Island Arks Symposium II Program - Island Arks Australia

66 Pages·2012·1.91 MB·English

by  Derek Ball

Island
 Arks
 Symposium
 II

7-­‐9th
 February
 2012

University
 House
 -­
 Canberra

SPONSORED
 BY

Hosted
 by
  Co-­ordinated
 by
Table
 of
 Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  6

ORGANISING
 COMMITTEE
  7

ORIENTATION
 AND
 EMERGENCY
 PROCEDURES
  8

EMERGENCY
 PROCEDURES
 MAP
  9

DAY
 1
 TUESDAY
 7TH
 FEBRUARY
  10

KEYNOTE
 ADDRESS
 -­
 ISLAND
 CONSERVATION
 IN
 AUSTRALIA:
 OVERVIEW
 AND

MANAGEMENT
 CHALLENGES
  12

STATE
 OF
 THE
 ISLANDS
 PRESENTATIONS
  13

QUEENSLAND
 –
 JOHN
 OLDS1,
 JOHN
 HICKS2,
 CHRIS
 MITCHELL3
 &
 MALCOLM
 TURNER4
  13

TASMANIA
 –
 SALLY
 BRYANT
  13

WESTERN
 AUSTRALIA
 –
 KEITH
 MORRIS
  13

NEW
 SOUTH
 WALES
 –
 DAVID
 PRIDDEL
  13

SOUTH
 AUSTRALIA
 –
 JUSTINE
 GRAHAM
  13

VICTORIA
 –
 MICHAEL
 JOHNSTONE
 &
 MIKE
 STEVENS
  13

NORTHERN
 TERRITORY–
 ALARIC
 FISHER
  13

INVITED
 PRESENTATIONS
  14

GLOBAL
 SIGNIFICANCE
 ON
 AND
 BEYOND
 THE
 EDGE:
 AUSTRALIA’S
 ISLAND
 IMPORTANT
 BIRD

AREAS
  14

BUILDING
 OUR
 COLLECTIVE
 CAPACITY
 TO
 RESTORE
 ISLANDS.
  15

MANAGING
 SMALL
 ISLANDS
 IN
 INDONESIA
 –
 A
 SUCCESS
 STORY
 FROM
 KOFIAU
 MPA,
 WEST
 PAPUA,

INDONESIA.
  16

ECOLOGICAL
 RESTORATION
 OF
 SUB-­ANTARCTIC
 MACQUARIE
 ISLAND.
  17

ISLAND
 BIOSECURITY
 IN
 NEW
 ZEALAND
 NATURE
 RESERVES
  18

DEEP
 SEA
 MINING
 IN
 THE
 SOUTH
 PACIFIC
 –
 OPPORTUNITIES
 AND
 RISKS
 FOR
 ISLAND

COMMUNITIES
  19

DAY
 2
 WEDNESDAY
 8TH
 FEBRUARY
  20

KEYNOTE
 ADDRESS:
 BARROW
 ISLAND
 –
 A
 MODEL
 FOR
 CONSERVATION
 AND

DEVELOPMENT
  23

KEYNOTE
 ADDRESS:
 WORLD-­CLASS
 MANAGEMENT
 –
 OUR
 ENVIRONMENTAL

RESPONSIBILITY
 AND
 THE
 QUARANTINE
 MANAGEMENT
 SYSTEM
  24

KEYNOTE
 ADDRESS:
 PRIORITIZING
 CONSERVATION
 MANAGEMENT
 ACTIONS
 ON

AUSTRALIAN
 ISLANDS:
 TOWARDS
 AN
 OPERATIONAL
 MODEL
  25

2
ABSTRACTS
  26

COST
 AND
 EFFECTIVENESS
 OF
 ACTIONS
 TO
 CONSERVE
 THREATENED
 BIRDS
 ON
 AUSTRALIAN

ISLANDS
  26

A
 NATIONAL
 ISLANDS
 DATABASE
 AND
 ASSESSMENT
 OF
 CONSERVATION
 VALUE
  27

QUALITATIVE
 RISK
 ASSESSMENTS
 TO
 INFORM
 CONSERVATION
 PRIORITIZATION
 IN
 THE
 TORRES

STRAIT
  28

REHABILITATION
 OF
 TROPICAL
 RAINFOREST
 ON
 CHRISTMAS
 ISLAND:
 CONSERVATION

PRIORITISATION,
 ADAPTIVE
 MANAGEMENT,
 AND
 ECOLOGICAL
 STATE
  29

VULNERABILITY
 ASSESSMENT:
 A
 DECISION
 SUPPORT
 TOOL
 TO
 PRIORITIZE
 MANAGEMENT
 OF

TURTLE
 ROOKERIES
 IN
 A
 CHANGING
 CLIMATE.
  30

KEYNOTE
 ADDRESS:
 A
 GLOBAL
 CAMPAIGN
 TO
 PREVENT
 THE
 EXTINCTION
 OF

ISLAND
 SPECIES
 THREATENED
 BY
 INVASIVE
 VERTEBRATES.
  31

ERADICATING
 RODENTS
 ON
 LORD
 HOWE
 ISLAND
  32

FERAL
 GOAT
 ERADICATION
 ON
 KANGAROO
 ISLAND
 SOUTH
 AUSTRALIA
  33

CAN
 THE
 CONSTRUCTION
 OF
 INTERIOR
 FENCES
 MAKE
 ISLAND
 ERADICATION
 MORE
 EFFICIENT?
  34

INNOVATIVE
 APPROACHES
 TO
 ACHIEVE
 WEED
 ERADICATION
 TARGETS
 FOR
 LORD
 HOWE
 ISLAND.

