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2Sep20</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/118889835_233838274710689_4701891845312066578_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>118889835_233838274710689_4701891845312066578_n</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-07T10:12:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2020/09/07/scoop-a-poop/</loc><lastmod>2020-09-07T08:58:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2020/09/07/the-woodlands-and-wetlands-trust-managers-of-two-very-different-ecosystems/</loc><lastmod>2020-09-07T08:05:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2020/09/07/the-silent-invaders/</loc><lastmod>2020-09-07T07:46:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2020/09/07/bush-regeneration-with-the-friends-of-aranda-bushland/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/118636342_667709520525883_2828682276401228604_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>118636342_667709520525883_2828682276401228604_n</image:title><image:caption>Many hands make light work: volunteers working on a gully restoration in the Aranda 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Schweizer</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-07T01:13:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2020/09/07/state-significant-development-and-biodiversity-conservation-in-south-eastern-nsw/</loc><lastmod>2020-09-07T01:08:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2020/09/06/kangeroo-island-dunnart-recovery-citizens-help-save-a-species-after-devastating-bushfire-season/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ki-dunnart_brad-leue_awc-6-feature-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>KI-Dunnart_Brad-Leue_AWC-6-feature-1</image:title><image:caption>Kangaroo Island Dunnart. 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open</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/hollow.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hollow</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_0368.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0368</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-10-24T22:27:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/10/24/a-hollow-future-impacts-of-urban-development-on-canberras-bird-populations/</loc><lastmod>2019-10-24T11:26:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/10/24/planting-for-the-future-regenerative-and-restorative-agriculture/</loc><lastmod>2019-10-24T07:11:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/10/24/removing-horehound-weed-with-friends-of-mount-majura-fomm/</loc><lastmod>2019-10-24T06:10:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/about/</loc><lastmod>2019-10-24T02:01:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/10/22/horehound-hunters-weeding-out-invasive-species-at-mt-majura/</loc><lastmod>2019-10-22T12:33:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/10/18/what-can-we-bring-to-birds-while-urban-developing/</loc><lastmod>2019-10-18T12:43:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/10/18/volunteer-tree-planting-in-googong/</loc><lastmod>2019-10-18T07:17:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/29/studying-the-flatback-turtles-of-bare-sand-island-2019/</loc><lastmod>2019-09-29T14:19:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/27/hollow-hunting-for-a-superb-future/</loc><lastmod>2019-09-27T06:49:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/26/finding-striped-legless-lizards-in-a-threatened-ecosystem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/striped-legless-lizard.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Striped-Legless-Lizard</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-26T15:10:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/26/what-environmental-conditions-do-striped-legless-lizards-prefer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/skink-1.png</image:loc><image:title>skink</image:title><image:caption>Three-toed skink</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-26T14:51:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/23/invasive-species-invading-jerrabomberra-creek-territory/</loc><lastmod>2019-09-24T03:07:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/24/biodiversity-offsets-canberras-ecological-prisons/</loc><lastmod>2019-09-24T00:59:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/23/whats-happening-to-the-trees/</loc><lastmod>2019-09-23T11:12:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/23/carbon-credit-calculations-at-scottsdale-reserve/</loc><lastmod>2019-09-23T10:42:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/23/creating-an-ala-survey-for-widespread-snow-gum-dieback-in-the-australian-high-country/</loc><lastmod>2019-09-23T09:29:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/23/save-the-wildlife-by-preserving-the-old-trees/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_5092.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5092</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/screen-shot-2019-09-23-at-2.05.15-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-09-23 at 2.05.15 pm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/screen-shot-2019-09-23-at-1.56.26-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-09-23 at 1.56.26 pm</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-23T06:02:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/23/monitoring-of-the-striped-legless-lizard/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/123.png</image:loc><image:title>123</image:title><image:caption>Figure 3. Known locations of Striped Legless Lizards in Australia (Credit to Geoscience Australia)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/70699657_439104920033454_1614189949836328960_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Figure 2. Eastern Bearded Dragon found under a tile in Jerrabomberra</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8</image:title><image:caption>Striped Legless Lizard (Delma Impar)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-23T04:55:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/23/superb-parrot-hollow-study-in-goorrooyarroo-nature-reserve-act/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190905_1314154458.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20190905_131415[4458]</image:title><image:caption>Groundwork. Image credit - Giselle Owens</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190904_1020124460.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20190904_102012[4460]</image:title><image:caption>Pair of Superbs observed during study; Image credit:  Giselle Owens</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190905_1238544457.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20190905_123854[4457]</image:title><image:caption>Image credit: Giselle Owens</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_1daedfe83b4a-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1DAEDFE83B4A-1</image:title><image:caption>Giselle Owens shooting a line over the tree in preparation for climbing</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/screen-shot-2019-09-23-at-10.38.35-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-09-23 at 10.38.35 AM</image:title><image:caption>Map showing distribution of superb parrot and key breeding areas (Credit to Manning et al, 2004)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/screen-shot-2019-09-23-at-10.33.05-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-09-23 at 10.33.05 AM</image:title><image:caption>Image credit: Ian McHenry</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-23T01:36:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/22/one-mans-rodent-is-another-mans-treasure/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/kiarrah-7-2.png</image:loc><image:caption>Current Distribution of the New Holland mouse (Image sourced: Atlas of Living Australia , 2019)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/kiarrah-7-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Kiarrah 7</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/kiarrah-8.png</image:loc><image:caption>A three-person job: Kiarrah on navigation of coordinates, Kai on seeds and me setting up traps.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/kiarrah-7.png</image:loc><image:caption>Current Distribution of the New Holland mouse (Image from: Atlas of Living Australia , 2019)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/kiarrah-6.png</image:loc><image:caption>New Holland mouse (Photo credit: Creative Commons)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/kiarrah-5.png</image:loc><image:caption>Longworth Traps were placed next to potential habitats like grassy tussocks and deadwood to increase the chance of New Holland mice detection.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/kiarrah-4.png</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/kiarrah-3.png</image:loc><image:caption>Longworth Traps that we had to assemble before placing 20 intact sunflower seeds inside.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/kiarrah-2.png</image:loc><image:title>Kiarrah 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/kiarrah-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Kiarrah 1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-22T23:39:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/22/wildlife-conservation-at-tidbinbilla-nature-reserve-act/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/dsfsf.png</image:loc><image:title>dsfsf</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/screen-shot-2019-09-22-at-10.50.43-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-09-22 at 10.50.43 pm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/screen-shot-2019-09-22-at-10.09.32-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-09-22 at 10.09.32 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weekend</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_0622.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0622</image:title><image:caption>Finished up and hiking back up to the walking track</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_0624.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0624</image:title><image:caption>Volunteers at work: ADFA Cadets head into Black Mountain Nature Reserve</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-22T13:05:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/22/superb-parrot-hollow-study/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/pic-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pic 4</image:title><image:caption>18 hollows were found and measured in this tree</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/pic.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pic</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/pic-2.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>pic 2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-22T10:28:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/22/getting-to-work-ranger-assist-along-the-murrumbidgee-river/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/volunteers-talk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Volunteers talk</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ingledene-.1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ingledene .1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ingledene.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ingledene</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ranger-pic-e1569143287151.png</image:loc><image:title>ranger pic</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-22T09:10:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/22/biodiversity-offsets-and-the-superb-parrot/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/resized_20190903_102616_6715.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Resized_20190903_102616_6715</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_2109.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2109</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-22T08:01:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/22/improve-the-endangered-grassy-ditch-weeds-and-create-habitat/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/wechatimg630392.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>WechatIMG630392</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/wechatimg93039.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>WechatIMG93039</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/wechatimg30301.jpeg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/animal.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>animal</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-22T07:18:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/22/checking-on-the-trees-at-scottsdale-reserve/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/69713253_741108232978083_4847766446404534272_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>69713253_741108232978083_4847766446404534272_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/69453120_1132068040322516_4790479953567154176_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>69453120_1132068040322516_4790479953567154176_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/69562697_485381838677724_8247717288686387200_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>69562697_485381838677724_8247717288686387200_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/69605384_497140257716119_8005034383578759168_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>69605384_497140257716119_8005034383578759168_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/70187563_379722896031556_867869348419600384_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>70187563_379722896031556_867869348419600384_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/69906190_379723582698154_4281462742000336896_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>69906190_379723582698154_4281462742000336896_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/69289162_383341545896607_1809782528567934976_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>69289162_383341545896607_1809782528567934976_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/69499149_477045406208146_4234608299523178496_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>69499149_477045406208146_4234608299523178496_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/69535306_2474670929319562_3105819236900012032_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>69535306_2474670929319562_3105819236900012032_n</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-22T02:26:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/21/the-friends-of-mount-majura-experience/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/e59bbee78987-3.png</image:loc><image:caption>Figure 3: the activities of second work experiences</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/e59bbee78987-2.png</image:loc><image:caption>Figure 2: the activities of first work experiences.
