Author Archives: Biodiversity Conservation Blog

Image 1: Female Superb Parrot taken at Justice Robert Park, Photo credit: Marina Fillipe Introduction As part of a recent work experience project I participated in a survey to measure the prevalence of Polytelis swainsonii, commonly known as the Superb Parrot, … Continue reading →

By Kristoffer Halkjær, u7525482 Different weeds are spreading like a pandemic across Australia. One of these wretched creations, seen from an Australian perspective, are Carthamus lanatus or perhaps better known as saffron thistle. As a participant of The friends of … Continue reading →

u6939856 Word count: 498 Despite having only 5 percent of the world’s land mass, 7 to 10 percent of all species on Earth are Australian, gifting the continent with an incredible amount of biodiversity. However, in the last 200 years, … Continue reading →

U7117233 – Lucy Stuart Biodiversity conservation in urban environments is a growing area of concern for environmentalists. Ongoing global population growth and the housing affordability crisis are driving new housing developments into biodiversity hotspots, creating questions around how to best … Continue reading →

u6535405 – See Cheng Unlike other bloggers, I did my work experience indoor as I have experienced a knee injury. Therefore, I have chosen the online work experience opportunity for my work experience in Atlas of Living Australia (ALA), where … Continue reading →

Around 55% of the Australian land mass is used for agriculture, resulting in a vastly modified landscape. Images such as the one below are a common sight across Australia, vast plains of land used for cropping or livestock with not … Continue reading →

By Stuart Viney u5955036 Romeo has gone roam about in Straithnairn! He’s been on a suburban stroll, searching for his star-crossed lover, Juliet. But there never has been a tale of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo, … Continue reading →

Madeleine Bessell-Koprek (u7132499) What is common mullein and why is it a problem? Walking through the Ginninderry Conservation Corridor, looking over the Murrumbidgee river and across to the mountains, you could be forgiven for happily thinking you are in a … Continue reading →

By Liam MacLeod (u7288792) Earlier this year, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to observe and work on some different greenspaces within the Ginnninderry development, situated in West Belconnen, ACT. A short description of these treatments is outlined … Continue reading →