
Yellow crazy ant action in Lismore earns 2020 biosecurity gong
Fast action to eradicate yellow crazy ants from Lismore has been recognised at this year’s Australian Biosecurity Awards.
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Fast action to eradicate yellow crazy ants from Lismore has been recognised at this year’s Australian Biosecurity Awards.
Australian Senate inquiry told feral deer are a destructive, invasive feral pest species that are multiplying out of control.
Australia has to be ready to bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic and a jobs-rich conservation and land management program could be just the ticket.
Global efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus are disrupting everybody’s lives but, despite the challenges, we are determined to continue with our important work.
After the bushfires predation and competition from feral pests and invasion by weeds now pose some of the biggest threats to our struggling wildlife.
Some of the biggest threats to wildlife recovering from the Australian bushfires will come from feral animals, including foxes and cats thriving in the aftermath of the fires.
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.
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.
Australia’s new ten-year biodiversity strategy is a huge disappointment for invasive species and for biodiversity in general.
Feral futures 2051 is the theme of the next Australasian Vertebrate Pest Conference, which is being held in Melbourne 4-7 May 2020.
Don’t miss this chance to meet Australia’s first ever Chief Environmental Biosecurity Officer, Ian Thompson, at this special event in Melbourne.
We’ve teamed up with QuestaGame to launch a month-long ‘BonANTza’ eco-hunt in the Cairns region with great prizes to be won.
The Australian government has drawn up a hit list of overseas environmental invaders we need to keep out of the country.
Could a single, desexed cat wipe out an entire colony of breeding fairy terns?
Delegates from Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada and Mexico made first ever biosecurity symposium a smashing success.
Fast action to eradicate yellow crazy ants from Lismore has been recognised at this year’s Australian Biosecurity Awards.
Australian Senate inquiry told feral deer are a destructive, invasive feral pest species that are multiplying out of control.
Australia has to be ready to bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic and a jobs-rich conservation and land management program could be just the ticket.
Global efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus are disrupting everybody’s lives but, despite the challenges, we are determined to continue with our important work.
After the bushfires predation and competition from feral pests and invasion by weeds now pose some of the biggest threats to our struggling wildlife.
Some of the biggest threats to wildlife recovering from the Australian bushfires will come from feral animals, including foxes and cats thriving in the aftermath of the fires.
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.
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.
Australia’s new ten-year biodiversity strategy is a huge disappointment for invasive species and for biodiversity in general.
Feral futures 2051 is the theme of the next Australasian Vertebrate Pest Conference, which is being held in Melbourne 4-7 May 2020.
Don’t miss this chance to meet Australia’s first ever Chief Environmental Biosecurity Officer, Ian Thompson, at this special event in Melbourne.
We’ve teamed up with QuestaGame to launch a month-long ‘BonANTza’ eco-hunt in the Cairns region with great prizes to be won.
The Australian government has drawn up a hit list of overseas environmental invaders we need to keep out of the country.
Could a single, desexed cat wipe out an entire colony of breeding fairy terns?
Delegates from Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada and Mexico made first ever biosecurity symposium a smashing success.
Professor Graeme Samuel’s interim review of Australia’s key national conservation law, the EPBC Act, is a straight talking critique of its failings.
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 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?
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 sphagnum bogs burnt in the 2019-20 bushfires won’t recover without protection from feral animals.
The federal government has opened up a new inquiry into the problem of feral and domestic cats in Australia.
A call has been put out for people to look out for weed seeds germinating and spreading into bushland after the bushfires.
Australia’s native lizards and snakes at huge risk from a slew of weeds, foxes, cats, feral deer, wolf snakes and other pest species.
Our work is and always will be about stopping the invasion and spread of hostile weeds, pest animals and diseases that threaten our natural environment. It’s our core business.