Macquarie Island is alive with wildlife – an exemplar for Australia
10 February, 2021
The successful eradication of all pest animals on Macquarie Island has paved the way for an incredible explosion in bird populations.
The successful eradication of all pest animals on Macquarie Island has paved the way for an incredible explosion in bird populations.
A project giving land managers the tools to eradicate new weed invasions has won a 2020 national Froggatt award.
An innovative project that has successfully eradicated black rats from an island off Tasmania’s far northeast coast has been recognised with a national Froggatt Award.
The man who spearheaded efforts to reduce the impacts of feral cats in WA has been awarded a national Froggatt award.
An award-winning wilderness weeding venture has put a callout for volunteers ready to brave Tasmania’s wild wilderness coastline this summer.
The discovery of yellow crazy ant clusters less than 20km from Townsville has alarmed the local taskforce battling these invasive ants.
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.
Our report into the ethical considerations of using 1080 to control feral animals finds conservation benefits necessitate its use until an alternative is available.
To combat Australia’s worsening weed problem, the most important reform for weed prevention would be new laws to create a list of safe plant species that can be sold and moved in each state and territory.
The coronavirus pandemic has shown the need to act hard and fast when new diseases emerge, the same approach has to be taken on invasive species.
Fast action to eradicate yellow crazy ants from Lismore has been recognised at this year’s Australian Biosecurity Awards.
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.
Efforts to save Australian wildlife from the impacts of catastrophic bushfires will fail unless the control of foxes, feral cats, horses and deer are a major part of wildlife disaster recovery plans, the Invasive Species Council warned today.
The red fire ant, one of the world’s worst invasive species, has just been found in the Fremantle port area.
Are you up for a challenging but rewarding volunteer position on Australia’s incredible Lord Howe Island?
The successful eradication of all pest animals on Macquarie Island has paved the way for an incredible explosion in bird populations.
A project giving land managers the tools to eradicate new weed invasions has won a 2020 national Froggatt award.
An innovative project that has successfully eradicated black rats from an island off Tasmania’s far northeast coast has been recognised with a national Froggatt Award.
The man who spearheaded efforts to reduce the impacts of feral cats in WA has been awarded a national Froggatt award.
An award-winning wilderness weeding venture has put a callout for volunteers ready to brave Tasmania’s wild wilderness coastline this summer.
The discovery of yellow crazy ant clusters less than 20km from Townsville has alarmed the local taskforce battling these invasive ants.
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.
Our report into the ethical considerations of using 1080 to control feral animals finds conservation benefits necessitate its use until an alternative is available.
To combat Australia’s worsening weed problem, the most important reform for weed prevention would be new laws to create a list of safe plant species that can be sold and moved in each state and territory.
The coronavirus pandemic has shown the need to act hard and fast when new diseases emerge, the same approach has to be taken on invasive species.
Fast action to eradicate yellow crazy ants from Lismore has been recognised at this year’s Australian Biosecurity Awards.
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.
Efforts to save Australian wildlife from the impacts of catastrophic bushfires will fail unless the control of foxes, feral cats, horses and deer are a major part of wildlife disaster recovery plans, the Invasive Species Council warned today.
The red fire ant, one of the world’s worst invasive species, has just been found in the Fremantle port area.
Are you up for a challenging but rewarding volunteer position on Australia’s incredible Lord Howe Island?
The successful eradication of all pest animals on Macquarie Island has paved the way for an incredible explosion in bird populations.
A project giving land managers the tools to eradicate new weed invasions has won a 2020 national Froggatt award.
An innovative project that has successfully eradicated black rats from an island off Tasmania’s far northeast coast has been recognised with a national Froggatt Award.
The man who spearheaded efforts to reduce the impacts of feral cats in WA has been awarded a national Froggatt award.
An award-winning wilderness weeding venture has put a callout for volunteers ready to brave Tasmania’s wild wilderness coastline this summer.
The discovery of yellow crazy ant clusters less than 20km from Townsville has alarmed the local taskforce battling these invasive ants.
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.
Our report into the ethical considerations of using 1080 to control feral animals finds conservation benefits necessitate its use until an alternative is available.
To combat Australia’s worsening weed problem, the most important reform for weed prevention would be new laws to create a list of safe plant species that can be sold and moved in each state and territory.
The coronavirus pandemic has shown the need to act hard and fast when new diseases emerge, the same approach has to be taken on invasive species.
Fast action to eradicate yellow crazy ants from Lismore has been recognised at this year’s Australian Biosecurity Awards.
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.
