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From preventing bushfire to saving species, ecology offers practical solutions

Over 600 ecologists gathering to discuss how we address the big issues facing our planet at the Ecological Society of Australia Conference in Launceston, Tasmania 25 to 29 November 2019

Monday 25 November

  • What’s next in the fight to save the Tasmanian Devil from contagious facial tumours – from blood tests to vaccines.
  • How animals from quolls to bees are guiding conservation in the Tasmanian midlands.

Tuesday 26 November

Wednesday 27 November

  • Evocative landscapes, intimate close-ups with wild critters, and ecologists in action – winning images from the ESA’s annual photo competition announced.

Thursday 28 November

  • Right Way Science. How Indigenous knowledge is changing the way we manage Country – from bushfire to bushfoods.
  • Our current nature laws have failed to protect habitat for endangered species. Will the revision of the EPBC Act help stop extinctions?

Friday 29 November

  • Ecologists gagged. It’s not just the media that needs freedom, science suppression is keeping the media, public and even policymakers in the dark on topics ranging from bushfires to species extinctions.

And much more, including:

  • Can personality predict survival of captive bred quolls in the wild?
  • Fixing a rusty fence to save species in South Australia
  • Emus once walked tall across Tassie’s Midlands
  • Sandalwood good for the skin, but is it good for nature? The irreversible impact of the industry in WA
  • Help find honeyeaters in Tasmania
  • From frogs to orchids; we can all be citizen scientists and contribute to decision-making for nature
  • Which trees will survive climate change in our cities?
  • A hotel for ants? Community-designed species hotels are works of art
  • Tripling the population of a critically endangered tree in Qld
  • Building a business case for trees on farms.

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Toni Stevens, Ecological Society of Australia, 0401 763 130,

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Conference website: www.esa2019.org.au