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Deer management plan for Tasmania – have your say

27 November, 2020

Have your say on the development of a deer management plan for Tasmania. Initial submissions must be in by 12 December 2020.

Imported roses pose very high risks to Australia because the layered petals provide many hiding places for invasive insects. Photo: anncapictures | Pixabay

Pests in the petals

16 November, 2020

Australia’s love affair with imported fresh flowers runs the risk of introducing deadly insect invaders into the country, warns Tim Low.

Lucky Leo, living the high life of an indoor cat

14 October, 2020

Meet Leo. He loves sleeping, and eating, and sitting on laps. He’s an indoor cat, and looks aside, a very, very happy cat.

Preview image-Trout-Image by TJ Free-Pixabay

Trout are putting Australia’s little fish at big risk of extinction

14 October, 2020

New research has identified invasive trout as among the greatest threats to Australia’s most vulnerable native fish species.

Remote area volunteers, including Andy McQueen and Liz McQueen, can spend up to three weeks tackling weeding out sea spurge along the coastline of Tasmania’s Wilderness World Heritage Area.

Volunteers needed to weed Tassie’s wild wilderness coastline this summer

26 September, 2020

An award-winning wilderness weeding venture has put a callout for volunteers ready to brave Tasmania’s wild wilderness coastline this summer.

The blue-tailed skink is endemic to Christmas Island. Photo: Parks Australia

EPBC Act review: more of the same or something new?

2 September, 2020

National environmental laws are failing to stop species becoming extinct in Australia.

New cluster of yellow crazy ants found near Townsville

30 August, 2020

The discovery of yellow crazy ant clusters less than 20km from Townsville has alarmed the local taskforce battling these invasive ants.

Battling weeds and ferals should be part of Australia’s COVID fightback plans

30 August, 2020

Four out of five Aussies would back environmental initiatives like tree planting, weed removal and river restoration to keep people in regional communities employed while we recover from the economic impacts of COVID-19.

A cat makes off with its prey, a rosella. Photo: Brisbane City Council | CC2.0

The dark side of cats in Australia

28 August, 2020

Cats can be affectionate, playful, mischievous, lazy and regal, but they also have a dark side, one that has taken a huge toll on Australian wildlife.

Wombat foraging at Wilsons Promontory National Park. Photo: Judith Deland

Australia’s key national conservation law gets poor interim report card

31 July, 2020

Professor Graeme Samuel’s interim review of Australia’s key national conservation law, the EPBC Act, is a straight talking critique of its failings.

Critically endangered Norfolk Island green parrot. Photo: Luis Ortiz-Catedral

Building Norfolk Island’s conservation foundations

31 July, 2020

Remote Norfolk Island is a haven for wildlife found nowhere else on the planet. But the survival of many is directly threatened by invasive species.

Newspaper clippings over the years reflect the sad state of feral horse control in NSW.

Will 2020 see real feral horse control in Kosciuszko?

27 July, 2020

Will strong leadership by NSW environment minister Matt Kean be enough to see science-based feral horse management in Kosciuszko National Park become the new norm?

Community urged to join fight against yellow crazy ants in Nome

15 July, 2020

Keeping a lid on the spread of yellow crazy ants in Nome near Townsville is vital work that needs the help of the local community.

Alpine bogs in Victoria and NSW are a haven for threatened wildlife but will struggle to recover after the 2019-20 bushfires if pressure from feral animals is not contained. Photo: Karen Alexander

Feral animals threaten alpine sphagnum bog recovery

13 July, 2020

Alpine sphagnum bogs burnt in the 2019-20 bushfires won’t recover without protection from feral animals.

Feral cat with Major Mitchell cockatoo in its mouth. Photo: Mark Marathon | CC BY-SA 4.0

National inquiry into domestic and feral cat impacts on Australia’s wildlife and habitats

26 June, 2020

The federal government has opened up a new inquiry into the problem of feral and domestic cats in Australia.

Deer management plan for Tasmania – have your say

27 November, 2020

Have your say on the development of a deer management plan for Tasmania. Initial submissions must be in by 12 December 2020.

Pests in the petals

16 November, 2020

Australia’s love affair with imported fresh flowers runs the risk of introducing deadly insect invaders into the country, warns Tim Low.

Lucky Leo, living the high life of an indoor cat

14 October, 2020

Meet Leo. He loves sleeping, and eating, and sitting on laps. He’s an indoor cat, and looks aside, a very, very happy cat.

