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Monitoring Tree Growth in the Scottsdale Reserve – A potential African Lovegrass management program.   Scottsdale Reserve is located 4km North of Bredbo in NSW and is a 1328 Ha Nature Reserve owned in partnership by Greening Australia and Bush … Continue reading →

Figure 1 An Oriental Bay Owl (Phodius badilus) for sale at Malang Bird Market (Photo credit:TRAFFIC) Have you ever been to Indonesia? Please zoom in to Java Island. Keep zooming into the eastern part of Java, and you will find … Continue reading →

Glow-worms and its distribution in Australia Glow-worms (Arachnocampa tasmaniensis) are the spectacular underground sight. Thousands of them all cluster on ceilings and walls—a myriad of bright blue lights resembling stars in the night sky. They are only found in Australia … Continue reading →

Land clearing and biodiversity Habitat loss is the primary threat to biodiversity in Australia (Fig. 1; SoE Report, 2011). Every year Australia spends millions of dollars addressing the impacts of land clearing on biodiversity and threatened species. Yet land clearing … Continue reading →

Recently I had the honour of accompanying Paul Brown, a Yuin man and NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service Ranger, for two days in Gulaga and Biamanga National Parks on the south-east coast of NSW. During this time, Paul and … Continue reading →

  Global biodiversity is under siege faster today than at any time in Earth’s history. As we rush to expand our farms and feed 9 billion people by 2050, we’re pushing Earth’s planetary boundaries to dangerous levels well beyond their … Continue reading →

If you venture towards the outskirts of north-eastern Canberra, near the suburb of Forde, you may come across a true hidden gem – Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve – and you may also catch a glimpse of one of its new … Continue reading →

The weather was cooperative last Friday (7th of October) when Dr. David Freudenberger took me, Molly and Paul on a field adventure in Scottsdale Reserve in New South Wales. After a fifty-minute drive from Canberra, we arrived at this 1,328 … Continue reading →

The Broader Context Economic and increased international demand for livestock products are important drivers of land clearing in Australia (Australian Government, 2013). The change in land use have resulted in considerable alterations to the structure and composition of nature (Dorrough … Continue reading →

When it comes to wildlife conservation in Australia, most traditional approaches are initiated and managed by government departments. Needless to say, they are supported by allocated public funding, determined by national budgeting plans. Such projects are and have continually proven … Continue reading →