Author Archives: Biodiversity Conservation Blog

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 →

Sustainable agriculture or regenerative farming have gained increased significance in the past decade as ‘buzz word’ terms touted to fix a myriad of issues from soil and biodiversity degradation to broader climate pressures of carbon emissions and water security. The … Continue reading →

Removing Burgan plants on Black Mountain by Siobhan Allpress, u6650891 It’s a box-gum world, and we’re just living in it Box-gum grassy woodland is one of the most threatened ecosystems in Australia, with only 10% remaining since pre-colonisation. It is … Continue reading →