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Category Archives: biodiversity conservation
Legless and seeing Dragons: Managing environmental offsets in the ACT
Besides both species missing the usual body parts, Striped Legless Lizards (Delma impar) and Grassland Earless Dragons (Tympanocryptis pinguicolla) have a few things in common. For example, both species live out their lives in the ACT’s dwindling areas of … Continue reading
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Birdwatching for Biodiversity: Woodland Bird Research in the Southwest Slopes Bioregion
The charisma of the Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) is difficult to describe to the unknowing. A bird much bolder than its size would suggest, the Wagtail is one of Australia’s most widespread bird species. As such, the sight of a … Continue reading
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My Turtely Awesome Conservation Experience
Throughout the recent break (4/7/16 – 11/7/16) I had the unique opportunity to experience the (very sandy!) life of threatened flatback (Natator depressa) and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacae) turtles. I assisted in data recording of both species (though primarily flatbacks) … Continue reading
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Mapping Bettong habitat at Tidbinbilla
Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, where I hung out for an incredible week in the mid-semester break, is playing an integral role in reintroducing the Eastern bettong (Bettongia gaimardi) back onto the Australian mainland through its breeding program for the species. The … Continue reading
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Lambs to the slaughter? Reintroducing Bettongs to the Lower Cotter Catchment
I recently discovered the Australian Government’s 2015-16 budget for the Environment portfolio is worth just 17 days of spending on Australia’s Defence portfolio. With such limited funds for research and management, both nationally and locally, and uncertainty around funding continuity; … Continue reading
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Our friend: The Mountain Pygmy Possum
Our friend: The Mountain Pygmy Possum This year, when I went to the snowy mountain, I saw this kind of cute animal. People call it Mountain Pygmy Possum. Mountain Pygmy Possum is a small-size rodent usually at the length of … Continue reading
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The importance of conserving small portions of forests to the farmers.
u5632637 – Caroline Nunes Luiz Introduction:There is a company in Brazil, called EMBRAPA (The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation). It was established in 1973 as a public company and it is present in all states of Brazil, employing more than 9,000 … Continue reading
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Greening Australia: working towards ‘Conservation without Borders’
My experience Over the past two months, I’ve had the opportunity to work with Greening Australia. Our outings to Scottsdale were cancelled as a result of the weather, I ended up joining their weekly volunteer program which runs Wednesdays and Thursdays. Wednesdays: In the … Continue reading
Can Mining and Biodiversity Conservation Co-exist?
u5707726 Mining is an important economic activity in many developing nations in Africa. For some countries it is the backbone of the economy. In Zambia for example, copper mining accounts for 80% of foreign exchange earnings. Mining has caused … Continue reading
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An unique ex situ conservation of timor deer in West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia
“Ex situ conservation is the technique of conservation of all levels of biological diversity outside their natural habitats through different techniques like zoo, captive breeding, aquarium, botanical garden, and gene bank” Kasso and Balakrishnan, 2013 Introduction In Indonesia, the timor deer or … Continue reading
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