Sydney Olympic Park - Biodiversity Forum: 20 Years of Healing

Please note: This event will be postponed, and a new date will be annouced in the coming weeks.The rewilding of Sydney Olympic Park's green spaces has forged new paths in the ecological restoration field, and resulted in a thriving ecological oasis within a developing urban growth area. Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at how adaptive management is being applied to the challenges of conserving nature in the city. Transport: Figtree Conference Centre is a 5 minute walk from Sydney Olympic Park Station and bus stops. Free on-site parking is also available at the venue on a first-come, first served basis. Paid parking is available in P6 and P8 carparks. Registrations from 8.45am, with official program beginning at 9.15am Program Highlights The Road to Recovery - Restoration of an Urban Biodiversity Hot Spot It's a Frogs Life - Evaluating 20 years of Habitat Management for the Green and Golden Bell Frog Waterfront Living - floating islands as waterbird habitats Secrets revealed - what we've learnt from EagleCam Beyond the brink - the white-fronted Chat's path to extinction Best Practice Management and wise use of the Wetlands at Sydney Olympic Park Managing mosquitoes associated with urban wetlands Just another Bat in the wall - observation of a maternity colony Nature on the brink. The importance of urban ecology in demonstrating living processes Lights in the Night -lightspill monitoring at Sydney Olympic Park Bringing Back the Bush - Regeneration of critically endangered remnant forest Speedtalks with Sydney Olympic Park's partners, including Cumberland Bird Observers, Australian Herpetological Society and Frog and Tadpole Study Group of NSW. Olympic Forest Park - the ecological legacy of the 2008 Bejing Olympic Games How Sydney Olympic Park's Mangroves are responding to Climate Change Restoring the restoration - bringing back woodland birds Made to measure - building homes for bats, parrots and possums Inspiring a new generation - teaching kids about nature What the twitchers saw - delving into 16 years of bird census data Taking a catchment approach