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Contents OUR achievements – Strategic Priority 2C Strategic Priority 2C: To be a leading organisation in conserving Victoria’s indigenous plants Business Plan specific outcomes (and associated Corporate Plan actions) Progress against specific outcomes and actions Specific Outcome 28 (Relating to Corporate Plan Action 23) Conduct a review and update of the Royal Botanic Gardens’ Policy for Conservation of Plant Biodiversity. Specific Outcome 29 Continue to implement the ARCUE Strategic Plan 2008–2011 focusing on the nature and extent of consultancy services to be offered in expert conservation, scientific advice and other services. An interdivisional working group reviewed the 2002 Policy for Conservation of Plant Biodiversity. The Royal Botanic Gardens’ capacity to contribute to a sustainable future has expanded over the past decade, and the replacement policy, Environmental Stewardship Policy, reflects this along with the increase in environmental auditing and government compliance. The Policy identifies the key areas of activity where the Royal Botanic Gardens will strive to influence society toward a more sustainable future and highlights the key operational considerations and commitments that will minimise the Royal Botanic Gardens’ impact on the environment. Associated procedural documents will be developed in early 2011–12. Commercial work has increased for ARCUE over the financial year 2010–11, with an increase in both amount and revenue. This has included expert advice for the Roads and Traffic Authority (NSW) on guidelines for maintaining connectivity for wildlife during road projects, the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) on the Grey-Headed Flying-Fox at Yarra Bend, the Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Sydney on best management of their Grey-Headed Flying-Fox population, and the National Parks Board of Singapore on land fragmentation. Specific Outcome 30 In collaboration with state and federal agencies, guide the implementation of recovery plans and action statements for Victorian threatened species. Plant Sciences branch staff participated in the Borya mirabilis, Pimelea spinescens, Asterolasia asteriscophora subsp. albiflora, Southern Wimmera Threatened Species, Grampians Region Threatened Species and Helmeted Honeyeater recovery teams. Material produced by Horticulture branch staff is being used in translocation and population reinforcement projects for some of these and other threatened Victorian species. Plant Sciences branch staff made a presentation to the Australian Network for Plant Conservation’s translocation workshop held in May 2011 in Melbourne. page 76
Contents OUR achievements – Strategic Priority 2C Business Plan specific outcomes (and associated Corporate Plan actions) Progress against specific outcomes and actions Specific Outcome 31 Establish germination protocols for threatened Victorian species, so they may be used in ex situ and/or in situ translocation for the restoration and augmentation of threatened species populations. Approximately 210 species, mostly rare or threatened in Victoria, were newly added to the Victorian Conservation Seedbank (VSC) in 2010– 2011. About 50 per cent of these were tested for viability and germination requirements. This is the largest number of species added to the VCS since the project commenced in 2005, due in part to the excellent growing conditions throughout 2010–11. A project funded by DSE, investigating germination requirements of members of the threatened Alpine Bogs Community, was completed. (See also Specific Outcome 18.) Specific Outcome 32 Continue the management and monitoring of in situ threatened plant species at RBG Cranbourne. Staff continued vegetation monitoring surveys to locate and document plant taxa across the RBG Cranbourne site, including monitoring of biodiversity-based management actions such as ecologically sustainable fire and weed management. Surveys in the grassy woodland block mapped distribution of threatened taxa such as Thelionemia umbellatum and Austrostipa rudis ssp. australis. The annual survey of wetland areas for Thelymitra circumsepta continued, as did the development of plant databases to inform management of native vegetation. Specific Outcome 33 In partnership with DSE and the Australasian Native Orchid Society, continue to implement the Caladenia robinsonii (Frankston Spider Orchid) translocation project at RBG Cranbourne. Staff from both RBG Cranbourne and RBG Melbourne continued the implementation of a successful Caladenia robinsonii (Frankston Spider Orchid) translocation project during the year. RBG Melbourne Nursery staff oversaw the propagation and growing of plants for the ongoing re-introduction into selected sites at RBG Cranbourne. A further 100 orchids were planted across two sites within RBG Cranbourne, bringing the total number of orchids planted to 167. Orchids planted during 2008 and 2009 had successful pollination, with 57 per cent producing seed capsules. Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria Annual Report 2010–11 page 77
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