We’re looking for people to seek out and snap ants, bees and wasps in their neighbourhood. For every QuestaGame find, $1 is donated to the Invasive Species Council.
Archive | 2019
Environmental biosecurity chief delivers
Australia’s first Chief Environmental Biosecurity Officer has been in place for a year, so now is a good time to review the success of the position.
Missing in action: our new biodiversity strategy
Australia’s new ten-year biodiversity strategy is a huge disappointment for invasive species and for biodiversity in general.
Feral futures theme for Australasian Vertebrate Pest Conference
Feral futures 2051 is the theme of the next Australasian Vertebrate Pest Conference, which is being held in Melbourne 4-7 May 2020.
Cairns Bonantza eco-hunt is on
We’ve teamed up with QuestaGame to launch a month-long ‘BonANTza’ eco-hunt in the Cairns region with great prizes to be won.
Australia draws up hit list of overseas environmental pests and diseases
The Australian government has drawn up a hit list of overseas environmental invaders we need to keep out of the country.
Sometimes, even just one cat is one too many
Could a single, desexed cat wipe out an entire colony of breeding fairy terns?
Our first biosecurity symposium a smashing success
Delegates from Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada and Mexico made first ever biosecurity symposium a smashing success.
Feral cat control in Victoria hamstrung by poor regulations
The Victorian government has an opportunity to make huge inroads into the impacts of feral cats, but it can only do so if changes are made to the regulations governing the use of traps in that state.
Opportunity of a lifetime on Lord Howe Island
Are you up for a challenging but rewarding volunteer position on Australia’s incredible Lord Howe Island?
Can we turn the global plastics catastrophe into an environmental win?
Could Australia’s recycling crisis be solved by replacing wooden pallets with plastic pallets? At the same time reducing the risk of dangerous new insects sneaking past biosecurity borders hidden in wooden pallets?
Rally for Kosci
Join us on Thursday, August 22 when the NSW Parliament debates the impacts of feral horses on Kosciuszko National Park.
Feral deer destroying a lifetime of bushcare conservation
Feral deer are destroying years of conservation work restoring local bushland.
The ugly side of flowers
Just before Mother’s Day every year millions of flowers from across the world flood in to Australia. It is one of the most dangerous days on our calendar.
More than just pulling weeds: the essential role we all play in biosecurity
Protecting Australia from invasive species is not just for the ‘professionals’; the community could play a much larger role.
