"Restore" - a mini-symposium for community restoration projects

Date: Sunday 9 June 2002
Venue: Dunedin Botanic Garden Education Centre, Lovelock Ave (next to bowls club)
Time: 9.00am - 3.30pm

The line up:

9.00- 9.05     Welcome and introduction (Caren Shrubshall, DoC)

9.05- 9.30     Keynote : Ralf Ohlemueller (University of Otago)
                      "What's left: Remnants of indigenous forest in eastern Otago"

9.30- 10.30    Support talks : What we can offer groups / projects

                       Otago Regional Council (ORC)    (Nicola McGrouther)
                        Department of Conservation (DoC)        (Caren Shrubshall)
                        Ribbonwood Nursery              (Phillip Dunn)
                        Dunedin Environment Centre (DEC)        (Hendrick Koch)
                        NZ Ecological Restoration Network (NZERN)       (Mike Peters)  

10.30- 11.00    Morning tea

11.00- 11.30   Visioning!        (Nicola McGrouther and Caren Shrubshall)
                        Developing a group vision

11.30- 12.30   Tool Time - discussion
               

                        Guest advisors:         Bruce Kyle      (DoC)
                        Peter Raal      (DoC)
                        Hendrick Koch (DEC)
                        David Blair     (Y-E Penguin Trust)

12.25                Thanks to the morning's contributors

12.30- 1.30    LUNCH (provided)

1.30- 2.00     Hands On : introduction (David Blair, YEPT)

2.00-   3.00   Seed sowing - nursery (Shirley Stuart, Dunedin Botanic Garden)

3.00- 3.30      Thanks and wrap up.

    Afternoon tea.