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/e59bbee78987-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Figure 1</image:title><image:caption>The location of the Mount Majura Nature Reserve. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-21T23:40:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/21/the-volunteer-work-groups-behind-canberras-nature-reserves/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3238-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3238 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3217-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3217 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/walks20of20black20mountain.png</image:loc><image:title>walks20of20black20mountain</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-21T06:59:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/21/a-dam-fine-job-act-parkcare-along-the-upper-murrumbidgee-river-corridor/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/photo-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Figure 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/photo-3.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/photo-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Figure 3:</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/photo1.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-21T06:51:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/21/conserving-canberras-box-gum-grassy-woodlands-with-parks-conservation-rangers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-21-2.png</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/wallabies.png</image:loc><image:title>Wallabies</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/rab-hab.png</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/buggy.png</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/btp.png</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/bettongs.png</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-21T05:53:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/18/the-practicalities-of-habitat-regeneration-at-mt-majura/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/st-johns-wort.jpg</image:loc><image:title>st johns wort</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/mulching.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mulching</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/mattock.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mattock</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/paterons-curse.jpg</image:loc><image:title>paterons curse</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-18T06:07:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/17/environmental-offsets-involving-the-community-for-a-better-canberra/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/sll.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Figure 1. Delma impar (Striped legless lizard). Source: ACT Government</image:title><image:caption>Figure 1. Delma impar (Striped legless lizard). Source: ACT Government</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/figure-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Figure 5. Friends of Grasslands at work. Source: ABC News.</image:title><image:caption>Figure 5. Friends of Grasslands at work. Source: ABC News.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/figure-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Figure 4. Rangers at work in Jerrabomberra West Nature Reserve. Source: ACT Government.</image:title><image:caption>Figure 4. Rangers at work in Jerrabomberra West Nature Reserve. Source: ACT Government.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/figure-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Figure 3. Kangaroos dominate Majura grasslands. Source: The Canberra Times.</image:title><image:caption>Figure 3. Kangaroos dominate Majura grasslands. Source: The Canberra Times.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/figure-2.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Figure 2.  Jerrabomberra West nature reserve (grassland). Source: ACT Government</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-17T10:20:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/16/a-trip-out-to-tidbinbilla-to-explore-trash-and-treasured-creatures/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_8504.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8504</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_8497.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A pig in mud:</image:title><image:caption>Photo 1: Pig rippings from wild pigs near a riverbank.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/rock-valley-homestead-collage.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rock Valley homestead collage</image:title><image:caption>Photo 2: Rock Valley Homestead, where three European rabbits roam. Inset: a wildlife camera used to monitor the rabbits.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-16T04:22:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2019/09/08/banking-on-biodiversity-in-australias-capital/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_8496-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8496 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/p1010001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_8545.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8545</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-08T08:15:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/10/30/act-frogwatch-pathway-for-community-involvement-in-biodiversity-conservation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/anu-020.png</image:loc><image:title>anu-020</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/anu-019-1.png</image:loc><image:title>anu-019-1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-06-19T14:37:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/10/05/why-water-bugs-matter/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/last-pix.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Figure 6. Very tolerant to most pollutants. Image source: Canberra nature map, Frank Sawyer &amp; Crankshaft publishing.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/larva.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Figure 5. Moderately tolerant of most pollutants.
Image Source: Canberra nature map &amp; John Goordeham.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/acarina.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Figure 3. Very sensitive to most pollutants. Figure 4. Sensitive to most pollutants. Image source: Canberra nature map.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/table.jpg</image:loc><image:title>table</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/new-2.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Figure 2. Water bugs found in the three sites of Ginninderra Creek.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/7.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Figure 6. Very tolerant of most pollutants, Canberra nature map, Frank Sawyer and Crankshaft Publishing.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/6.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Figure 5. Moderately tolerant of most pollutants. Image source: Canberra nature map, John Goordeham. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/new.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Images referring to figure 2</image:title><image:caption>Figure 3. Very sensitive to most pollutants
Figure 4. Sensitive to most pollutants
Image source: Canberra nature map.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Figure 2. Water bugs found in the three sites of Ginninderra Creek.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Figure 1</image:title><image:caption>Ginninderra creek water bug survey</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-29T22:42:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/10/20/study-in-values-of-mature-trees-in-urban-area/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_3474.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3474</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/image-4-e1540038307246.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Image-4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/image-3-e1540038485638.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Image-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/image-8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Image-8</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-29T05:17:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/10/16/project-metamorph-the-frogwatch-tadpole-kits-for-schools-program/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/froggie-e1539688403573.jpg</image:loc><image:title>froggie</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/44121634_316826909112334_435860904765030400_n-e1539688539494.jpg</image:loc><image:title>44121634_316826909112334_435860904765030400_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/44083844_473277903159467_4379501954716401664_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>44083844_473277903159467_4379501954716401664_n</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-29T05:51:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/10/14/meanings-of-conservation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/bbq.jpg</image:loc><image:title>BBQ</image:title><image:caption>A clean barbecue! The park has ten BBQ zones and three to camp. Photo: Nicolás Marín</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/broken-window.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Broken Window</image:title><image:caption>[...] A broken glass in an abandoned car encourages harm. It evokes an idea of disinterest and carelessness. If a person scrawls graffiti on the wall, others will soon be spraying paint. Once people begin disregarding norms that keep order in a community, both order and community unravel. Each new attack suffered by the car, reaffirms and multiplies the idea, until it becomes irrepressible, thus, leading to irrational violence. Photo:[]</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/installation-of-a-pole.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Installation of a pole</image:title><image:caption>Darren Rosso and Harrison Andrews working on the installation of a pole to prevent the entry of motorcycles - the last activity of the morning. Photo: Nicolás Marín</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/panoramic-view.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Panoramic view</image:title><image:caption>Panoramic view from one of the caves that can be found in the MRC. Photo: Nicolás Marín</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/murrumbidgee-river-corridor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Murrumbidgee River Corridor</image:title><image:caption>Murrumbidgee River Corridor is a protected area within ACT parks and included in the Nature Conservation Strategy 2013-2023 of ACT, which aims to improve the recovery capacity of natural areas while integrating and extending conservation efforts that allow different uses in recreation, as long as areas are kept healthy and well managed [1] Photo:[2]</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fence.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>In the afternoon - repairing a fence that is meant to prevent the entrance of people to the caves, which houses bats (endemic of the zone), the fence had been breach to have a party inside. Photo: Nicolás Marín</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-29T05:54:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/10/14/humpback-whale-conservation-in-the-south-pacific/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_4716.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4716</image:title><image:caption>This photo was taken of myself when I was recording whale song. Whale song changes each season, usually from western humpback whale populations to eastern humpback whale populations. It can serve as a tool to identify migratory corridors. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/0d8a1376.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0D8A1376</image:title><image:caption>When whales breach (like the one above), dead skin falls off them and floats on the surface. We collect this skin using nets and later freeze the samples. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2017-9-6-a-ad5-copy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2017-9-6-A-AD5 copy</image:title><image:caption>Single whale fluke</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2017-7-31-h-ad1-copy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2017-7-31-H-AD1 copy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2017-7-24-b-ad1-copy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2017-7-24-B-AD1 copy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/38660744_917310045131103_7472435589648744448_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>38660744_917310045131103_7472435589648744448_o</image:title><image:caption>In this picture, I was taking photos of Humpback tails or flukes. Humpback flukes are unique and can be used to easily identify whales. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2017-09-08-leannes-whale-and-dolphins-604.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2017 09 08 Leanne's whale and dolphins 604</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/42059028_311780936292071_2117999242973806592_n1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>42059028_311780936292071_2117999242973806592_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/42059028_311780936292071_2117999242973806592_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>42059028_311780936292071_2117999242973806592_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/0d8a4519.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0D8A4519</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-03-07T15:12:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/10/14/the-impact-of-local-environmental-volunteering/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/verb-success-5ways_2013dec.jpg</image:loc><image:title>verb-success-5ways_2013dec</image:title><image:caption>After weeding 2013</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/verb-before-5ways_2007.jpg</image:loc><image:title>verb-before-5ways_2007</image:title><image:caption>Before weeding 2007</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/pinnacle-from-notice-board_2011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pinnacle-from-notice-board_2011</image:title><image:caption>View from notice board 2011</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/pinnacle-from-notice-board_1991.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pinnacle-from-notice-board_1991</image:title><image:caption>View from notice board 1991</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img-1746.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bearded Dragon</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/weed-road.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Weed Road</image:title><image:caption>Weeding with weed wands</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/weed-hills.