CONSERVATION FINANCE INTENSIVE

8:30am to 4:30pm on Tuesday, 8 October 2019
Sanctuary Adelaide Zoo, 1 Plane Tree Dr, Adelaide SA 5000
$100 per ticket

Building on the highly successful two-day Conservation Finance Intensive held in Melbourne in 2018 and the associated Conservation Finance Scoping Paper, this one-day workshop will be targeted specifically at land conservation professionals and aimed at building capacity to create better conservation finance deals. It will be separately ticketed event to the conference itself, and hosted by Trust for Nature (Victoria) on behalf of ALCA.

International conservation finance expert Carl Palmer will be a key presenter at the workshop. A member of the steering committee of the US Conservation Finance Network, Carl has a rich history in impact investing to generate financial returns, conservation results and community benefits. He co-founded impact investment firm Beartooth Capital which provides capital and advice to ranch owners in the American West, and now consults through his organisation LegacyWorks to help communities, agencies, nonprofits, and funders achieve their goals.

A detailed agenda is available below. Topics include:

• Conservation finance fundamentals (each attendee will be provided with a complimentary Conservation Finance Fundamentals Quick Reference Guide prepared by Trust for Nature with input from conservation finance professionals)
  
  
• How to structure a blended conservation finance deal
  
  
• Investment pitch masterclass
  

For more information or assistance regarding this workshop please contact Marnie Lassen.

Marnie Lassen
Strategic Projects Manager, Trust for Nature
(03) 8631 5812
marniel[@]tfn.org.au

EMPOWERING PEOPLE: GOOD DATA DRIVES ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT (OR … ADAPT OR DIE!)

1:00pm to 4:00pm on Tuesday, 8 October 2019
Noel Lothien Hall, Hackney Road, Adelaide SA 5000
$40 per ticket

Australia’s first peoples have cared for the land for millennia. But today with native vegetation cleared or modified, rivers dammed, swamps drained, native species declining, feral pests thriving, and climate change impacts increasing, our landscapes are being redefined. Effective and adaptive land management has never been so urgently needed or so underfunded.

Whether we’re working in conservation or agricultural landscapes or both, the effectiveness of our management relies on understanding the land. We need clear goals, explicit strategies and a method of tracking our progress.

Management strategies define the actions we take. By measuring the effect of our actions we can track our progress, whether it’s tackling threats or protecting biodiversity, and understand which actions are working and which are not. This allows us to rethink and improve underperforming strategies and get better results. This is adaptive management and adaptive management needs knowledge, and knowledge means data.

The land management sector is collecting, storing, analysing, and interpreting vast quantities of data, but the data structures and supporting IT systems are not consistent, integrated or suited to the diversity of data being collected. A custom-designed system is not yet available. This workshop will examine the data management systems used by a range of land management organisations. It will explore the strengths and weaknesses of each and where functional and/or integration failures are barriers to effectiveness.

The workshop will brainstorm the components and characteristics of an ideal IT system for land managers, scientists and conservation decision-makers, and the steps needed to achieve one. These steps may range from, “do nothing – what we have works”, to adapting what we have or creating something new. Through open discussion we aim to invite further collaboration within the sector to share experiences and best practice examples, and work towards achieving the integrated data management systems we all need.

For more information contact Kate Fitzherbert.

Kate Fitzherbert, Bush Heritage
kate.fitzherbert[@]bushheritage.org.au
0408 561 469

THE FUTURE OF CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERING

1:00pm to 4:00pm on Tuesday, 8 October 2019
Boardroom, Volunteering SA/NT, Level 5/182 Victoria Square
$40 per ticket

WORKSHOP HOST
Natasha Davis, Chief Executive Officer, Trees For Life

WORKSHOP FACILITATORS
Natasha Davis, Chief Executive Officer, Trees For Life
Evelyn O'Loughlin, Chief Executive Officer, Volunteering SA&NT

The capacity to undertake private land conservation is greatly enhanced by the commitment and dedication of volunteers.

Environment and conservation ranks as one of the top 3 areas of interest for volunteering in Australia. How do we service this interest at a time when expectations of volunteers are changing as are the requirements of conservation organisations. Why are some conservation organisations turning people away while others struggle to replace their retiring volunteers?

This workshop will explore:

• What motivates volunteers and keeps them coming back?
• How do we make nature volunteering accessible and relevant to a wide audience?
• What opportunities should be available for training and development?
• How do we manage risk while minimising bureacracy?
• And how do we evaluate the effectiveness of our volunteering programs?

This interactive session aims to test our current assumptions and practices around volunteering and explore new pathways for maintaining vibrant and fulfilling volunteering programs. The workshop will include an opportunity to undertake a short gap analysis against the National Standards for Volunteer Involvement.

