Last Thursday staff, students, volunteers, local councils, and industry partners gathered at the Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary to celebrate International Women's Day with the annual Women in Conservation Breakfast.
Joining in the virtual event hosted by Trust for Nature and Bush Heritage Australia, attendees had the opportunity to hear from inspiring speakers and leaders in the collective action to create a nature-positive world in a time of environmental crisis.
This breakfast plays a large part in the ongoing commitment between the Sanctuary and La Trobe’s School of Agriculture, Biomedicine, and Environment (SABE) to cultivate new connections, shared ideas, and a stronger local network driving meaningful impact in conservation.
The Sanctuary was grateful to have staff and students from SABE in attendance to hear from the guest speakers and engage with other women in conservation thanks to SABE generously subsidising the tickets for its staff and students.
Guests were treated to a presentation from Susan Kachaniwsky, a Master’s student at La Trobe University. She spoke about her research on the reproductive ecology of the long-lived grassland forb Ptilotus macrocephalus (Featherheads). Susan investigates seed set, predation, recruitment, and floral visitation in highly fragmented populations to explore how Allee effects — declines in reproductive success or survival in small or sparse populations — affect persistence.
The breakfast was an inspiring morning celebrating the remarkable women whose passion, dedication, and leadership drive conservation forward. The sanctuary looks forward to providing meaningful opportunities for networking, collaboration, and inspiration as this annual event grows in the years ahead.
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