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10/02/2024

Another National Park proclaimed is great news. We edge a little closer to achieving the 30% of land protected that we are committed to under the UN BiodiversityTreaty.

The 2.5-billion-year-old Helena and Aurora Range is on track to join its namesake national park, due to expand significantly with the Mount Manning Conservation Park's addition.

30/05/2023

Good news in protecting and restoring endangered species.

New monitoring has revealed the population of brush-tailed bettongs continues to grow in Dhilba Guuranda-Innes national park – a promising sign for Marna Ban...

25/02/2023

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09/10/2022

Meanwhile in Glouchester. This message just in from one of the team. (the awesome Jo B)

This is Phasbo, she’s a phasmid - spiny leaf insect (Extatosoma tiaratum). Photo taken this morning.

"Phasbo is all grown up, she’s started laying eggs. She landed on me as a baby when I was gardening, so we kept her.
And sure you can use the photo 🙂"

Thanks Jo!

09/10/2022

- WILDLIFE SPECIES HIGHLIGHT - It wouldn't be without some amphibian action! After all, 2022 is . Introducing Littlejohn's Tree Frog.

We recently had the luck of being made aware of a pretty exciting documentary created by wildlife filmmaker Mhairi Fenton from the University of Stroud, UK. Mhairi visited the The University of Newcastle, Australia's Conservation Science Research Group for some inspiration, and created something pretty spectacular about Littlejohn's Tree Frog.

We caught up with Dr Alexandra Callen from the University to get some more information about this exciting short film.

"The Black Summer bushfires of 2019 and 2020 decimated Australia's unique biodiversity, killing a conservative estimate of 1 billion animals and burning more than 10 million hectares, including 6% of all Australian native forest. For plants and animals that were already threatened before the bushfires, this has left the prospect of extinction too close for comfort and the race is on to recover what we can.

Many Australian frogs were in trouble before the bushfires as a result of habitat changes and wildlife disease – populations have shrunk and become disconnected from each other, creating a slippery slope to extinction. One endangered local amphibian, Littlejohn’s tree frog, is the target of a coordinated recovery campaign between the Commonwealth Government, NSW Government, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Forestry Corporation and the University of Newcastle. We know that saving a species that suffers from a number of threats will require a whole toolbox of different actions. Habitat creation, captive breeding, s***m biobanking and translocation are required to bring the frog back from the brink of extinction.

This short documentary tells that story!"

So many exciting researchers have been involved with this project alongside Alex, including Professor Michael Mahony, Dr Rose Upton and many more.

Be sure to watch this amazing documentary by visiting YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKQoJY8jbgQ

Pictured: Littlejohn's Tree Frog. Photo Credit: Australian Museum.

09/10/2022

Nature can be deadly competitive, but there are often plants and animals that work together, says author Kristin Ohlson. They are lessons we need to learn.

25/07/2022

Announcing an exciting new environmental initiative: The Ten Point Plan 4Nature. More to come over coming days.

25/07/2022