MORE INFORMATION please contact Natasha Davis, NatashaD[@]treesforlife.org.au

COMMUNICATIONS TO CHANGE HEARTS

9:00am to 12:00pm on Tuesday, 8 October 2019
Ernst Young Boardroom, Level 12, 121 King William Street, Adelaide SA 5000
$40 per ticket

WORKSHOP HOST & FACILITATORS
Dr Eleanor Glenn

Communication is the key to conserving natural values, from local scale through to global? With so much information being directed at everyone, how can crucial messages cut through and be noticed, cause people to consider and change their attitudes, stimulate behaviour change and move people to positive action? This workshop introduces the Common Cause approach to values and framing that has informed The Nature of SA and environmental community engagement initiatives in Queensland, Victoria, SA and WA. It will explore what works, what we can learn and how our sector might adapt its communications to achieve more.

MORE INFORMATION please contact Eleanor Glenn.

Eleanor Glenn
eleanor[@]commoncause.com.au
0401 083 780

COMMON CAUSE MASTERCLASS

1:00pm to 4:00pm on Tuesday, 8 October 2019
Ernst Young Boardroom, Level 12, 121 King William Street, Adelaide SA 5000
$40 per ticket

WORKSHOP HOST & FACILITATORS
Dr Eleanor Glenn

In this practical masterclass, we build on the foundations of the 'Communications to Change Hearts' session by working through six steps for effective communications. We will workshop examples of your current or planned communications to engage your audiences' values and motivate them to take action for nature conservation.

Prerequisite: this masterclass is for those who have previously attended a Common Cause workshop or the PLC19 morning session 'Communications to change hearts'.

MORE INFORMATION please contact Eleanor Glenn.

Eleanor Glenn
eleanor[@]commoncause.com.au
0401 083 780

FIELD TRIP - FINDING THE BALANCE

9:00am to 4.30pm on Tuesday, 8th October 2019
Field trip into the Mount Lofty Ranges.
$100 per ticket SOLD OUT

^^ Pick-up point is the Ibis Hotel, 122 Grenfell Street, Adelaide. Please be there by 8.30am for an 8.40am departure ^^

Field trip into the Mount Lofty Ranges to look at weed management on private land, complementary primary production and nature conservation, water management and collaboration to bring an endangered species back from the brink (on Nature Foundation’s Watchalunga Reserve).

The Mount Lofty Ranges (combined with Kangaroo Island) is recognised as one of Australia’s biodiversity hotspots. The diversity of landscapes in the region support a vast array of ecosystems and species, including half of the state’s native plants and three quarters of its native birds, many of which are endemic to the region or geographically separated from other State or interstate populations. The region is also home to 80% of the state’s population (1.3 million people) and some of the state’s most productive industries. This has resulted in a heavily modified landscape, in which only 13% of the remnant native vegetation has been retained, with most of this on private land. Private land conservation therefore has a huge role to play to maintain the balance between the region’s environmental values and its economic and social wellbeing. Join us on a day trip to hear local experts talk about the challenges faced in achieving this balance and the successes that have been achieved. From managing fire and water regimes to controlling weeds and grazing pressure, with a range of threatened species and ecological communities thrown into the mix!

Pick-up point is the Ibis Hotel, 122 Grenfell Street, Adelaide. Please be there by 8.30am for an 8.40am departure, returning to the National Wine Centre for the PLC19 Welcome Reception.

ARID RECOVERY FIELD TRIP

Friday, 11 October 2019 to Saturday 12 October 2019
Olympic Dam, South Australia
$250 per ticket  SOLD OUT

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Arid Recovery is Australia’s largest predator-proof fenced reserve and a hub of conservation research for threatened species. Delegates will depart Adelaide early on Friday morning to fly to Olympic Dam. We will spend the morning at Arid Recovery discussing the challenges of maintaining conservation fencing, visiting stick-nest rat nests and learning to identify animal tracks in the sand with Arid Recovery ecologists. This will be followed by a lunchtime visit to the quirky opal-mining town of Andamooka. In the afternoon, we return to Arid Recovery for sunset drinks, a campfire dinner and spotlighting for wildlife. Accommodation is at the Arid Recovery research station in private bunkrooms and large walk-in tents with shared bathroom and kitchen facilities. The flight returns to Adelaide on Saturday morning.

To book or for more information regarding this workshop please contact Kath Tuft.

Kath Tuft, Arid Recovery General Manager
katherine.tuft[@]aridrecovery.org.au
08 8671 2402

Photo credit: Greg Kerr (NGT)

NATURE GLENELG TRUST WETLAND RESTORATION TOUR

10.00am Friday, 11 October (SA time) to 4:00pm Saturday, 12 October 2019 (VIC time)
Mount Burr Swamp, north-west of Mt Gambier, SA, and Walker Swamp, near Dunkeld, Victoria
$150 per ticket
SOLD OUT!

Tour guides: Mark Bachmann and Ben Taylor, NGT. Two day field trip to two of NGT’s wetland restoration reserves in south-east SA and south-west Victoria. A rare opportunity to spend two days in a small, intimate group with NGT ecologists, on-site at two of south-eastern Australia’s most recent wetland restoration project areas.

Workshop Host: Nature Glenelg Trust

Speakers/Facilitators: Mark Bachmann, Ben Taylor , Bryan Haywood, Greg Kerr

To book or for more information regarding this workshop please contact Ben Taylor:

Ben Taylor
0434 620 646
ben.taylor[@]natureglenelg.org.au