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Monthly Archives: September 2020
Reintroducing the Eastern Quoll in Mulligans Flat: Quoll-ity Biodiversity Conservation
Samuel Phillis u5820978 An Interview with Belinda Wilson – Conservation Ecologist, and PhD Candidate at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University on the reintroduction biology of the eastern quoll. Australia holds many records, but … Continue reading
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Scoop a Poop-understand antibiotic resistance from possum poop
U6535090-Tsz Fung Law What is Scoop a Poop? Scoop a Poop is a citizen science project to locate antibiotic resistance genes in the environment by studying brushtail and ringtail possum poop. This project is designed by scientists from Macquarie University … Continue reading
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Grassland Conservation in the A.C.T; What is being done?
James Benjamin Smith – u6680704 The Canberra’s Friends of Grasslands (FOG) community is dedicated to conserving the native vegetation of local grasslands. On the 14th of August, Geoff Robertson (President of FOG) and I visited Franklin Grasslands. Despite much of … Continue reading
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Scoop a poop
U6396547 In the term break of the second semester 2020, I joined a volunteer science program called ‘scoop a poop’ involving the collaboration of researchers from Macquarie University and the University of Sydney. The program was one component of a … Continue reading
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The Woodlands and Wetlands Trust: Managers of Two Very Different Ecosystems
By Jonah Lafferty, u6381824 Last week I had the privilege of talking to Millie Sutherland Saines from the Woodlands and Wetlands trust about her work in Ecology and Outreach. You can listen to the full interview below or read a … Continue reading
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The Silent Invaders
Invasive species are present in just about every ecosystem in the world, and their impacts vary from system to system. While some introduced species can coexist harmoniously with their colonized environment, the vast majority have a detrimental impact on the … Continue reading
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Bush Regeneration with the Friends of Aranda Bushland
Oliver Andrews u6948917 The Friends of Aranda Bushland The Friends of Aranda Bushland (FoAB) are a volunteer bushcare group operating as part of the ACT Parks and Conservation Service’s (PCS) Parkcare program. They have been meeting for nearly 30 years … Continue reading
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Vietnam forest biodiversity and conservation: Interview with a forestry scientist and biodiversity expert
By: Pham Minh Anh Dao (u6138768) Vietnam’s topography, climate and soils combine to produce an extremely diverse and abundant forest vegetation. The country has a wide range of forest types typical of the monsoon tropics. I had an interview with Dr. … Continue reading
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Volunteering in an Online World
Caitlin Blair (U6376091) In a world now dominated by social distancing and working from home the idea of getting outdoors and volunteering may sound like a relic of a by gone era. And this is true to some respect, the … Continue reading
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State Significant Development and Biodiversity Conservation in South-Eastern NSW
An interview with Mallory Barnes, Senior Regional Conservation Officer at NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE), Biodiversity Conservation Division. By Jessica Noonan, u6280907 In NSW, State Significant Developments (SSDs) such as energy management facilities like wind turbines may … Continue reading
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