Terrestrial Biodiversity and climate change adaptation in NSW - Management and Policy
Monday, 9th May 2011, Maiden Theatre, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Who should come: management agencies, policy makers, NGO’s, state/local government and any interested parties
| Time | Program | Speaker | Presentations |
| 9:00 | Welcome and what we hope to achieve today. | ||
| Morning session: Presentations - from the researchers and the stakeholders | |||
| 9:00 | National overview on Climate Change adaptation and terrestrial biodiversity and the National Adaptation Research Plan | Prof. Lesley Hughes |
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| 9:30 | Terrestrial Biodiversity network –what you can get out of it. | Dr. Yvette Williams |
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| 9:40 | Discussion | ||
| 10:00 | Regional Climate Projections for NSW | Dr. Jason Evans |
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| 10:30 | Morning Tea | ||
| 11:00 |
How are managers and policy-makers dealing with climate change adaptation for biodiversity and what are the greatest challenges. Presentations by the stakeholders: |
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| * State Government (formerly DECCW) |
Dr Peter Smith and Dr Gary Howling |
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| * Local Government (Local Government and Shires Associations of NSW) | Amy Lovesey |
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| * Involving local landholders (Australian Museum) | Dr John Gollan |
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| * Greening Australia (CEO) | Pip Walsh |
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| * Terrestrial-aquatic landscape planning (Office of Water) | Dr Michael Healey |
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| 13:15 | Lunch | ||
| Afternoon session: Workshops | |||
| 14:00 | Identify key themes for adaptation challenges | ||
| * Group discussion on defining broad adaptation challenges for Terrestrial Biodiversity in NSW | |||
| 14:30 | Working groups draw up adaptation research priorities and how they could be addressed |
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| 15:30 | Afternoon tea | ||
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16:00- 16:30 |
* Report back and close, facilitator to draw together learning, threads and extract future options | ||
