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Protecting the “bum-breathing turtles” of the Fitzroy River

...remain underwater for an incredible 21 days at a time. Concerns about the future of the unique species was raised after surveys indicated that the population is aging due to...

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Restoring habitat for the endangered Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo in WA

...30 species of endemic understory species, all identified as critical Cockatoo habitat species. We’ve also been able to reduce threats from invasive weed species and improve vegetation by direct seeding...

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Securing the future of the Victorian Volcanic Plains

...from Melbourne’s west to the South Australian border, the striking Victorian Volcanic Plains is home to 65 nationally threatened species and 173 threatened species. The landscape contains eleven Ramsar listed...

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Ten years of the Womad Forest

...area have improved dramatically since it was established. Two bird counts have been conducted across the site by landholders, staff, biodiversity volunteers and adjacent farmers. In 2008, 17 species of...

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Under the spotlight: our Canberra Bush Crew

...rehabilitation, including weed control, planting, hand seeding and machine direct seeding. Natural Temperate Grassland species and habitat enhancement plantings to improve habitat for threatened species such as the Grassland Earless...

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Your Favourite Landscapes

...Some of the incredible plants include paperbarks (Melaleuca species) and their adaptability across the wet and dry conditions amazes me, as does the resilience of all the small frogs and...

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Build it and they will come: Habitat log re-introductions at the Bank Australia Conservation Reserve

...hope to provide homes for many species such as the bearded dragon, stumpy tail lizards, fat-tailed dunnarts and antechinus species to name a few. Without our intervention it could take...

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Land restoration starts growing program

...Steven ran a CommVeg direct-seeding machine between the rows. Both were working together towards the same goal – to begin the long process of restoring native bush with species endemic...

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Survey prompts calls for marron-thon to fix Harvey River

An aquatic survey of the lower Harvey River has returned results with far-reaching implications if future management of the waterway looks to boost marron numbers and conserve other native species....

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Greening Australia and WWF-Australia announce new Climate-ready Restoration partnership in response to increasing natural disasters

...seek to understand how we spread the risk of climate change to our threatened species by creating new, ‘insurance’ populations of flagship threatened species in different geographic locations. The program...

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