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Weed Hills</image:title><image:caption>Weeding with weed wands</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/lunch-with-the-bois.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lunch Break</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/planting-site.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Planting site</image:title><image:caption>Replanting and restoration area.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/shovel-site.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Previous location of kangaroo grass.</image:title><image:caption>Previous location of kangaroo grass.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-29T06:08:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/10/12/not-single-handedly-how-we-can-all-conserve-australias-environment/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img-cleared-pine-plantations-western-australia-1400x600.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img-cleared-pine-plantations-western-australia-1400x600</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ga3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>RICOH IMAGING</image:title><image:caption>RICOH IMAGING</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ga2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>RICOH IMAGING</image:title><image:caption>RICOH IMAGING</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ga1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>RICOH IMAGING</image:title><image:caption>RICOH IMAGING</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/capture1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Capture1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-29T06:09:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/10/12/seeding-and-protecting-natural-plants/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/3.png</image:loc><image:title>3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2.png</image:loc><image:title>2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/e59c96e78987-1.png</image:loc><image:title>圖片 1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-29T06:11:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/10/12/meet-and-reveg/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/43694585_346038045967653_7853971488901169152_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>43694585_346038045967653_7853971488901169152_n</image:title><image:caption>riding shotgun</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/43723211_299632550850440_8526783080801763328_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>43723211_299632550850440_8526783080801763328_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/43770228_2194175627469388_3176274047927320576_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>43770228_2194175627469388_3176274047927320576_n</image:title><image:caption>Here comes the rain again</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-29T06:15:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/10/12/striped-legless-lizards-monitoring-experience/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/72.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A young cow was lost</image:title><image:caption>Picture 3. A baby cow is getting to its mom.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/928.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Termites</image:title><image:caption>Picture 2. A tile with a formicary of termites underneath. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/819.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Red-Throated Skink</image:title><image:caption>Picture 1. Red- Throated Skink found in Campbell Park Woodland</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/596.png</image:loc><image:title>Australian Striped legless lizard 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(1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/grasshopper-gully.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Grasshopper GUlly</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/pjimage.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pjimage</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/39278273_668208736868159_8804156432464216064_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>39278273_668208736868159_8804156432464216064_o</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-29T06:55:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/10/11/surveys-frog-calls/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/screen-shot-2018-10-11-at-3-56-38-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2018-10-11 at 3.56.38 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pm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/screen-shot-2018-10-11-at-3-58-22-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2018-10-11 at 3.58.22 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4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/figure-3.png</image:loc><image:title>Figure 3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/figure-2.png</image:loc><image:title>Figure 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/figure-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Figure 1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-29T07:00:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/10/10/the-regent-honeyeater-a-difficult-bird/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_0088.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0088</image:title><image:caption>Noisy minor control site</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_0084.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0084</image:title><image:caption>Noisy minors are 'edge specialists', sticking to the edge of woodlands.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_0044.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0044</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_0036.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0036</image:title><image:caption>Walking alongside cleared river flats with Stodart and Crates</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-29T22:33:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/10/09/native-pollinator-garden/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/garden11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>garden1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/garden1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>garden1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/43476387_305490150267707_7772229946201604096_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>43476387_305490150267707_7772229946201604096_n</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-29T22:34:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/10/08/the-chronicles-of-superb-parrots-hollows-climate-change-and-urbanisation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/44224412514_b1d0cd2410_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>44224412514_b1d0cd2410_o</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/31071983588_6bae156b6c_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>31071983588_6bae156b6c_o</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/superb-parrot.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Superb Parrot</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-29T22:33:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/10/08/weeding-at-a-nursery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_9615-e1538987357385.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_9615</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_9744.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_9744</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-29T22:36:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/10/07/superb-parrot-nesting-hollow-monitoring/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>3</image:title><image:caption>Superb Parrot chick. (ABC News: Craig Allen)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2</image:title><image:caption>Endangered Box Gum Grassy Woodland. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/12.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Dr Rayner climbing a tree. (ABC News: Craig Allen)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-29T22:38:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/09/29/balancing-agriculture-and-biodiversity-in-rural-romania/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p7052555.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p7052553.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p7152730.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p7102620.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p7082612.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p7082616.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p7062566.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p7042546.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-29T22:44:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/09/23/operation-hollow-guardian/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/42424710_1589959331110700_4742064200283586560_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>42424710_1589959331110700_4742064200283586560_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/42313787_536087536851687_8468859279242166272_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>42313787_536087536851687_8468859279242166272_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/birds.png</image:loc><image:title>Birds</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-29T22:47:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/09/22/the-dirty-truth-about-recreational-use/</loc><lastmod>2018-10-29T23:01:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/09/18/reconnecting-with-nature-at-tidbinbilla/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/42093995_244737542908364_8378662788477747200_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>42093995_244737542908364_8378662788477747200_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/42058592_231669987502675_188236364905447424_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>42058592_231669987502675_188236364905447424_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/42044389_767595066911782_2826138426942685184_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>42044389_767595066911782_2826138426942685184_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/41992143_270478576905015_1539046254292500480_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>41992143_270478576905015_1539046254292500480_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/41932675_289753445086529_5063588265265725440_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>41932675_289753445086529_5063588265265725440_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/41896882_329658494451714_2769526570388291584_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>41896882_329658494451714_2769526570388291584_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/41895218_1885751874842124_3933576416863453184_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>41895218_1885751874842124_3933576416863453184_n</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-29T23:03:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/09/11/tidbinbilla-nature-reserve/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/41637535_249656972420307_9181544097683341312_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>41637535_249656972420307_9181544097683341312_n</image:title><image:caption>A typical grass tree in the reserve</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/41532045_255818925069350_8794482297802850304_n1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>41532045_255818925069350_8794482297802850304_n</image:title><image:caption>Close up of a grass tree, showing the distinct black lines between layers</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/41532045_255818925069350_8794482297802850304_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>41532045_255818925069350_8794482297802850304_n</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-29T23:04:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/09/11/how-can-we-save-the-regent-honeyeater/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/fullsizeoutput_1ffe.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>fullsizeoutput_1ffe</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/fullsizeoutput_1ff9.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>fullsizeoutput_1ff9</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/fullsizeoutput_1ff0.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>fullsizeoutput_1ff0</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/fullsizeoutput_1ffc.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>fullsizeoutput_1ffc</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/fullsizeoutput_1ff4.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>fullsizeoutput_1ff4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/fullsizeoutput_1ff6.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>fullsizeoutput_1ff6</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-24T22:46:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/09/08/agriculture-or-biodiversity-conservation-do-we-need-to-choose/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_3436-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3436 2</image:title><image:caption>Jeggaline, a farm located just outside of Tharwa, A.C.T. Image source: Sophie Bean</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_3440-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3440 2</image:title><image:caption>Jeggaline Wildlife Corridor. Image Source: Sophie Bean</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-29T23:10:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/09/08/5am-starts-win-wallaby-hearts/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/lily.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lily</image:title><image:caption>Figure 2. Lily a Yellow-foot rock-wallaby and I bonding over nibbles (Fountain 2018)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/jed.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jed</image:title><image:caption>Figure 1. Jed and I. Misplacing my phone in the breeding enclosure meant the day went mostly undocumented. With the exception of a few happy snaps taken by Jade (Fountain 2018).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/20180905_151626.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20180905_151626</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-29T23:12:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/09/05/a-koalaty-day-at-tidbinbilla/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_6748.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6748</image:title><image:caption>Food stock we loaded onto the truck</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_6722.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6722</image:title><image:caption>Jed snuggled in his enclosure</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_6721.