Photo: Kristian Bell

Practitioner Engagement Working Group

Chair: Samantha Lloyd ()

Working group members:

  • Chloe Sato
  • Lincoln Kern
  • Sacha Jellinek
  • Laurence Berry
  • Heather Neilly
  • Valarie Densmore
  • Vanessa Gorecki
  • Pep Turner
  • Gail Spina (ESA Executive Officer)

Purpose:

The Practitioner Engagement Working Group aims to develop strategies to enhance practitioner engagement with the Society and to develop programs and initiatives that will assist ecological practitioners to undertake their professional roles.

In 2014 members were surveyed in part to determine how the ESA can further enhance national ecological practitioner engagement.  Results from this survey clearly highlighted that members were interested in finding out what other Australian ecologists are working on and participating in discussions with other ecologists via online forums and face-to-face meetings.  From this, the ESA committed to facilitating activities which will enable ecologists across the country to engage through symposia and other activities.

ESA Practitioner Engagement Plan June 2017

Opportunities

Vegetation scientists and plant ecologists invited to participate in joint research

Wednesday, 3 August 2022

Researchers from Macquarie University and Utrecht University invite vegetation scientists and plant ecologists to participate in….... Read more

Media

Ecology Matters – Dr Sacha Jellinek

Wednesday, 3 August 2022

“Over time I understood that you can’t really protect the local environment without involving the….... Read more

Media

Ecology Matters – Meet Mel Wilson

Wednesday, 27 July 2022

“It was a dream come true to come back and work for the Park so….... Read more

News

Webinar – Practitioner Ecology

Thursday, 21 July 2022

– When: Friday 5 August 12:30pm AEST, online via Zoom – Register now –   Have you….... Read more

Media

Ecology Matters – Meet Allie Nance

Wednesday, 20 July 2022

“That’s the whole reason why conservation researchers are in this field, right, because we want….... Read more

Blog

2021 Ecological Impact Award Winners Announced

Thursday, 4 November 2021

An innovative project to combat invasive rodent populations on Norfolk Island has been awarded the….... Read more

Agricultural Landscapes

Experts unite in call for urgent kangaroo management reforms

Wednesday, 3 November 2021

Wildlife scientists from research organisations across Australia have come together to call for urgent reforms….... Read more

Blog

New Editor-in-Chief for Ecological Management & Restoration

Thursday, 7 October 2021

We are very pleased to introduce Dr Andrew Knight as the new Editor-in-Chief of Ecological Management….... Read more

Practitioner Engagement

Ecological Impact Award – Practitioners and Researchers Working Together

Tuesday, 12 May 2020

The Ecological Impact Award was established by the Ecological Society of Australia to celebrate and recognise….... Read more