The Urban Bushland Council’s new website and logo were formally launched on 3 August 2011. The Urban Bushland Council is the peak community organisation for urban bushland recognition and protection in the greater Perth area and is an association of …
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National Biodiversity Month is held in September each year and aims to promote the importance of protecting, conserving and improving biodiversity both within Australia and across the world. Biodiversity encompasses every living thing that exists on our planet and the …
Wattles have long had special meanings for Australians and in 1988 the Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) was officially gazetted as Australia’s national floral emblem. In 1992, the first day of September each year was officially declared National Wattle Day throughout …
National Threatened Species Day (NTSD) is held on 7 September each year – commemorating the death of the last Tasmanian tiger at Hobart Zoo in 1936.
On Thursday, 2 June 2011 the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, the Hon Tony Burke MP and the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, the Hon Greg Combet AM MP, asked the House Standing Committee on …
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The Australian Government has announced the establishment of a National Wildlife Corridors Plan advisory group which will consult with regional and community groups, landholders, environmental organisations, other governments and the private sector to inform development of a draft National Wildlife …
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At the Urban Biodiversity Forum in the heart of the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney you can learn about groundbreaking initiatives that address biodiversity in urban areas. Representatives from Marrickville Council, Ku-ring-gai Council, Community Greening and the Royal Botanic Gardens and …
Urban Biodiversity Forum, 19 August 2011, Sydney Read more »
The Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) project is building a biodiversity information platform to provide scientists and others with the information they need now and in decades to come. To achieve this, the ALA and its partners are making a …
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Wild Backyards is a partnership between Queensland Museum, the Atlas of Living Australia and Quest Newspapers to encourage the general public to become more aware about their very own wild backyards. Wild Backyards makes it easy for people to identify …
The CCS seminar: The Social Life of Pesticides: the Future of Urban Agriculture and Biodiversity in the Hawkesbury-Nepean River addresses the ‘social life’ of pesticides in the Hawkesbury region at Sydney’s western fringe, where land use is dominated by small-scale …