The seminar will look at the role farmers have as custodians of much of the land across the region and the steps farmers are taking to maintain the land and the environment.

Speakers at the event will cover various topics, from the value of revegetation on land, tailoring natural resource management plans to new participants, natural vegetation on farms, indigenous farming, regenerative farming and agroecology.

Wimmera Biodiversity Seminar committee member La Vergne Lehmann said she was pleased to host the event in 2021 despite ongoing COVID-19 restrictions.

"Our speakers are an eclectic mix of NRM practitioners, farmers and academics. These speakers will certainly challenge and engage the audience with each bringing a unique perspective to this important topic and theme," she said.

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"Like so many events, the Wimmera Biodiversity Seminar has continued to be challenged by the ongoing restrictions caused by the COVID pandemic.

"But our intrepid committee is not prepared to be beaten and will still present the 24th Wimmera Biodiversity Seminar in 2021."

Loddon Plains Landcare Network facilitator and Firetail Environments owner Danny Pettingill will be speaking at the event on designing resilient and adaptive community landscape restoration projects.

La Trobe University Research Centre for Future Landscapes' Dr Jim Radford will present a series on farm-scale natural capital accounting and biodiversity.

Ethicurean farmer, mindful meatsmith, agrarian activist and academic Tammi Jonas will speak on socially just food systems.

The organising committee hopes to host a face-to-face event in 2022, celebrating 25 years of the seminar.

For more information on booking a seat at the event, visit the Wimmera Biodiversity Seminar's Facebook page.

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