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Island Arks Symposium II 7-‐9th February 2012 University House - Canberra SPONSORED BY Hosted by Co-ordinated by Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 6 ORGANISING COMMITTEE 7 ORIENTATION AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES 8 EMERGENCY PROCEDURES MAP 9 DAY 1 TUESDAY 7TH FEBRUARY 10 KEYNOTE ADDRESS - ISLAND CONSERVATION IN AUSTRALIA: OVERVIEW AND MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES 12 STATE OF THE ISLANDS PRESENTATIONS 13 QUEENSLAND – JOHN OLDS1, JOHN HICKS2, CHRIS MITCHELL3 & MALCOLM TURNER4 13 TASMANIA – SALLY BRYANT 13 WESTERN AUSTRALIA – KEITH MORRIS 13 NEW SOUTH WALES – DAVID PRIDDEL 13 SOUTH AUSTRALIA – JUSTINE GRAHAM 13 VICTORIA – MICHAEL JOHNSTONE & MIKE STEVENS 13 NORTHERN TERRITORY– ALARIC FISHER 13 INVITED PRESENTATIONS 14 GLOBAL SIGNIFICANCE ON AND BEYOND THE EDGE: AUSTRALIA’S ISLAND IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS 14 BUILDING OUR COLLECTIVE CAPACITY TO RESTORE ISLANDS. 15 MANAGING SMALL ISLANDS IN INDONESIA – A SUCCESS STORY FROM KOFIAU MPA, WEST PAPUA, INDONESIA. 16 ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF SUB-ANTARCTIC MACQUARIE ISLAND. 17 ISLAND BIOSECURITY IN NEW ZEALAND NATURE RESERVES 18 DEEP SEA MINING IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC – OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS FOR ISLAND COMMUNITIES 19 DAY 2 WEDNESDAY 8TH FEBRUARY 20 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: BARROW ISLAND – A MODEL FOR CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 23 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: WORLD-CLASS MANAGEMENT – OUR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 24 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: PRIORITIZING CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT ACTIONS ON AUSTRALIAN ISLANDS: TOWARDS AN OPERATIONAL MODEL 25 2 ABSTRACTS 26 COST AND EFFECTIVENESS OF ACTIONS TO CONSERVE THREATENED BIRDS ON AUSTRALIAN ISLANDS 26 A NATIONAL ISLANDS DATABASE AND ASSESSMENT OF CONSERVATION VALUE 27 QUALITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENTS TO INFORM CONSERVATION PRIORITIZATION IN THE TORRES STRAIT 28 REHABILITATION OF TROPICAL RAINFOREST ON CHRISTMAS ISLAND: CONSERVATION PRIORITISATION, ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT, AND ECOLOGICAL STATE 29 VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT: A DECISION SUPPORT TOOL TO PRIORITIZE MANAGEMENT OF TURTLE ROOKERIES IN A CHANGING CLIMATE. 30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: A GLOBAL CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT THE EXTINCTION OF ISLAND SPECIES THREATENED BY INVASIVE VERTEBRATES. 31 ERADICATING RODENTS ON LORD HOWE ISLAND 32 FERAL GOAT ERADICATION ON KANGAROO ISLAND SOUTH AUSTRALIA 33 CAN THE CONSTRUCTION OF INTERIOR FENCES MAKE ISLAND ERADICATION MORE EFFICIENT? 34 INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO ACHIEVE WEED ERADICATION TARGETS FOR LORD HOWE ISLAND. 35 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UNKNOWN: ALIEN SPECIES MANAGEMENT ON SUB-ANTARCTIC ISLANDS 36 BLACK RAT ERADICATION ON BARROW AND SURROUNDING ISLANDS 37 INDIRECT BIOCONTROL FOR THE YELLOW CRAZY ANT (ANOPLOLEPIS GRACILIPES) ON CHRISTMAS ISLAND, INDIAN OCEAN 38 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF DIFFERENT RAT INCURSION RESPONSE TOOLS 39 IMPACT OF INVASIVE SPECIES ON NATIVE INVERTEBRATES ON ISLANDS: AUSTRALIAN EXAMPLES FROM SUBANTARCTIC MACQUARIE TO TROPICAL SWEERS ISLANDS. 40 DAY 3 THURSDAY 9TH FEBRUARY 41 INVITED PRESENTATION 44 THE ATLAS OF LIVING AUSTRALIA 44 ABSTRACTS 45 WILD MOB – A CASE STUDY IN CONSERVATION ENTREPRENEURSHIP 45 ECOTOURISM - A CREATIVE APPROACH TO WEED CONTROL ON LORD HOWE ISLAND. 46 WILDCARE’S ROLE IN ISLAND CONSERVATION IN TASMANIA AND SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN REMOTE AREA RESERVES 47 INDIGENOUS PROTECTED AREAS 48 THE ANINDILYAKWA EXPERIENCE 49 THE NGARO STORY 50 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ON GROOTE EYLANDT: A UNIQUE COLLABORATION BETWEEN UNIVERSITY SCIENTISTS AND INDIGENOUS RANGERS 51 ASSESSING THE THREATS TO BEACH-NESTING BIRDS FROM PREDICTED SEA-LEVEL RISES AND STRATEGIES FOR THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF BREEDING HABITAT. 52 ISLAND TREASURES ~ BIODIVERSITY ASSETS OF THE ISLANDS ALONG THE KIMBERLEY COAST OF WEST AUSTRALIA 53 3 KOALAS ON A QUEENSLAND ISLAND: DEVELOPING A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF AN AUSTRALIAN ICON 54 RECOVERY CHALLENGES FOR THE ENDANGERED FORTY-SPOTTED PARDALOTE ON ITS ISLAND REFUGIA. 