This Special Issue shares stories of how everyone at @kingspark_wa is involved in conserving and restoring threatened species and ecosystems throughout Western Australia.
📷: The Banksia menziesii from the magazine cover, photographed by Dr Lauren Svejcar.
Happy #WorldWildlifeDay! Today is being celebrated globally under the theme “Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration” 🌱
To join the celebration, we’re excited to release a free digital version of our Special Issue magazine today! Read it here 👉 https://t.co/mEh3vCvNz6
All of the Summer Scholars are planning to continue on with their research for Honours or Masters, so we wish them the best of luck!
To learn more about their projects, stay tuned for the Winter edition of For People & Plants magazine 📖
Congratulations to the #KingsParkScience Summer Scholars on completing their projects! ☀️🔬🌱 @kingspark_wa@Science_DBCA
We're proud to support these students and their exciting research through the Friends of Kings Park Fund. Come see what they each got up to 👇
Amanda Kelleher spent the summer learning techniques for plant tissue culture and cryopreservation 🧫
These are important techniques for ex situ conservation, which Amanda will be applying to further research on the Critically Endangered plant Grevillea scapigera.
Welcome to our new #KingsParkScience Summer Scholars! 🎉
These talented students will be working with Kings Park’s scientists to tackle some real-world conservation and restoration challenges, supported by @FriendsKP.
Find out more 👉 https://t.co/uIZ7OpHtoF
It's happening!!!
Today's the day folks, with the @FriendsKP Festival Native Plant Sale kicking off at 9am today! 🌱🛒
Come on down to the Kings Park Exhibition Ground and find the perfect plant for your garden.
🌱 Saturday 9am - 4pm
🌱 Sunday 9am - 12:30pm
(unless sold out)
For #ThreatenedSpeciesDay meet Grevillea scapigera 🌱
Once presumed extinct, this species has had an incredible 30-year journey of recovery, including #KingsParkScience research and local community action to grow and restore plants to secure sites near Corrigin.
📷: @SiegyK
Join #KingsParkScience for some special seminars and behind-the-scenes tours during the Festival! 🔬🌱
📅 Thursday 23 September 2021
🌱 Science of seed banking
https://t.co/GjZAxsuWvo
📅 Thursday 30 September 2021
🌱 Protecting our flora and ecosystems
https://t.co/OPjtPzIPfk
A fantastic effort by all involved! If you would like to learn more about the efforts of #kingsparkscience and how we are contributing to the UN decade of restoration, get your copy from the Aspects of Kings Park Gallery. #generationrestoration