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6721</image:title><image:caption>Habitat loss is a key threat to koalas</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_6717.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6717</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-29T23:15:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2018/08/20/conservation-of-the-southern-brush-tailed-rock-wallaby-at-tidbinbilla-nature-reserve/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/wallaby.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wallaby</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/view-e1534729637255.jpg</image:loc><image:title>view</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/lake-e1534729656489.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lake</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/food-prep.jpg</image:loc><image:title>food prep</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/enclosure-e1534729496454.jpg</image:loc><image:title>enclosure</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-29T23:18:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/20/work-experience-journal-frogwatch-tadpole-kits-for-schools-program-procedures-for-the-loan-of-a-tadpole-kit-to-schools-through-the-ginninderra-catchment-group-gcg/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/wechatimg58.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>WechatIMG58</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/wechatimg57.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>WechatIMG57</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/wechatimg59.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>WechatIMG59</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-20T04:25:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/13/this-is-how-we-roll-feat-pink-tailed-worm-lizard-aprasia-parapulchella/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hand-e1507883823564.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hand</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/verbascum.jpg</image:loc><image:title>verbascum</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/urban-development.jpg</image:loc><image:title>urban development</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/skin-under-rock-e1507883158417.jpg</image:loc><image:title>skin under rock</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/skin-on-brick.jpg</image:loc><image:title>skin on brick</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/rocks-site-e1507883525688.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rocks site</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ptwl-under-brick-e1507884430590.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ptwl under brick</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ptwl-and-ants-e1507881196121.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ptwl and ants</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/bricks-site.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bricks site</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/site-with-rocks.jpg</image:loc><image:title>site with rocks</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-05-09T05:36:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/15/citizen-science-an-answer-for-bird-conservation-in-urban-china/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/picture1.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/31.png</image:loc><image:title>3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/21.png</image:loc><image:title>2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-12-17T21:11:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/14/early-bird-catches-the-worm/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_8792.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8792</image:title><image:caption>The observed tree that was adjacent to a roundabout, this was a relatively small-medium tree with no hollows. It also had no interaction with any bird species, which reiterates the species-area curve concept</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_8772.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8772</image:title><image:caption>The first tree surveyed in the morning, it was a relatively old tree with lots of hollows</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-23T00:23:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/13/helping-the-australian-bush-survive-invasive-honeysuckle/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/21950742_488789898143378_6993482409755809367_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>21950742_488789898143378_6993482409755809367_o</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/21761726_488789654810069_7838501226371487251_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>21761726_488789654810069_7838501226371487251_n</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-23T02:57:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/13/tidbinbilla-wildlife-team/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/22471825_1719972381370584_1386564496_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>22471825_1719972381370584_1386564496_o</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/22472162_1719972334703922_884052542_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>22472162_1719972334703922_884052542_o</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/22550876_1719972324703923_1364348192_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>22550876_1719972324703923_1364348192_o</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/22473559_1719972401370582_1749156835_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>22473559_1719972401370582_1749156835_o</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-23T03:01:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/13/experiencing-sustainability-in-the-act/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/21557613_1640772875987120_8621148405410009858_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bruce Hall Sustainability Committee</image:title><image:caption>A few Bruce Hall Sustainability Committee members with the newly built garden.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/screen-shot-2017-10-13-at-4-59-57-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>ACT Tree Study</image:title><image:caption>Locations of the trees recorded on October 5th.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-23T03:18:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/13/can-promoting-cooperative-cast-net-fishery-save-critically-endangered-irrawaddy-dolphins-orcaella-brevirostris/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/irrawaddy-dolphins.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Irrawaddy Dolphin jumping happily from the river water (Photo source: WCS Myanmar Program)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/01-dec-bout-1-03912.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cooperative Cast-net fishing (Photo source: WCS Myanmar Program)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dolphin-habitat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Map showing habitat range of Irrawaddy dolphin and location of Sein ban gone village I visited</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-03-29T06:04:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/13/please-stop-killing-us/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sss.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sss</image:title><image:caption>Figure 3: a “trophy” was transported by train. (Source: oneworld.org)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ss.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Figure 2: comparisons of various species from the blue whale to human. (Source: Twitter)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1234.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1234</image:title><image:caption>Figure 6: an Icelandic publicly objected to eat whale meat. (Source: IFAW, 2017)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/789.jpg</image:loc><image:title>789</image:title><image:caption>Figure 5: the news reported by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) showed that Japan were still killing Minke whales on March, 2017. (Source: ABC News, 2017)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/456.png</image:loc><image:title>456</image:title><image:caption>Chart 1: this chart indicated the species and number of whales killed by Japan since 1985. The number boosted in 1986 like the last frenzy. (Source: data from www.iwcoffice.org; modified by Grolltech)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/123.png</image:loc><image:caption>Figure 4: the logo of IWC. (Source: en.wikipedia.org)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/22.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1</image:title><image:caption>Figure 1: a humpback whale. (Source: San Diego Zoo Animals)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-24T04:32:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/13/saurabh-kataria/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/coralreef-climate.jpg</image:loc><image:title>coralreef-climate</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/coral_paul_nicklen-cropped.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Coral_Paul_Nicklen cropped</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-13T05:43:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/13/biodiversity-conservation-issues-involved-in-reputed-trademarks-in-china/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/partners.jpg</image:loc><image:title>partners</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/featured-lacoste.jpg</image:loc><image:title>featured-lacoste</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-13T05:10:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/13/working-together-as-volunteers-in-mount-majura-nature-reserve/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/site-map.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Site map</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/thornbill-nest.png</image:loc><image:title>Thornbill Nest</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/new-view-now.jpg</image:loc><image:title>New view now</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/friendly-exotic-trees.png</image:loc><image:title>'Friendly exotic trees'</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-13T04:03:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/13/inspiring-management-in-protecting-chinese-yew-taxus-chinensis/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/timg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>timg</image:title><image:caption>Figure 3. Yew cuttings have been coaxed to form new roots
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/d067e5f20867150cbc381f.jpg</image:loc><image:title>d067e5f20867150cbc381f</image:title><image:caption>Figure 1. Chinese yew
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/182108bu53q1z8o31n1j1u.jpg</image:loc><image:title>182108bu53q1z8o31n1j1u</image:title><image:caption>Figure 2. Yeliang Mountain conservation park
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-13T03:31:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/13/water-hyacinth-a-killer-of-aquatic-biodiversity/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/invasive-plant-chokes-pearl-river.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Invasive-plant-chokes-Pearl-River</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/water_hyacinth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>water_hyacinth</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-13T01:27:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/12/trees-growing-on-minefields-andres-gordon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2844.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2844</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2919.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DCIM100GOPROG0011763.JPG</image:title><image:caption>DCIM100GOPROG0011763.JPG</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2855.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2855</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-12T23:59:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/12/the-value-of-tibetan-mastiff-from-luxury-to-nothing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/11.png</image:loc><image:title>Tibetan mastiff</image:title><image:caption>Figure 3: stray dogs attack and kill argali in Mongolia (Young et al., 2011).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/e8978fe78d92e8bfbde68d95e99baae8b1b9.png</image:loc><image:title>Tibetan mastiff</image:title><image:caption>Figure 2. The stray Tibetan mastiffs hound a snow leopard.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/e68bbce68ea5e59bbe.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tibetan mastiff</image:title><image:caption>Figure 1. From the world’s expensive dog to rampant species</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-12T21:25:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/12/bird-surveying-in-canberra-region/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/pied-currawong-as280-280x200.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pied-Currawong-as280-280x200</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-12T12:59:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/12/bird-surveys-in-the-act/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/bird5.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>bird5</image:title><image:caption>Mature Tree on Majura Site, Biodiversity Mega Tree</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/bird4.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>bird4</image:title><image:caption>- Urban Tree in Nicholls where a Magpie got really protective of its Nest. Poor Wood Ducks had no idea what they were in for!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/bird2.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>bird2</image:title><image:caption>Sites and Tree Locations we visited on the Mornings of the Bird Surveys</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/untitled.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Untitled</image:title><image:caption>First Tree Observed on Private Land at Kinlyside</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-23T00:27:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/12/monitoring-the-impact-of-culling-noisy-miners-in-the-southwest-slope-region-of-nsw/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>12</image:title><image:caption>Photos that literally capture "nothing"</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/imag1865.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMAG1865</image:title><image:caption>Photo of a Noisy Miner pecking the nest</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/01110519.jpg</image:loc><image:title>M2E104L211-213R377B377</image:title><image:caption>Photo of a White-winged Chough pecking a nest, which is another nest predator</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_0964.