Australian Tropical Herbarium Plant Identification Workshops
Plant Identification Workshops
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The Australian Tropical Herbarium and the Wet Tropics Management Authority present Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants – Plant Identification Short Courses.
Our courses are open to the public, and teach skills in rainforest plant identification. Our courses are developed for the interested layperson. We teach how to examine and identify plants using freely available resources.
These courses are ideal for the interested layperson, and will be of special interest to rangers, school science teachers, state and local government land managers and anyone with an interest in tropical Australia’s incredible biodiversity.
RAINFOREST PLANT IDENTIFICATION Workshops 2024
Enrolments open 9am Friday 9 August
Cairns and Cape Tribulation
The Australian Tropical Herbarium and the Wet Tropics Management Authority are pleased to present our annual Rainforest Plant Identification Workshops.
The rainforests of the Wet Tropics region are beautiful and incredibly diverse, but that very diversity can pose difficulties. How can we understand and manage these forests if we don’t know the species we’re looking at? Our workshops aims to teach participants the skills and knowledge needed to identify the rainforest flora using free online plant identification tools and hands-on experience.
The workshop is targeted at the interested layperson, and will be of interest to:
- rangers
- school science teachers
- state and local government land managers
anyone with an interest in the region’s incredible biodiversity
Details of the courses are as follows.
Cairns | Cape Tribulation |
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Friday 13 September to Sunday 15 September 2024 The course will be presented at James Cook University’s Ngumabada Campus in Smithfield, with daily walks to the rainforests of the nearby Smithfield Conservation Park. | Thursday 5 December to Sunday 8 December 2024 We will present our workshop at James Cook University’s Daintree Rainforest Observatory research facility, nestled in rainforest at the foot of Mt Sorrow. Dormitory-style accommodation is included in the price. Please contact us directly if you do not require accommodation. |
Both courses run from 8:30 to 4 each day.
Morning tea and lunches are supplied – please advise of any dietary preferences when you register. For more information, please email
enquiry@ath.org.au or call 4232 1758.
Spaces are limited, and enrolments close a week before the course commencement date.
Workshops will run in 2025, dates to be advised.