AABR Bushfire Response:
Do you need help with post-fire weed management?

A form to register sites and for land managers to request help.

AABR is Australia’s peak body of qualified and experienced bush regenerators, whether professional or volunteer.

We have recently called upon our networks to seek volunteers to assist managers of high conservation value wildfire-affected fauna habitats across Australia who do not already have experienced regenerators available. (But we urge others to apply - even if it is not major wildlife habitat - in case we have someone who can help.)

We will be prioritising sites whose managers have a capacity to provide the logistic support to the volunteers. But please contact us even if you don’t have the facilities to coordinate or support volunteers as we will pass your information and the contact details of our volunteers to a volunteer coordination body who can act as a managing third party.

Question Title

* 1. We will require your contact details to get in touch with you.

Name

Organisation (if applicable)

Address of the site

Site City/Town

Site State/Province

Site postcode

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 2. Is there anything else you want to tell us at this stage about the site? (330 words max)

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* 3. What is the type of help do you need? (select all that apply)

To be linked with an experienced regenerator with whom I can talk by phone or computer

To be linked with an experienced regenerator who can visit the site and assess its regeneration potential and appropriate strategies and techniques

To be linked with a network of other land managers with similar challenges and access to information

To be linked to a source of labour to undertake monthly weeding

To be linked to a source of labour to undertake weeding over a 2-3 month period

To be linked to a source of labour to undertake weeding over three years

To access information about regeneration after fire

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* 4. Can you provide any of the following support for the volunteer?

Local transport

Food and board

A liaison person

Insurance

What happens next?

When we hear from you we will get in touch to ask a few questions about the site so that we can evaluate whether and how we can help.

When we have a database of volunteers and sites we can then match volunteers to those in need. Only suitably trained and experienced bush regenerators will be matched to sites needing high level assistance.

Once we have matched the volunteer to the recipient we will leave the parties to make their own arrangements.

FURTHER INFORMATION

More details of AABR’s Post fire regeneration strategy, principles and priorities are on our website.

Articles

- AABR Newsletter:Giving bushland a chance to recover after wildfires (AABR News 143, Feb 2020)
- EMR feature: Community volunteers mobilise to help Lane Cove NP recover after wildfire (Reidy et al 2005)

Flyers

- Do you even need to plant?
- Reading the resilience of your site

Web Resources

- A page of links to organisations involved in ecological recovery and revegetation