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0964</image:title><image:caption>Photo of Richard setting up the camera</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-12T10:13:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/12/box-gum-grassy-woodland-doing-something-worthwhile-by-crystallene-fernando/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/connectivity.png</image:loc><image:title>Connectivity</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/speckled-warbler.jpg</image:loc><image:title>speckled warbler</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/crew-copy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>crew 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2015</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-12T05:02:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/09/planting-a-food-forest-at-caroola/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4547.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4547</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4545.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4545</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4539.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4539</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4530.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4530</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4510.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4510</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4509.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4509</image:title><image:caption>Forest garden plots at Caroola demonstrating permiculture in practice</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4507.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4507</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-11T23:52:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/11/leaving-no-rocks-unturned-pink-tailed-worm-lizard-aprasia-parapulchella/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/a8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A8</image:title><image:caption>Image 8: </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/a7-e1507731570339.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A7</image:title><image:caption>Image 6: 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</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/a1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-11T14:52:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/10/design-biodiversity-conservation-research-of-my-hometown-detecting-and-monitoring-mammals-at-bai-yun-mountain-in-guangzhou/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/10.png</image:loc><image:title>10</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/04.jpg</image:loc><image:title>04</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/01.jpg</image:loc><image:title>01</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/09.jpg</image:loc><image:title>09</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/02.jpg</image:loc><image:title>02</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-11T13:10:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/11/the-species-on-taiwan-money/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/5.png</image:loc><image:title>5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/4.png</image:loc><image:title>4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/3.png</image:loc><image:title>3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2.png</image:loc><image:title>2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1.png</image:loc><image:title>1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-11T11:28:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/10/08/scottsdale-reserve-an-ambitious-project/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_20171006_124016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cof</image:title><image:caption>Example of planting lines, this method ripped up soil and laid seed down. It was not very successful and direct planting has occurred since.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_20171006_123744.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cof</image:title><image:caption>cof</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_20171006_091410.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cof</image:title><image:caption>cof</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_20171006_090320_1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cof</image:title><image:caption>Example of a paddock in Scottsdale completely overrun by African Lovegrass</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-01-14T02:08:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/09/29/monitoring-the-superb-parrot-in-canberra/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/offset.jpg</image:loc><image:title>offset</image:title><image:caption>Figure 3. A map of the Throsby and Kenny Broadacre offset areas created by ACT Environment and Planning</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/monitoring-camera-e1506695023938.jpg</image:loc><image:title>monitoring camera</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/superb-parrot11.png</image:loc><image:title>superb parrot1</image:title><image:caption>Figure 1. male and female superb parrots (from Technical Report: Superb parrot breeding in northern Canberra by Rayner et al., 2015).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/tail-feather.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tail feather</image:title><image:caption>Figure 2. a beautiful superb parrot tail feather we found </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-09T13:31:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/09/23/park-care-in-mount-majura-nature-reserve/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/watering.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Watering</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/mulching.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mulching</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/acacia-genistifolia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Acacia genistifolia</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-23T02:27:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/09/18/land-management-and-the-encroaching-city-boundaries/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/pat.png</image:loc><image:title>pat</image:title><image:caption>Figure 2: Paddock on Mount Majura prior to weed control, October 2007, consisting mainly of Paterson’s Curse</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/map.png</image:loc><image:title>map</image:title><image:caption>Figure 8: Grace Grassland, Mitchell, showing the area in which Button Wrinklewort grows. The loamy, clay soils only cover approximately 50 meters (Google maps)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170909_150802.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20170909_150802</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/striped-legless-dragon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Striped-legless-dragon</image:title><image:caption>Figure 7: Stripped Legless Lizard</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dragon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dragon</image:title><image:caption>Grassland Earless Dragon (Environment, ACT)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/graph.png</image:loc><image:title>Graph</image:title><image:caption>Figure: 6 Visual representation of the drivers, pressures and effects of pressures viewed in CNP</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/bruce8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bruce8</image:title><image:caption>Figure 5: undisturbed sites on Bruce Ridge, O’Connor</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/bruce6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bruce6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/bruce5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bruce5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/bruce4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bruce4</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-18T07:49:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/09/08/last-ones-in-the-wild-regent-honeyeaters/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3562.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3562</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3560.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3560</image:title><image:caption>Flowers of the mistletoe: a favourite of the honeyeaters. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3527.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3527</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3504.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3504</image:title><image:caption>Aston digs a pit, where new sapling will be planted. These will become habitat trees for honeyeaters, after a few decades. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3499.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3499</image:title><image:caption>An area from where miners have been culled. New ironbark saplings were planted here</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3486.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3486</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3472.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3472</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3470.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3470</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3460.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3460</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/fullsizerender1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-12T05:50:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/09/11/birding-in-capertee/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4812.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4812</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4806.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4806</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-24T04:30:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/09/09/day-in-the-life-tidbinbilla-nature-reserve-act/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/picture4.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/picture2.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/picture3.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/picture1.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-09T02:28:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/08/28/potoroo-surveying-at-tibinbilla-nature-reserve/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_8740.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8740</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_8550.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8550</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_8759.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8759</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen-shot-2017-08-29-at-2-42-56-am-e1503938630162.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2017-08-29 at 2.42.56 am</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen-shot-2017-08-28-at-10-26-20-pm-e1503938496365.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2017-08-28 at 10.26.20 pm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_8564.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8564</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-13T07:13:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2017/08/20/land-management-care-in-tidbinbilla-nature-reserve-act/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20993118_1811555308872852_15280497_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20993118_1811555308872852_15280497_o</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/1488863910251.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1488863910251</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen-shot-2017-08-20-at-3-31-43-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2017-08-20 at 3.31.43 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-13T06:47:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/10/14/conserving-culture-and-biodiversity-in-jointly-managed-national-parks/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/4681745406_f615ba4b4e_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mount Domedary/Gulaga Fire</image:title><image:caption>A bushfire threatens the small village of Central Tilba, NSW, Australia on September  9th 2009. The fire reached within 50 metres of the village but was spared by firefighters and rain a short time after thie photo was taken</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/20020608_guboo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20020608_guboo</image:title><image:caption>Yuin elder, Guboo Ted Thomas. Image: Sydney Morning Herald.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/fullsizerender.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fullsizerender</image:title><image:caption>The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service office in Narooma, NSW.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/fullsizerender-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fullsizerender-4</image:title><image:caption>This creek is a sacred area in Biamanga National Park, but it is also habitat for the endangered green and golden bell frog.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/fullsizerender-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fullsizerender-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/fullsizerender-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fullsizerender-2</image:title><image:caption>The view of Gulaga Mountain from the Najanuga Outcrop.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-06-20T23:41:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/11/08/restoring-remnant-vegetation-and-reducing-biodiversity-loss-in-farmland-the-agricultural-matrix-in-the-far-south-coast-of-nsw/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/199031_190179134352904_4359946_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>199031_190179134352904_4359946_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/wolston-fig-1a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wolston-fig-1a</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/nsw-ger-intro-pic-agriculture-and-biodiversity-side-by-side_400_250_s_c1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nsw-ger-intro-pic-agriculture-and-biodiversity-side-by-side_400_250_s_c1</image:title><image:caption>An example of a successful wildlife corridor in South Eastern NSW (Greening Australia 2016)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/01.gif</image:loc><image:title>01</image:title><image:caption>A conceptual model of a corridor system in an agricultural matrix (Barnes, 2001)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/wombat-pic.