The 2026 Rabbit R&D Webinar had a theme of ‘new tech for traditional control’, covering topics of:
- Monitoring and recording rabbits and warrens
- Optimising RHDV-K5
- Policy innovation – building resilience by rabbit control during drought
- Camera traps for confident rabbit control
- Modelling rabbit distribution – mapping threats to biodiversity
Printed presentations (PDFs) and recordings (videos) are available below:
- Heidi Kleinert: Glovebox Guide for managing rabbits: Update (PDF here, Video here).
- Natarsha McPherson: Warrens from space (PDF here, Video here)
- Mitch Bowden: Mapping warrens with drones (PDF here, Video here)
- Brian Cooke: Cooke’s Index: Assessing rabbit abundance (PDF here, Video here)
- Peter West: RabbitScan (PDF here, Video here)
- Tanja Strive: Optimising RHDV-K5 (PDF here, Video here)
- Byron Manning: Drought resilience: District-wide rabbit control (PDF here, Video here)
- Menna Jones: Camera traps: Benefits & risks of warren destruction (PDF here, Video here)
- Payal Bal and Emma Warren: National-scale distribution modelling & impact viewer (PDF here, Video here)
To view all videos in one place, see here.
Organised by Foundation for Rabbit-Free Australia, Centre for Invasive Species Solutions (CISS), and the National Rabbit Management Coordination project, the annual event helps bridge the gap between research and application. To support initiatives like this and stay abreast of rabbit management issues:
- Sign up for the quarterly Feral Rabbit Newsletter from the National Coordinator here
- Become a member of Foundation for Rabbit-Free Australia here.
- Order your copy of the new Glovebox Guide here, or download it here.
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