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"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot" sang Joni Mitchell. Let's get wild and urban. Sometimes nature can thrive in cities in surprising ways and by accident. Hear how. And did you know 39 threatened species only exist in Australian cites? How do we design a city for fairy wrens, and the other feathered and furry beings who call it home?
Speakers
Sarah BekessyProfessor of Sustainability and Urban Planning, ICON Science research group, RMIT
Darryl JonesWriter, speaker, researcher, behavioural ecologist, Professor Emeritus Griffith University
Christopher Daniels (host)Chair of Green Adelaide, Zoologist, Adjunct Professor of Urban Ecology, University of South Australia
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"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot" sang Joni Mitchell. Let's get wild and urban. Sometimes nature can thrive in cities in surprising ways and by accident. Hear how. And did you know 39 threatened species only exist in Australian cites? How do we design a city for fairy wrens, and the other feathered and furry beings who call it home?
Speakers
Sarah BekessyProfessor of Sustainability and Urban Planning, ICON Science research group, RMIT
Darryl JonesWriter, speaker, researcher, behavioural ecologist, Professor Emeritus Griffith University
Christopher Daniels (host)Chair of Green Adelaide, Zoologist, Adjunct Professor of Urban Ecology, University of South Australia

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