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wombat-pic</image:title><image:caption>The common wambat (Power, 2016)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/white-winged-chough-01.jpg</image:loc><image:title>white-winged-chough-01</image:title><image:caption>The White Winged Chough, common to South Eastern Australia (Bushpea.com 2016) </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20160801_102208.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20160801_102208</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/bega-cheese-farmers-tasty.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bega-cheese-farmers-tasty</image:title><image:caption>Bega Cheese and Its Produce (Bega Cheese 2016)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2065053.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2065053</image:title><image:caption>A classic Dairy Farm and its Landscape in Bega (Farm Weekly 2014)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/bournda-np-02.jpg</image:loc><image:title>-</image:title><image:caption>Bournda National Park</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-13T15:03:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/11/06/biodiversity-monitoring-with-the-nsw-office-of-environment-and-heritage/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscf3576.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dscf3576</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/116637_superb-parrot.jpg</image:loc><image:title>116637_superb-parrot</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-07T11:46:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/10/13/are-nature-reserves-effective-to-conserve-biodiversity-in-china/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/freedom-of-information-stamp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>freedom-of-information-stamp</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/w020130110370595857340.jpg</image:loc><image:title>w020130110370595857340</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/screen-shot-2016-10-13-at-11-11-21-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2016-10-13-at-11-11-21-pm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/baohuqu.jpg</image:loc><image:title>baohuqu</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-09T02:15:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/10/26/conservation-management-in-the-act-parkcare-and-nature-reserves/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/track-walking.jpg</image:loc><image:title>track-walking</image:title><image:caption>Figure 4 - Searching for woody debris on trails within Tidbinbilla's Wildlife Sanctuary</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/overview.jpg</image:loc><image:title>overview</image:title><image:caption>Figure 1 – Aerial extent of the Isaacs Ridge Nature Reserve, which includes the Isaacs Pines Recreation Area and various walking, cycling and equestrian trails (shown in the inset, adapted from Watson 2015).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/map.png</image:loc><image:title>map</image:title><image:caption>Figure 2 - Map of the Sweet Briar infestation area (outlined in red), in the Isaacs Ridge Nature Park (outlined in blue)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/20161017_115750.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20161017_115750</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/20161014_112751.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20161014_112751</image:title><image:caption>Figure 3 - Sweet briar (Rosa rubiginosa), and the tools used for the "cut and paint" method</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/20161014_112741.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20161014_112741</image:title><image:caption>Figure 3 - Sweet briar (Rosa rubiginosa), and the tools used for the "cut and paint" method</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-07T11:35:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/10/25/the-superb-parrot-and-its-future-in-an-urban-canberra/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/screen-shot-2016-10-25-at-10-15-11-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Image 1: Aerial Image of Throsby Ridge</image:title><image:caption>The area of the Superb Parrot nests is at the right; and Throsby development occupies the centre of the image</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-12-08T06:13:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/10/23/monitoring-tree-growth-in-the-scottsdale-reserve-a-potential-african-love-grass-management-program/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ecurvula.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ecurvula</image:title><image:caption>Figure 8 - A heavy infestation of E. curvula (Photograph by Greg Ried)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/transects.jpg</image:loc><image:title>transects</image:title><image:caption>Figure 7 - Some of the transects monitored since 2013</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/transect.jpg</image:loc><image:title>transect</image:title><image:caption>Figure 3 - A 100m transect of tree plantings being monitored for growth.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/tools2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tools2</image:title><image:caption>Figure 6 - The tools required to perform the measurements</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/tools.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tools</image:title><image:caption>Figure 5 - Pegs and labels used to identify the monitoring transects</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/peregrine.jpg</image:loc><image:title>peregrine</image:title><image:caption>Figure 2 - The Peregrine Falcon is a common sighting at Scottsdale Reserve (Photo courtesy of Greening Australia)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/epulver.jpg</image:loc><image:title>epulver</image:title><image:caption>Figure 1 - Eucalyptus pulverulenta (photo courtesy of Daves Garden http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/66793/)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/no-lovegrass-under-the-trees.jpg</image:loc><image:title>no-lovegrass-under-the-trees</image:title><image:caption>Figure 4 - A stand of paddock trees with a notable absence of E. curvula.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-12-03T15:32:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/10/20/crossing-the-fence-turtle-patrol-at-mulligans-flat/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1844.png</image:loc><image:title>img_1844</image:title><image:caption>FIgure 8: Opening page of the Canberra Nature Map app.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1803.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1803</image:title><image:caption>Mulligans Flat at sunset.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1810.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1810</image:title><image:caption>Figure 4: A turtle found trying to enter the sanctuary.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1799.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1799</image:title><image:caption>A turtle after transportation to a nice puddle outside of the sanctuary. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1770.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1770</image:title><image:caption>Figure 3: The fence.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1793.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1793</image:title><image:caption>Placing the turtle into the hessian bag for transportation.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1790.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1790</image:title><image:caption>Picking up a turtle found at the fence inside the enclosure, and preparing to move it to the outside.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/fence-expansion-map-edited-724x1024.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fence-expansion-map-edited-724x1024</image:title><image:caption>Figure 2: Map of Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve and Sanctuary, with plans for future expansion of the fence. Source: Capital Woodlands and Wetlands Conservation Trust, 2015.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-07T11:09:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/10/19/the-empty-forest-when-birds-are-illegally-traded-in-the-market/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/7730954-3x2-700x467.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7730954-3x2-700x467</image:title><image:caption>Figure 2 Cage density in the Bratang Market Suarabay (Phot credit:TRAFFIC)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/owl1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>owl</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/gaf-garuda.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gaf-garuda</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cucak-ijo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cucak-ijo</image:title><image:caption>Figure 3 Greater Green Leafbird at Malang (Photo credit:TRAFFIC)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cucak-ijo-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cucak-ijo-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bratang1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bratang</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/akaktua-botol2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>akaktua-botol2</image:title><image:caption>Figure 6 Endangered Yellow Crested Cockatoo jammed inside the bottles in Indonesia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/akaktua-botol.jpg</image:loc><image:title>akaktua-botol</image:title><image:caption>Figure 5 Yellow Crested Cockatoo smuggling¸ another endemic species from eastern Indonesia (©JG Photo/Fully Syafi)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bratang.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bratang</image:title><image:caption>Figure 2 Cage density in the Bratang Market SuarabayA (Photo 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tussock infestation on Mt Majura, Canberra (Photo: Canberra Nature Map)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-07T00:40:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/10/13/weed-warfare-the-ongoing-battle-to-fight-against-invasive-plants-in-australia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bio-fig8-15.png</image:loc><image:title>bio-fig8-15</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_20161007_134527.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Sweet briar</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/3.png</image:loc><image:caption>(L-R) </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2.png</image:loc><image:caption>(L-R): </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/11.png</image:loc><image:caption>From left to right: </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/spinnefex.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spinnefex</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/seaspurge_barrierlanding_01.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nsi3-12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nsi3-12</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/diagram1.png</image:loc><image:caption>Figure 1. Diagram showing propagule pressure (P), abiotic characteristics (A) and biotic characteristics
(B) interact with each other to ultimately drive invasion (I), and how the additional influence of humans
(H) may modify P, A and B. Source: Catford, JA, Jansson, R &amp; Nilsson, C (2009).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_20161007_134455.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Isaac Ridge Nature Reserve, a nice view were it not for the sweet briar! </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-03T04:03:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/10/14/a-zombie-relationship-in-tropical-rainforest-west-kalimantan-indonesia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/750px-infection_of_host_insect.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>750px-infection_of_host_insect</image:title><image:caption>Fig 6. Zombie process in Tibet’s golden worm (Microbe Wiki).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/process.png</image:loc><image:title>process</image:title><image:caption>Fig 5. Resume of zombie ant process based on several references</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_6391.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_6391</image:title><image:caption>Fig 4. Undisturbed forest in the park that seems suitable for zombie process</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/00-peta_situasi_a4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>00-peta_situasi_a4</image:title><image:caption>Fig 3. Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/3684_zombie2654_2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>3684_zombie2654_2</image:title><image:caption>Fig 2. Another photo by tourist at Gunung Palung National Park (Credit to Rajesh mohanasundaram)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img-20150822-wa00161.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img-20150822-wa0016</image:title><image:caption>Fig 1. Dead ant with fungus at Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia (Credit to Endro Setiawan)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-13T12:01:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/10/14/monitoring-the-success-of-direct-seeding-scottsdale-reserve-with-greening-australia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_3903.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3903</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_3942.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3942</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_3947.png</image:loc><image:title>img_3947</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_3937.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3937</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_3907.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3907</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_3877.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3877</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_3900.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3900</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_3857.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3857</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_3868.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3868</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_38821.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3882</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-07T03:43:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/10/14/can-private-landholders-engage-in-wildlife-conservation-too/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/koala-snap.png</image:loc><image:title>koala-snap</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/4050812-3x2-340x227.