This issue highlights a range of papers dealing with important topics relevant to improved management and restoration of biodiversity in Australasia. The one that has touched me most is the interview with the late Roger Good, which provides insight into the views and contributions of one of Australia’s most experienced ecological restoration pioneers and mentors. The interview took place in May 2015 and is presented here in its long-form as a tribute to Roger, whose untimely death in October 2015 cut short a still-active career and surprised and saddened many. The interview chronicles a 50-year program of restoration work in what is now Kosciuszko National Park – work that commenced in the 1960s with intensive soil stabilization and revegetation works, progressing to works to restore peat bogs and fens that continue today.