Efforts to save Australian wildlife from the impacts of catastrophic bushfires will fail unless the control of foxes, feral cats, horses and deer are a major part of wildlife disaster recovery plans, the Invasive Species Council warned today.
The red fire ant, one of the world’s worst invasive species, has just been found in the Fremantle port area.
Are you up for a challenging but rewarding volunteer position on Australia’s incredible Lord Howe Island?
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The Invasive Species Council was formed in 2002 to seek stronger laws, policies and programs to protect nature from harmful pests, weeds and diseases.
The Invasive Species Council acknowledges the Traditional Custodians throughout Australia and their connections to land and sea. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
Dear Project Team,
[YOUR PERSONALISED MESSAGE WILL APPEAR HERE.]
I support the amendment to the Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan to allow our incredible National Parks staff to use aerial shooting as one method to rapidly reduce feral horse numbers. I want to see feral horse numbers urgently reduced in order to save the national park and our native wildlife that live there.
The current approach is not solving the problem. Feral horse numbers have rapidly increased in Kosciuszko National Park to around 18,000, a 30% jump in just the past 2 years. With the population so high, thousands of feral horses need to be removed annually to reduce numbers and stop our National Park becoming a horse paddock. Aerial shooting, undertaken humanely and safely by professionals using standard protocols, is the only way this can happen.
The government’s own management plan for feral horses states that ‘if undertaken in accordance with best practice, aerial shooting can have the lowest negative animal welfare impacts of all lethal control methods’.
This humane and effective practice is already used across Australia to manage hundreds of thousands of feral animals like horses, deer, pigs, and goats.
Trapping and rehoming of feral horses has been used in Kosciuszko National Park for well over a decade but has consistently failed to reduce the population, has delayed meaningful action and is expensive. There are too many feral horses in the Alps and not enough demand for rehoming for it to be relied upon for the reduction of the population.
Fertility control as a management tool is only effective for a small, geographically isolated, and accessible population of feral horses where the management outcome sought is to maintain the population at its current size. It is not a viable option to reduce the large and growing feral horse population in the vast and rugged terrain of Kosciuszko National Park.
Feral horses are trashing and trampling our sensitive alpine ecosystems and streams, causing the decline and extinction of native animals. The federal government’s Threatened Species Scientific Committee has stated that feral horses ‘may be the crucial factor that causes final extinction’ for 12 alpine species.
I recognise the sad reality that urgent and humane measures are necessary to urgently remove the horses or they will destroy the Snowies and the native wildlife that call the mountains home. I support a healthy national park where native species like the Corroboree Frog and Mountain Pygmy Possum can thrive.
Dear Project Team,
[YOUR PERSONALISED MESSAGE WILL APPEAR HERE.]
I support the amendment to the Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan to allow our incredible National Parks staff to use aerial shooting as one method to rapidly reduce feral horse numbers. I want to see feral horse numbers urgently reduced in order to save the national park and our native wildlife that live there.
The current approach is not solving the problem. Feral horse numbers have rapidly increased in Kosciuszko National Park to around 18,000, a 30% jump in just the past 2 years. With the population so high, thousands of feral horses need to be removed annually to reduce numbers and stop our National Park becoming a horse paddock. Aerial shooting, undertaken humanely and safely by professionals using standard protocols, is the only way this can happen.
The government’s own management plan for feral horses states that ‘if undertaken in accordance with best practice, aerial shooting can have the lowest negative animal welfare impacts of all lethal control methods’.
This humane and effective practice is already used across Australia to manage hundreds of thousands of feral animals like horses, deer, pigs, and goats.
Trapping and rehoming of feral horses has been used in Kosciuszko National Park for well over a decade but has consistently failed to reduce the population, has delayed meaningful action and is expensive. There are too many feral horses in the Alps and not enough demand for rehoming for it to be relied upon for the reduction of the population.
Fertility control as a management tool is only effective for a small, geographically isolated, and accessible population of feral horses where the management outcome sought is to maintain the population at its current size. It is not a viable option to reduce the large and growing feral horse population in the vast and rugged terrain of Kosciuszko National Park.
Feral horses are trashing and trampling our sensitive alpine ecosystems and streams, causing the decline and extinction of native animals. The federal government’s Threatened Species Scientific Committee has stated that feral horses ‘may be the crucial factor that causes final extinction’ for 12 alpine species.
I recognise the sad reality that urgent and humane measures are necessary to urgently remove the horses or they will destroy the Snowies and the native wildlife that call the mountains home. I support a healthy national park where native species like the Corroboree Frog and Mountain Pygmy Possum can thrive.