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4050812-3x2-340x227</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-07T02:51:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/10/14/farming-biodiversitys-biggest-enemy-and-its-greatest-ally/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/figure-5.png</image:loc><image:title>figure-5</image:title><image:caption>Figure 5: getting the best bang for your buck. Investing in previously unmanaged sites gives better biodiversity return on investment than managed sites</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/figure-4.png</image:loc><image:title>figure-4</image:title><image:caption>Figure 4: my family farm in Largs, NSW.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/figure-3.png</image:loc><image:title>figure-3</image:title><image:caption>Figure 3: farms can improve biodiversity by serving as a stepping stone</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/figure-2.png</image:loc><image:title>figure-2</image:title><image:caption>Figure 2: notice the accelerating rate of species loss between (a) and (b)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/figure-1.png</image:loc><image:title>figure-1</image:title><image:caption>Figure 1: agriculture is associated with land clearing, but we can change that! </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-03T06:32:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/10/14/volunteering-with-conservation-volunteers-australia-in-molonglo-valley/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wastes-removal-21.png</image:loc><image:title>wastes-removal-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wastes-removal-11.png</image:loc><image:title>wastes-removal-1</image:title><image:caption>Fig. 10&amp;11: Waste removal</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/we-detected-a-water-dragon-in-our-work-area.png</image:loc><image:title>we-detected-a-water-dragon-in-our-work-area</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/work-area.png</image:loc><image:title>work-area</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/removing-the-tree-guards-at-the-barrer-hill-restoration-site-before.png</image:loc><image:title>removing-the-tree-guards-at-the-barrer-hill-restoration-site-before</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/removing-the-tree-guards-at-the-barrer-hill-restoration-site-after.png</image:loc><image:title>removing-the-tree-guards-at-the-barrer-hill-restoration-site-after</image:title><image:caption>Fig. 6&amp;7: Removing the tree guards at the Barrer Hill Restoration Site, before and after</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/seedlings-of-different-species.png</image:loc><image:title>seedlings-of-different-species</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/overview-of-work-areas.png</image:loc><image:title>overview-of-work-areas</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/barrer-hill-restoration-site-location1.png</image:loc><image:title>barrer-hill-restoration-site-location</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/offset-area.png</image:loc><image:title>offset-area</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-07T03:19:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/10/14/welcome-back-the-bettongs-of-mulligans-flat/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/quoll.jpg</image:loc><image:title>quoll</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mulligans_flat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mulligans_flat</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bettong_foot.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bettong_foot</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/banksia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>banksia</image:title><image:caption>Banksia looking for his cashews</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-07T05:11:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/10/14/the-answer-is-not-always-black-or-white-thoughts-after-volunteering-in-scottsdale-reserve/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/533818012388332811.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Data sheets that we used to record the Health Score and D10.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1950908223121900181.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Young trees protected by tree guards.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/430410527365903599.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Site that is dedicated to the study of preferred habitat of Striped Legless Lizard. Tiles are placed on and away from clusters of African lovegrass.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/99521184136192297.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Interestingly, the patch directly under the native box gums are free of African lovegrass, showing the possibility of native species out-competing introduced species.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/563291855101058997.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Metal peg at the start of each transect.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/418239817352617542.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Scottsdale Reserve as a hotspot of ecological conservation studies and trials.
This area is an example of successful land scalping trial that attempted to restore native plants by removing 10cm of surface soil and sow native plant seeds.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-07T04:03:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/10/14/weeding-in-the-mount-painter-nature-reserve-and-isaacs-ridge-nature-reserve/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/918031951534756887.jpg</image:loc><image:title>918031951534756887</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/weeding.jpg</image:loc><image:title>weeding</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sweet.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sweet</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/root.jpg</image:loc><image:title>root</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/impact1.png</image:loc><image:title>impact</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/rosa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rosa</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/horehound.jpg</image:loc><image:title>horehound</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-07T01:38:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/10/14/biodiversity-conservation-combine-with-science-and-education-activities/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/httpsmulligansflat-org-auwp-contentuploads201609istock_87473957_xxxlarge-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Quoll isolated on white</image:title><image:caption>Quoll isolated on white (3 years 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2- New transect plantings (left) and striped legless lizard relocation sites (right) within Scottsdale Reserve</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/5-objectives-of-scottsdale.png</image:loc><image:title>5-objectives-of-scottsdale</image:title><image:caption>Bush Heritage's five main objectives for Scottsdale Reserve 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Trapped Turtle. Photograph: Gareth Quirke</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1000925.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1000925</image:title><image:caption>Eastern Long-necked turtle trapped on predator proof fence. 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work</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mfr_south.png</image:loc><image:title>mfr_south</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mfr_map.png</image:loc><image:title>mfr_map</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-03T03:45:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/10/13/set-lives-free-blindly-the-unbearable-heaviness-of-biodiversity/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/14dae9c521ce11ae3c4535.jpg</image:loc><image:title>14dae9c521ce11ae3c4535</image:title><image:caption> The fishes died after releasement and caused water pollution</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2208734142349044409.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2208734142349044409</image:title><image:caption>The released snakes in Qingzhou Forest, China</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/001hvtltty6wizs1ouyd2690.jpg</image:loc><image:title>001hvtltty6wizs1ouyd2690</image:title><image:caption>The overabundant invasive species threaten the local environment</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/image-1.png</image:loc><image:title>image-1</image:title><image:caption>The traders re-capture the released animals</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/169540000.jpg</image:loc><image:title>169540000</image:title><image:caption>"Released Birds" in the Chinese market</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/gregory_moine_-_red_bellied_piranha_by.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Red bellied Piranha</image:title><image:caption> Red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/89208_91272985.jpg</image:loc><image:title>89208_91272985</image:title><image:caption>Piranha fish bit Mr. Liu’s left hand</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-03T01:21:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/10/13/park-care-in-isaacs-ridge-nature-reserve-controlling-sweet-baiar-for-biodiversity-conservation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/3381804019126653331.jpg</image:loc><image:title>338180401912665333</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sweet_briar_fruit.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sweet_briar_fruit</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sweet_briar_flower.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sweet_briar_flower</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/724268992988395786.jpg</image:loc><image:title>724268992988395786</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-03T01:12:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/10/13/bialowieza-forest-europes-last-ancient-woodland/</loc><lastmod>2017-01-08T15:24:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/bialowieza-forest-europes-last-ancient-woodland/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dead-wood.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Coarse Woody Debris</image:title><image:caption>Dead and decaying wood, known as coarse woody debris, represents essential habitat and food resources for a significant number of species in old-growth forests.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bison.jpg</image:loc><image:title>European Bison</image:title><image:caption>The European Bison were extinct in the wild until recently when they were reintroduced from captivity. Białowieża Forest now supports a population of 900 individuals, that's nearly 25% of the World's Population!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/biac582owiec5bca-forest-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Białowieża Forest</image:title><image:caption>Białowieża Forest represents one of Europe's only remaining 'primeval forests' that remains undisturbed by human activity.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-10-13T08:01:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/10/13/a-peek-inside-australias-national-seed-bank/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/31980031.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Weighing the small and light Pomaderris seeds </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/31980029.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The seed counter hard at work </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/31980030.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Part of the Seed Bank's collection of Pomaderris + surroundings in the lab </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/31980028.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>'En route' to the Seed Bank</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-02T05:15:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/10/13/biodiversity-conservation-and-humanitarian-engineering-closer-than-you-think/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dsc017151.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dsc01715</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dsc01862.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dsc01862</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dsc01824.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dsc01824</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dsc01743.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dsc01743</image:title><image:caption>The commune chief of the south village on Kaoh Chraeng 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of the exclusion fences - now that’s some handy work</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/shepherds.png</image:loc><image:caption>Shepherds Lookout </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/tree.png</image:loc><image:caption>Planting my first tree</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/namadgi.png</image:loc><image:caption>Zones of Namadgi National 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Legless Lizards (left) and Grassland Earless Dragons (right)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/blog-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blog-5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/blog-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blog-4</image:title><image:caption>Striped Legless Lizards (left) and Grassland Earless Dragons (right)

</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/blog-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blog-2</image:title><image:caption>Plotting out the Eastern corner of a survey site at Jerrabomberra East.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/blog-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blog-3</image:title><image:caption>Prime Grassland Earless Dragon habitat at Jerrabomberra East.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-09-20T01:51:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/09/18/birdwatching-for-biodiversity-woodland-bird-research-in-the-southwest-slopes-bioregion/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/6.png</image:loc><image:caption>Spot the difference – contrasting habitat components of a remnant woodland (top) and a restoration planting (bottom). </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3-2.png</image:loc><image:caption>An example of a preliminary territory map at a restoration planting. The large territory belongs to a Willie Wagtail, and the smaller home ranges are characteristic of Superb Fairy-wrens. Notice the use of paddock trees in the Wagtail’s home range. ^Credit?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2-2.png</image:loc><image:caption>Shifts generally started at sunrise and finished at sunset.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1.png</image:loc><image:caption>Some of the more commonly sighted woodland bird species. From left to right:
Top: Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys), Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus), Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa).
