Biodiversity
OPINION: Private landholders key to conservation
Carbon and biodiversity markets will help unlock the potential of privately owned properties, writes ecologist Dr Kate Dodds.
Category: Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Surprising twist in the war on weeds
Invasive plant species are working together against biocontrol measures, becoming stronger and smarter.
Biodiversity
Australia gives up on eradicating devastating wood-boring beetle
Authorities have ceased trying to eradicate the invasive pest that has destroyed 4500 trees in the one city where it has been detected.
Biodiversity
Save the whales, save the world
If you’re looking for signs the earth could bounce back from its presently beleaguered state, witness the increasing number of humpback whale blows along Australia’s coastlines.
Biodiversity
OPINION: Time to plug holes in species conservation
To prevent extinctions, we need to start addressing the big gaps in our national threatened species list, argues Hugh Possingham, the Biodiversity Council’s Co-chief Councillor.
Biodiversity
Reaching the summit: How Australia united to save the bilby
It’s 10 years since the first Greater Bilby Recovery Summit brought together 39 individuals representing 29 separate stakeholder groups, united in the fight to prevent the demise of this charismatic denizen of the Australian outback.
Biodiversity
The results are in for the 2024 Aussie Bird Count
Nearly 60,000 Australians ventured outside in October 2024 to take part in the Aussie Bird Count, the country’s largest citizen science event.
Biodiversity
Big bush corridor
One of the world’s largest land rehabilitation projects is transforming paddocks into natural paradises in the south-west of Western Australia.
Biodiversity
Bogs are beautiful
The word ‘bog’ doesn’t exactly evoke the most ideal mental imagery, but bogs are, in fact, extremely idyllic.
Biodiversity
Earth’s biodiversity could be much greater than we thought
The Earth is full of many varied species from the largest mammals to the tiniest organisms. But we now think there could be ten times more species than was originally thought.