Celebrate the Island’s conservation story and contribute to shaping the Island’s future!

The event aims to celebrate the remarkable achievements of the LHI community, by showcasing the island's history and future of biodiversity restoration through photography, presentations, and interactive forums. 

We aim to build on the sense of pride and stewardship among residents, encourage ongoing community engagement, and discuss the importance of biosecurity measures to protect what has been achieved. 

Specifically, the event will celebrate: 

• Rich history of island stewardship by the LHI Community
• Successful history of eradications (pigs, goats, cats, rodents, weeds)
• The conclusion of the LHI REP 
• The biosecurity journey and future
• Enhancing biodiversity on LHI

Photographs will be displayed through the two days and the community is invited to drop in at your leisure.

Two interactive forums will be held to discuss the future of protecting the Island’s unique biodiversity and World Heritage values.  

Lord Howe Island Biodiversity Management – Cristina Venables, Team Leader World Heritage
Thursday 14th November – 4:00pm – 5:00pm.

• Highlighting the Island’s unique biodiversity and the various legislation and plans responsible for protecting it.
• Overview of the Lord Howe Island Biodiversity Management Plan (BMP), its main themes and goals, and what objectives and targets have been met so far.
• Case studies of programs that have contributed to meeting some of the BMP objectives.
• Building off the priorities identified in the Community Strategic Plan, a discussion around additional priorities and specific objectives that should be considered in the BMP review.

The Future of Biosecurity on Lord Howe Island – Darryl Birch, Team Leader Biosecurity 
Thursday 14th November - 5:00pm – 6:00pm. 

• What is biosecurity? An overview of biosecurity theory and best practice and its application on offshore islands (with case studies).
• A discussion around biosecurity prior to the REP and the measures that were brought in during and at the end of the REP. 
• Biosecurity today: what we are doing to protect LHI from non-native invasive species?
• Working with the community to develop a vision of biosecurity for LHI into the future as part of the Critical Infrastructure Program. 

Additionally, a number of pre-recorded talks from various researchers and conservation practitioners will be shown over the two days, including: 

• A summary of the Biodiversity Benefits program – including snails, other invertebrates, vegetation, seabirds and currawongs. 
• Biosecurity  and biodiversity recovery case studies from around the globe.
• A summary of the LHI Community Study undertaken by Sally Montgomery.