55 ASPECTS OF THE ECOLOGY OF THE INTRODUCED MASKED OWL ON LORD HOWE ISLAND 56 MARINE PESTS – A KANGAROO ISLAND PERSPECTIVE 57 WOODY ENCROACHMENT IN THE WHITSUNDAYS, NORTH QUEENSLAND - SIGNIFICANT CHANGES SINCE THE 1940S. 58 MAXIMIZING SCIENTIFIC VALUE ON BARROW ISLAND – A CLASS A NATURE RESERVE 59 A BARROW LOAD OF FAUNA: TRANSLOCATIONS FROM AN ICONIC WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ISLAND. 60 TRANSLOCATION TO ISLANDS: HOW MANY, HOW OFTEN AND FOR HOW LONG. 61 BALD ISLAND, SOUTH COAST REGION, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: A THREATENED SPECIES HAVEN CAN BECOME A BREEDING COLONY. 62 POSTERS 63 THE AUSTRALIAN PEST ANIMAL STRATEGY 63 STRATEGIC CONTROL OF FERAL CATS ON KANGAROO ISLAND 64 FIRE MANAGEMENT AT A LANDSCAPE SCALE IN CENTRAL QUEENSLAND 65 4 WELCOME TO THE ISLAND ARKS SYMPOSIUM II CANBERRA 7-12TH FEBRUARY 2012 UNIVERSITY HOUSE We wish to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land we are meeting on, the Ngunnawal people. We wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region. We would also like to acknowledge and welcome other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who may be attending the Island Arks Symposium 5 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS SPONSORSHIP The organizing committee greatly thanks Chevron Australia for sponsorship of the Island Arks Symposium II. The island Arks Symposium II And co-ordinated by is hosted by 6 Organising Committee Derek Ball (Chair) Reef Catchments Andrew Burbidge Independent Scientist, Western Australia Peter Copley South Australia Department of Environment and Natural Resources Alaric Fisher Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport Ray Nias Island Conservation Bob Pressey Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Queensland. Keith Springer Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania Samantha Vine BirdLife Australia 7 Orientation and emergency procedures University House, the venue of Island Arks Symposium II, provides the following information. We strongly encourage all delegates to make themselves familiar with the venue layout and all emergency procedures. Toilets 1. On the Left hand side of the Drawing room Corridor, which is opposite to the reception desk in the lobby of University House 2. On the Right hand side of the pathway after the court yard fish pond. Opposite to the entrance to Common room, Hall & Boffins. 3. Near Stanner room entrance 4. Near Scarth room entrance on second floor above Stanner room toilets. 5. Cellar Bar –near the doors at the Café end of service counter, and a disabled toilet at far end of service counter. First Aid Kits / Defibulator There are First Aid Kit and a Defibulator located behind the front desk. There are first aiders to use the difibulator and first aid kits. There are other first aid kits located around University House, if you ask the staff the can assist you. Emergency procedures Alarm – When an alarm sounds, please wait and listen to the instructions over the loud speaker system. Usually the first instructions will be that the alarm is being investigated and to wait for further instructions. If there is or is not to be an evacuation you will be told over the loud speaker system. If there is an evacuation please leave the building by the nearest exit a go to the nearest Evacuation Assembly Area. Evacuation Assembly Areas There are three Evacuation Assembly Areas. 1. The rear car park -‐ for people in the Meetings room, the Seminar rooms or the drawing room. 2. The courtyard garden 3. The Fellows Garden 4. The grassed area at the front of University House 8 Emergency procedures map 9 th Day 1 Tuesday 7 February Tuesday 7th February 0830 Symposium Opening Chair: Derek Ball Opening Address tba 0900 Keynote Address ISLAND CONSERVATION IN AUSTRALIA: OVERVIEW AND MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES Andrew Burbidge 0930 State of the Islands Reports Chair: Andrew Burbidge 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. 4Mal Turner, Field Management Program, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (Presenter). 1000 Tasmania – Sally Bryant Tasmania Land Conservancy 1030 Morning Tea 1100 Western Australia – Keith Morris Western Australia Department of Environment and Conservation 1130 New South Wales – David Priddel New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage 1200 South Australia – Justine Graham South Australia Department of Environment and Natural Resources 1230 Lunch 1330 Victoria – Michael Johnstone & Mike Stevens Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment 1400 Northern Territory– Alaric Fisher Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport 10
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