  35

THE
 GOOD,
 THE
 BAD
 AND
 THE
 UNKNOWN:
 ALIEN
 SPECIES
 MANAGEMENT
 ON
 SUB-­ANTARCTIC

ISLANDS
  36

BLACK
 RAT
 ERADICATION
 ON
 BARROW
 AND
 SURROUNDING
 ISLANDS
  37

INDIRECT
 BIOCONTROL
 FOR
 THE
 YELLOW
 CRAZY
 ANT
 (ANOPLOLEPIS
 GRACILIPES)
 ON

CHRISTMAS
 ISLAND,
 INDIAN
 OCEAN
  38

ADVANTAGES
 AND
 DISADVANTAGES
 OF
 DIFFERENT
 RAT
 INCURSION
 RESPONSE
 TOOLS
  39

IMPACT
 OF
 INVASIVE
 SPECIES
 ON
 NATIVE
 INVERTEBRATES
 ON
 ISLANDS:
 AUSTRALIAN
 EXAMPLES

FROM
 SUBANTARCTIC
 MACQUARIE
 TO
 TROPICAL
 SWEERS
 ISLANDS.
  40

DAY
 3
 THURSDAY
 9TH
 FEBRUARY
  41

INVITED
 PRESENTATION
  44

THE
 ATLAS
 OF
 LIVING
 AUSTRALIA
  44

ABSTRACTS
  45

WILD
 MOB
 –
 A
 CASE
 STUDY
 IN
 CONSERVATION
 ENTREPRENEURSHIP
  45

ECOTOURISM
 -­
 A
 CREATIVE
 APPROACH
 TO
 WEED
 CONTROL
 ON
 LORD
 HOWE
 ISLAND.
  46

WILDCARE’S
 ROLE
 IN
 ISLAND
 CONSERVATION
 IN
 TASMANIA
 AND
 SUCCESSFUL
 COMMUNITY

ENGAGEMENT
 IN
 REMOTE
 AREA
 RESERVES
  47

INDIGENOUS
 PROTECTED
 AREAS
  48

THE
 ANINDILYAKWA
 EXPERIENCE
  49

THE
 NGARO
 STORY
  50

BIODIVERSITY
 CONSERVATION
 ON
 GROOTE
 EYLANDT:
 A
 UNIQUE
 COLLABORATION
 BETWEEN

UNIVERSITY
 SCIENTISTS
 AND
 INDIGENOUS
 RANGERS
  51

ASSESSING
 THE
 THREATS
 TO
 BEACH-­NESTING
 BIRDS
 FROM
 PREDICTED
 SEA-­LEVEL
 RISES
 AND

STRATEGIES
 FOR
 THE
 CONSERVATION
 AND
 MANAGEMENT
 OF
 BREEDING
 HABITAT.
  52

ISLAND
 TREASURES
 ~
 BIODIVERSITY
 ASSETS
 OF
 THE
 ISLANDS
 ALONG
 THE
 KIMBERLEY
 COAST
 OF

WEST
 AUSTRALIA
  53

3
KOALAS
 ON
 A
 QUEENSLAND
 ISLAND:
 DEVELOPING
 A
 NEW
 UNDERSTANDING
 OF
 AN
 AUSTRALIAN

ICON
  54

RECOVERY
 CHALLENGES
 FOR
 THE
 ENDANGERED
 FORTY-­SPOTTED
 PARDALOTE
 ON
 ITS
 ISLAND

REFUGIA.
  55

ASPECTS
 OF
 THE
 ECOLOGY
 OF
 THE
 INTRODUCED
 MASKED
 OWL
 ON
 LORD
 HOWE
 ISLAND
  56

MARINE
 PESTS
 –
 A
 KANGAROO
 ISLAND
 PERSPECTIVE
  57

WOODY
 ENCROACHMENT
 IN
 THE
 WHITSUNDAYS,
 NORTH
 QUEENSLAND
 -­
 SIGNIFICANT
 CHANGES

SINCE
 THE
 1940S.
  58

MAXIMIZING
 SCIENTIFIC
 VALUE
 ON
 BARROW
 ISLAND
 –
 A
 CLASS
 A
 NATURE
 RESERVE
  59

A
 BARROW
 LOAD
 OF
 FAUNA:
 TRANSLOCATIONS
 FROM
 AN
 ICONIC
 WESTERN
 AUSTRALIAN
 ISLAND.

  60

TRANSLOCATION
 TO
 ISLANDS:
 HOW
 MANY,
 HOW
 OFTEN
 AND
 FOR
 HOW
 LONG.
  61

BALD
 ISLAND,
 SOUTH
 COAST
 REGION,
 WESTERN
 AUSTRALIA:
 A
 THREATENED
 SPECIES
 HAVEN

CAN
 BECOME