Trout are putting Australia’s little fish at big risk of extinction

14 October, 2020

New research has identified invasive trout as among the greatest threats to Australia’s most vulnerable native fish species.

Volunteers needed to weed Tassie’s wild wilderness coastline this summer

26 September, 2020

An award-winning wilderness weeding venture has put a callout for volunteers ready to brave Tasmania’s wild wilderness coastline this summer.

EPBC Act review: more of the same or something new?

2 September, 2020

National environmental laws are failing to stop species becoming extinct in Australia.

New cluster of yellow crazy ants found near Townsville

30 August, 2020

The discovery of yellow crazy ant clusters less than 20km from Townsville has alarmed the local taskforce battling these invasive ants.

Battling weeds and ferals should be part of Australia’s COVID fightback plans

30 August, 2020

The dark side of cats in Australia

28 August, 2020

Cats can be affectionate, playful, mischievous, lazy and regal, but they also have a dark side, one that has taken a huge toll on Australian wildlife.

Australia’s key national conservation law gets poor interim report card

31 July, 2020

Professor Graeme Samuel’s interim review of Australia’s key national conservation law, the EPBC Act, is a straight talking critique of its failings.

Building Norfolk Island’s conservation foundations

31 July, 2020

Remote Norfolk Island is a haven for wildlife found nowhere else on the planet. But the survival of many is directly threatened by invasive species.

Will 2020 see real feral horse control in Kosciuszko?

27 July, 2020

Will strong leadership by NSW environment minister Matt Kean be enough to see science-based feral horse management in Kosciuszko National Park become the new norm?

Community urged to join fight against yellow crazy ants in Nome

15 July, 2020

Keeping a lid on the spread of yellow crazy ants in Nome near Townsville is vital work that needs the help of the local community.

Feral animals threaten alpine sphagnum bog recovery

13 July, 2020

Alpine sphagnum bogs burnt in the 2019-20 bushfires won’t recover without protection from feral animals.

National inquiry into domestic and feral cat impacts on Australia’s wildlife and habitats

26 June, 2020

The federal government has opened up a new inquiry into the problem of feral and domestic cats in Australia.

High-cost fencing at New Species Gully in the Bogong High Plains is critical to protecting some of Australia's rarest alpine herbs and forbs from encroaching feral deer and horses.

High cost of fencing out ferals in Australia’s Alps

John Sampson 15 February, 2021

The cost of important alpine research in Victoria’s Bogong High Plains is being pushed up by the encroachment of sambar deer and feral horses.

Antarctic fur seal pup. Photo: Andrea Turbett

Macquarie Island is alive with wildlife – an exemplar for Australia

John Sampson 10 February, 2021

The successful eradication of all pest animals on Macquarie Island has paved the way for an incredible explosion in bird populations.

Our CEO Andrew Cox with Ian Thompson at a biodiversity roundtable in 2019.

Australia’s first chief environmental biosecurity officer leaves lasting legacy

John Sampson 5 February, 2021

We pay tribute to Ian Thompson, Australia’s first Chief Environmental Biosecurity Officer.

A mob of feral horses grazing on bushfire regrowth at the southern end of Long Plain where fire intensity was low. More than three quarters of Long Plain was unaffected by the summer bushfires. Photo: L Groom

Kosciuszko horse control: finally, there’s movement at the station

John Sampson 13 January, 2021

A count of horse numbers in Kosciuszko National Park after the 2020-21 bushfires confirms the urgent need to reduce numbers to protect the park.

Midnight Oil frontman and environmental champion Peter Garrett joins fight to protect Kosciuszko National Park from feral horses.

Aussie icon Peter Garrett joins fight to Reclaim Kosciuszko National Park

John Sampson 30 December, 2020

Midnight Oil frontman and environmental champion Peter Garrett joins fight to protect Kosciuszko National Park from feral horses.

Help push back against the march of yellow crazy ants

John Sampson 18 December, 2020

Help protect Australia’s dry tropics and Wet Tropics World Heritage Area from the march of yellow crazy ants.

Deer management plan for Tasmania – have your say

John Sampson 27 November, 2020

Have your say on the development of a deer management plan for Tasmania. Initial submissions must be in by 12 December 2020.

Pests in the petals

John Sampson 16 November, 2020

Australia’s love affair with imported fresh flowers runs the risk of introducing deadly insect invaders into the country, warns Tim Low.

Lucky Leo, living the high life of an indoor cat

John Sampson 14 October, 2020

Meet Leo. He loves sleeping, and eating, and sitting on laps. He’s an indoor cat, and looks aside, a very, very happy cat.

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