Berin Mackenzie

Great to finally be able to share some details of the work @nswenviromedia and the #WollemiPine Recovery Team are doing to create additional populations of this iconic species and reduce its extinction risk. Huge thanks to #SavingOurSpecies and @InsideNatGeo for their support!

Check out this new and beautifully illustrated book on the #WollemiPine for young readers aged 6-9! vimeo.com/870144830 publish.csiro.au/book/8072/

@pete_cuneo @ooist7 @CES_UNSW Thanks so much Peter!

@berinmack @ooist7 @CES_UNSW Wow! Congratulations and such an excellent PhD project. Nice work!

Finally got that ticket and now taking doctor’s appointments for all social and professional engagements 😉 Massive thanks to my amazing supervisors David, @ooist7 and Tony, and @CES_UNSW 🙏

@dieterhochuli @ooist7 @CES_UNSW Thanks Dieter!

@berinmack @ooist7 @CES_UNSW Congrats! they're both brilliant photos. Love the sartorial elegance and idiosyncratic fashion styles in the first, and the smile in the second is gold. well done!

Fantastic opportunity in a great team! Please share amongst your networks :)

Finally submitted my PhD thesis on #SeedEcology and #FireSeasonality yesterday! Immense gratitude to everyone who’s helped me along the way—especially @natalia_pinello and my incredible mentors Tony Auld, David Keith and @ooist7 #PhDone @CES_UNSW #OoiEcologyLab @nswenviromedia

#SavingourSpecies and partners have translocated 41 seedlings of critically endangered Julian’s hibbertia (Hibbertia spanantha) to a secret Sydney location. It’s hoped that this project will bolster the wild population to ensure the long-term survival of this species 🌱

@SarahKlistorner Thanks Sarah! This work is a collaboration between @CES_UNSW and @nswenviromedia including Tony Auld, David Keith and @ooist7. More to come very soon!

Integration of #fireseasonality (and #fireintensity due to its effect on soil heating) into current #firemanagement frameworks is urgently required to ensure best-practice conservation of fire-prone floras – especially for rare and threatened species #bushfirescience #fireregime

Effects of the seasonal/intra-seasonal timing of fire vary widely between species – even sympatric congeners. This calls for a nuanced approach to fire seasonality (i.e. month of occurrence cf. seasonal vs unseasonal fire) and data on a broader range of species/functional groups.

#Fireseasonality can profoundly affect seedling emergence of species with physiological seed dormancy! We synthesized the key drivers into novel conceptual models to aid #firemanagement using #Boronia (#Rutaceae). frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… @unswbees @nswenviromedia @BushfireHub

Two of our scientists Nicholas Carlile and Dr Terry O’Dwyer are joint winners in the NSW Premier’s Prizes for Science and Engineering 🏆Their scientific leadership helping secure the future of endemic birds on #LordHoweIsland. find out more here: ow.ly/slRb50H1vtU

“A society grows great when old men and women plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” #WollemiPine #translocation #SavingOurSpecies @nswenviromedia @InsideNatGeo #NPWS @AustralianBG @BlueMountainsBG @RBGSydney npansw.org.au/2021/11/30/the…

The published version is out now! A fantastic collaboration between @nswenviromedia #NPWS @CSIRO @RBGSydney @AustralianBG and the #WollemiPine Recovery Team. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A preprint of our latest article on the ecology and conservation of the iconic #WollemiPine, including the current population structure, translocation efforts, and impacts of the Black Summer fires, is now online at: ecoevorxiv.org/3sjwx/ @nswenviromedia #ThreatenedConifers

Prof David Keith is one of Australia’s foremost experts in plant ecology and vegetation dynamics. He’s taken home a global gong from the @IUCN for excellence in #ecosystemmanagement. We're incredibly proud to have him on our team of talented scientists. bit.ly/3HUFaMx