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Bats of Bungonia

So who knows anything about bats? What does it make you think of? Wings of the night, vampires and scary dark caves, well this is far from the truth. It was around 4 in the afternoon when I was picked … Continue reading

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Forbidden Weeds and Flying Rabbits: Conservation at Mount Majura

Over the last month I have had the pleasure of working with a small and dedicated team known as the “Friends of Mount Majura” (FOMM). This team meets every Friday at 9:30am (also known to most university students as the … Continue reading

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A note on leaf blowing and biodiversity conservation.

Autumn has rolled in once again, coating the streets with golden, deciduous leaves. With this beautiful phenomenon comes the mildly confusing sounds of suburbia’s most loved invention; the leaf blower (perhaps second to the 10-in-1 Garden Tool). The Leaf Blower … Continue reading

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  Victoria’s Secret Central Victoria’s spectacular Yarra Valley is a popular tourism destination for Melbournites and those further afield. Amoungst its main attractions are many of Australia’s premier wineries, numerous high quality restaurants and the mighty Mountain Ash forests that … Continue reading

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Increase connectivity between protected areas: A key solution to conserve biodiversity in Vietnam

With a variety of plants and animals, Vietnam is one of the world’s 10 most biologically diverse countries. Although there has been a significant increase in coverage and in the number of protected areas, biodiversity has continued to decline in Viet … Continue reading

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What the Textbooks Can’t Tell You

Posted by Emily Lai u5500513 It has been almost three years since I have started pursuing an undergraduate degree in Geography and International Development Studies. For me, one of the primary reasons of choosing to go to university is to … Continue reading

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Brush Tales: Studying the Mountain Brushtail Possum in the Central Highlands of Victoria

THWACK! A mountain ash sapling sprung back and hit my side, showering me in water droplets. I’d woken up at 5:30am to drive out and check cage traps in dense regrowth on a steep mountain slope. I was tired, I … Continue reading

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Planting trees for Bob Brown

I recently had a very fulfilling (and tiring) experience these uni holidays regenerating degraded farmland with the Green Team and Greening Australia. Scottsdale farm out towards Cooma has been degraded through grazing and agriculture and needed our help to regenerate … Continue reading

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Linking Biological Collections with Revegetation Projects in New South Wales

Posted by Eric Kataoka From January to February 2014 I was part of the annual Student’s Volunteer Botanical Internship Program at the Australian National Herbarium (ANH). The initiative is held by the ANH and the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity … Continue reading

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Unintended Consequences of Past Soil Stabilisation Methods: The Not So Lovely African Lovegrass

Unintended Consequences of Soil Stabilisation Methods: The Not So Lovely African Lovegrass During, my volunteering experience at Scottsdale, a Bush Heritage reserve, I was able to see the detrimental effects of weed invasion and the hard work being undertaken to … Continue reading

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