 A
 BREEDING
 COLONY.
  62

POSTERS
  63

THE
 AUSTRALIAN
 PEST
 ANIMAL
 STRATEGY
  63

STRATEGIC
 CONTROL
 OF
 FERAL
 CATS
 ON
 KANGAROO
 ISLAND
  64

FIRE
 MANAGEMENT
 AT
 A
 LANDSCAPE
 SCALE
 IN
 CENTRAL
 QUEENSLAND
  65

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WELCOME
 TO
 THE
 ISLAND
 ARKS
 SYMPOSIUM
 II

CANBERRA
 7-­12TH
 FEBRUARY
 2012

UNIVERSITY
 HOUSE

We wish to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land we are meeting on, the
Ngunnawal people. We wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and
the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region. We would also like to
acknowledge and welcome other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who
may be attending the Island Arks Symposium

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

SPONSORSHIP

The
 organizing
 committee
 greatly
 thanks
 Chevron
 Australia
 for

sponsorship
 of
 the
 Island
 Arks
 Symposium
 II.

The
 island
 Arks
 Symposium
 II

  And
 co-­ordinated
 by

is
 hosted
 by

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Organising
 Committee

Derek
 Ball
 (Chair)

  Reef
 Catchments

Andrew
 Burbidge

  Independent
 Scientist,
 Western
 Australia

Peter
 Copley
  South
 Australia
 Department
 of
 Environment
 and
 Natural

Resources

Alaric
 Fisher
  Northern
 Territory
 Department
 of
 Natural
 Resources,

Environment,
 the
 Arts
 and
 Sport

Ray
 Nias
  Island
 Conservation

Bob
 Pressey
  Australian
 Research
 Council
 Centre
 of
 Excellence
 for

Coral
 Reef
 Studies,
 James
 Cook
 University,
 Queensland.

Keith
 Springer
  Parks
 and
 Wildlife
 Service
 Tasmania

Samantha
 Vine
  BirdLife
 Australia

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Orientation
 and
 emergency
 procedures

University
 House,
 the
 venue
 of
 Island
 Arks
 Symposium
 II,
 provides
 the
 following

information.
 We
 strongly
 encourage
 all
 delegates
 to
 make
 themselves
 familiar

with
 the
 venue
 layout
 and
 all
 emergency
 procedures.

Toilets

1. On
 the
 Left
 hand
 side
 of
 the
 Drawing
 room
 Corridor,
 which
 is
 opposite
 to
 the

reception
 desk
 in
 the
 lobby
 of
 University
 House

2.
 On
 the
 Right
 hand
 side
 of
 the
 pathway
 after
 the
 court
 yard
 fish
 pond.
 Opposite

to
 the
 entrance
 to
 Common
 room,
 Hall
 &
 Boffins.

