Marissa Deshong
Biodiversity Conservation on Groote Eylandt: A unique collaboration between university scientists and Indigenous Rangers.
FitzGibbon S.I., van Uitregt V.O., Ellis W., Enever G., Love K. & Wilson, R.S.
Open Session 6 - Perspectives
Assessing the threats to beach-nesting birds from predicted sea-level rises and strategies for the conservation and management of breeding habitat. Eric J Woehler, Oberon Carter, Felicity Faulkner, Louise Gilfedder, Anni McCuaig, Priscilla Park, Valeria Ruoppolo, Chris Sharples, Lynne Sparrow, Liz Znidersic VIEW
Island treasures ~ biodiversity assets of the islands along the Kimberley coast of West Australia. Gibson, L.A.
Koalas on a Queensland Island: developing a new understanding of an Australian Icon. Ellis, W., FitzGibbon, S.I., Wilson, R.S.
Recovery challenges for the endangered Forty-spotted Pardalote on its island refugia. Bryant, S.L . VIEW
Aspects of the ecology of the introduced Masked Owl on Lord Howe Island. Milledge, D., Bower, H. and Carlile, N.
Marine Pests – A Kangaroo Island Perspective. Brock, D., Kinloch, M. & Lahsmar, K.
Woody encroachment in the Whitsundays, North Queensland - significant changes since the 1940s. Kemp, J.E., Fensham, R.J.
Maximising scientific value on Barrow Island - a Class A Nature Reserve. Dorian Moro
Open Session 7 - Translocations
A Barrow load of fauna: translocations from an iconic Western Australian island. Morris, K.D and Thomas, N
Translocation to islands: how many, how often and for how long. Helmstedt, K.J., Possingham, H.P.
Bald Island, South Coast Region, Western Australia: a threatened species haven can become a breeding colony. Friend, J.A. and Comer, S.
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