Monthly Archives: October 2022

By Tim Chan (U7079724) Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) are classified as Endangered under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (The EPBC Act). Loss of habitats, vehicle strikes, dogs, and chlamydia infection drastically reduce the Koala population. In 2012, Koalas … Continue reading →

Growing like a weed – controlling the uncontrollable! By Ayden Nicoll (u7180146) – Word Count: 540 Bush Heritage Australia and how they are breaking the grass ceiling The Scottsdale Reserve (Figure 1), located south of Canberra, is a private property … Continue reading →

Casey Durant – U7567478 What’s your first reaction to seeing a snake in the wild? Hold on! let me rephrase that, how do you feel about snakes in your backyard!?  In the ACT, various suburbs are surrounded by bushland nature … Continue reading →

(By U6951026) The combination of increased environmental degradation and biodiversity decline along with population growth and increased demands on housing requires us to try balance these by developing suburbs and building new houses in a way that is sustainable and … Continue reading →

By Juliet Stevens (u6104119) The BIG Issue: Drivers of Biodiversity Loss Biodiversity plays an important role in regulating environmental processes and enabling ecosystems to provide services which underpin human health and wellbeing.  Although it is essential for all life on … Continue reading →

By Mitch Trueman u6663746 To preserve Australia’s biodiversity, the commitments from the Commonwealth and State governments are simply not enough. Climate change, habitat destruction, ocean acidification and extinction continue to worsen due to our colonial history of land exploitation… It’s … Continue reading →

By Alice Kelly – U7287600. Word Count: 540 Agricultural lands across Australia play a crucial role in the economy, food security, and health of our nation. But so does healthy ecosystems and biodiversity. Agricultural productivity and environmental conservation have been … Continue reading →

By Clary Lau – u7524996 (word count: 550) With the recent upgrade of the conservation status from vulnerable to endangered in QLD, NSW and the ACT, Koalas are in imminent danger of extinction. The main threat to koalas is habitat … Continue reading →