3. Near
 Stanner
 room
 entrance

4. Near
 Scarth
 room
 entrance
 on
 second
 floor
 above
 Stanner
 room
 toilets.

5. Cellar
 Bar
 –near
 the
 doors
 at
 the
 Café
 end
 of
 service
 counter,
 and
 a
 disabled

toilet
 at
 far
 end
 of
 service
 counter.

First
 Aid
 Kits
 /
 Defibulator

There
 are
 First
 Aid
 Kit
 and
 a
 Defibulator
 located
 behind
 the
 front
 desk.
 There
 are
 first

aiders
 to
 use
 the
 difibulator
 and
 first
 aid
 kits.

There
 are
 other
 first
 aid
 kits
 located
 around
 University
 House,
 if
 you
 ask
 the
 staff
 the
 can

assist
 you.

Emergency
 procedures

Alarm
 –
 When
 an
 alarm
 sounds,
 please
 wait
 and
 listen
 to
 the
 instructions
 over
 the
 loud

speaker
 system.
 Usually
 the
 first
 instructions
 will
 be
 that
 the
 alarm
 is
 being
 investigated

and
 to
 wait
 for
 further
 instructions.

If
 there
 is
 or
 is
 not
 to
 be
 an
 evacuation
 you
 will
 be
 told
 over
 the
 loud
 speaker
 system.

If
 there
 is
 an
 evacuation
 please
 leave
 the
 building
 by
 the
 nearest
 exit
 a
 go
 to
 the
 nearest

Evacuation
 Assembly
 Area.

Evacuation
 Assembly
 Areas

There
 are
 three
 Evacuation
 Assembly
 Areas.

1.
 The
 rear
 car
 park
 -­‐
 for
 people
 in
 the
 Meetings
 room,
 the
 Seminar
 rooms
 or
 the

drawing
 room.

2.
 The
 courtyard
 garden

3.
 The
 Fellows
 Garden

4.
 The
 grassed
 area
 at
 the
 front
 of
 University
 House

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Emergency
 procedures
 map

9
th
Day
 1
 Tuesday
 7
 February

Tuesday
 7th
 February

0830
  Symposium
 Opening

Chair:
 Derek
 Ball

Opening
 Address
 tba

0900
  Keynote
 Address

ISLAND
 CONSERVATION
 IN
 AUSTRALIA:
 OVERVIEW
 AND
 MANAGEMENT

CHALLENGES

Andrew
 Burbidge

0930
  State
 of
 the
 Islands
 Reports

Chair:
 Andrew
 Burbidge

Queensland
 –
 John
 Olds1,
 John
 Hicks2,
 Chris
 Mitchell3
 &
 Malcolm
 Turner4

1Ecological
 Assessment
 Unit,
 Planning
 &
 Program
 Delivery,
 2Marine
 Directorate,

3Management
 Effectiveness
 Evaluation,
 Planning
 &
 Program
 Delivery;

Queensland
 Parks
 and
 Wildlife
 Service,
 Queensland
 Department
 of
 Environment

and
 Resource
 Management.
 4Mal
 Turner,
 Field
 Management
 Program,
 Great

Barrier
 Reef
 Marine
 Park
 Authority
 (Presenter).

1000
  Tasmania
 –
 Sally
 Bryant

Tasmania
 Land
 Conservancy

1030
  Morning
 Tea

1100
  Western
 Australia
 –
 Keith
 Morris

Western
 Australia
 Department
 of
 Environment
 and
 Conservation

1130
  New
 South
 Wales
 –
 David
 Priddel

New
 South
 Wales
 Office
 of
 Environment
 and
 Heritage

1200
  South
 Australia
 –
 Justine
 Graham

South
 Australia
 Department
 of
 Environment
 and
 Natural
 Resources

1230
  Lunch

1330
  Victoria
 –
 Michael
 Johnstone
 &
 Mike
 Stevens

Victorian
 Department
 of
 Sustainability
 and
 Environment

1400
  Northern
 Territory–
 Alaric
 Fisher

Northern
 Territory
 Department
 of
 Natural
 Resources,
 Environment,
 the
 Arts
 and

Sport

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