Bottom: Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii), White-plumed honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus), Grey Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica).
Images courtesy of birdsinbackyards.net
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/5.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Native vegetation plantings are configured in numerous ways in the landscape, playing an important factor in bird occupancy.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/4.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Paddock trees were observed to provide valuable stepping stones for many bird species.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-09-20T01:43:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/07/26/my-turtely-awesome-conservation-experience/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc09671.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC09671</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc09919.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC09919</image:title><image:caption>Waste material washed up from the ocean</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc09629.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC09629</image:title><image:caption>Some live hatchlings found in a morning nest assessment</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc09859.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC09859</image:title><image:caption>Opening flatback eggs to determine contents</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc09579.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC09579</image:title><image:caption>Female flatback turtle laying eggs on the beach</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-07-29T07:12:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2016/07/18/the-proposed-biodiversity-reforms-in-new-south-wales-an-opportunity-lost/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/reforms1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>reforms</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/reforms.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/terms-of-trade-and-clearing.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Figure 2</image:title><image:caption>Annual land clearing in Figure 2. Australia (blue) and national farmers' terms of trade (grey).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/clearing.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Figure 1</image:title><image:caption>Annual clearing of native woody vegetation (ha) for rural land uses in NSW before (black bars) and after (white bars) introduction of the NSW Native Vegetation Act that the proposed reforms seek to repeal. The dotted line represents the moving average (calculated over 3 years).</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-07-18T05:57:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/06/16/mapping-bettong-habitat-at-tidbinbilla/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-3</image:title><image:caption>Invading the privacy of a female Bettong, but note their cool prehensile tails!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_3305.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3305</image:title><image:caption>Some grasses suitable for nesting (could be a bit more for concealment), coarse woody debris offers complexity, patchy ground cover for foraging, sufficient canopy cover but more mid-layer complexity for added protection from predators needed</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_3260.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3260</image:title><image:caption>Good mature tussock grass, but too open as no overstory</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-4</image:title><image:caption>A little Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby being cared for by staff!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/screen-shot-2015-05-16-at-4-53-53-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2015-05-16 at 4.53.53 pm</image:title><image:caption>Figure 1 Google Imagery: https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Tidbinbilla+Nature+Reserve/@-35.5530474,148.8260986,82493m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xf00ea6f8b575950</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-10T20:22:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/17/lambs-to-the-slaughter-reintroducing-bettongs-to-the-lower-cotter-catchment/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/brush-tailed-bettong.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Brush tailed bettong</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tasmanian_bettong_001_dave_watts_hi_res.jpg</image:loc><image:title>TASMANIAN BETTONG	Bettongia gaimardi	Dry grassy woodland of eastern Tasmania</image:title><image:caption>TASMANIAN BETTONG	
Bettongia gaimardi	
Dry grassy woodland of eastern Tasmania</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/feral-cat-devours-pademelon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FERAL CAT DEVOURS PADEMELON</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-09-29T15:54:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/04/27/animal-movement-through-box-gum-woodlands/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/spotted-marsh-frog.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spotted-marsh-frog</image:title><image:caption>Spectacular spotted marsh frogs were one of two commonly caught frog species. Photo: Julian Finn, source: www.environment.gov.au</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/boulengers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>boulengers</image:title><image:caption>Boulenger's skinks were common at some of our sites. Photo: Peter Robertson, museumvictoria.com.au</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/white-box-yellow-box-blakelys-red-gum-grassy-woodland-and-derived-native-grassland-mark-bourne.jpg</image:loc><image:title>white-box-yellow-box-blakelys-red-gum-grassy-woodland-and-derived-native-grassland-mark-bourne</image:title><image:caption>Tussock grasses are characteristic of box gum woodlands. Photo: Mark Bourne, www.environment.gov.au</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-13T07:14:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/11/our-friend-the-mountain-pygmy-possum/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/images.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mountain pygmy possum</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-19T00:36:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/05/carrying-out-a-threatened-species-assessment/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ventricosa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ventricosa</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-18T23:07:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/04/30/leaf-lush-biodivercity/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tampines.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tampines</image:title><image:caption>Example of eco features in new HDB estate at Tampines (Credit: HDB, 2014)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tengah-nw-page-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tengah NW Page 1</image:title><image:caption>Nature Way along public roads (Credits: NParks, 2015)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/pickering.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pickering</image:title><image:caption>Parkroyal at Pickering (Hotel) under the LUSH scheme </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/leaf.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leaf</image:title><image:caption>Assessment Criteria for LEAF (Credits: CUGE, 2014)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lush.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lush</image:title><image:caption>Concept of landscape replacement of LUSH (Credits: URA, 2014)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/adana.jpg</image:loc><image:title>adana</image:title><image:caption>LEAF- certified Outstanding Project: ADANA @ Thomson (Condominium) (Credits: NParks, 2014)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2untitled.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2Untitled</image:title><image:caption>Biodiversity in pristine landscapes (Croatia’s Plitvice Lakes National Park) or in cities (Dubai)? (Credits: Vedrana Tafra &amp; Franck Boutonnet)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/untitled.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Untitled</image:title><image:caption>Biodiversity in pristine landscapes (Croatia’s Plitvice Lakes National Park) or in cities (Dubai)? (Credits: Vedrana Tafra &amp; Franck Boutonnet)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-08T23:19:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/06/you-cannot-get-married-unless-you-plant-trees-here-trees-of-love-educating-people-a-way-to-combat-climate-change/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/diagram.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Diagram</image:title><image:caption>Simple Diagram of the Connection of Tree Planting and Biodiversity Loss. Green arrow indicates the effects from tree planting and red line/ arrow indicates the variables contribute to biodiversity loss, while black line means the component of habitat. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/98walikota.jpg</image:loc><image:title>98walikota</image:title><image:caption>The Mayor of Jambi City exposed to UNECA(source: http://jambiupdate.com/artikel-walikota-jambi-ekspos-di-depan-uneca-.html)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/screenshot-2015-05-03-23-48-23.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2015-05-03 23.48.23</image:title><image:caption>The map of regions/municipalities implementing the policy of tree planting for bride-and groom-to-be (modified from Googlemaps with some online sources)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/screenshot-2015-05-05-11-51-22-2.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2015-05-05 11.51.22 (2)</image:title><image:caption>The historical deforestation rate in Indonesia (source: http://unfccc.int/files/national_reports/non-annex_i_natcom/submitted_natcom/application/pdf/indonesia_snc.pdf)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/p1050488-copy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1050488 - Copy</image:title><image:caption>A girl plants a teak seedlings on a bare land.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-19T00:18:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/06/ethno-biodiversity-an-opportunity-for-conserving-biological-diversity/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/capture.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Capture</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-18T23:54:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/06/webbed-surprise-from-the-grassy-woodlands/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150504-michael-frilling-dscn1845.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Michael frilling DSCN1845</image:title><image:caption>Me doing some good old fashioned frilling of a hybrid invasive tree.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150504_170238.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20150504_170238</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150504_170233.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20150504_170233</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150504_170227.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20150504_170227</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150504_170151.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20150504_170151</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150504_112822.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20150504_112822</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150504_112819.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20150504_112819</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150504_112817.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20150504_112817</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150504_112802.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20150504_112802</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150504_104711.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20150504_104711</image:title><image:caption>After cuts and herbicide (coloured pink)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-19T00:13:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/05/bringing-mount-majura-back-to-life/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc_0905.jpg</image:loc><image:title>method 2</image:title><image:caption>This is an example of chopping into the trunk and spraying.  This was mostly for the larger/hardwood trees as it wasn't easy to just cut them down.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1429842390491.jpg</image:loc><image:title>method1</image:title><image:caption>This is an example of cutting and dabbing woody weeds. It was a giant Briar Rose which took about an hour to get rid off!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc_0907.jpg</image:loc><image:title>treeplanting</image:title><image:caption>Tree planting: You can see the branch cover/protection in the distance, and in the mulch in the foreground surrounding not only the plants but the connecting areas in between them.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/nest-the-fair-in-planted-busaria-rs-crop-dscn1781.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nest at Mount Majura in planted Busaria</image:title><image:caption>Nest found in the planted native Boxthorn on Mount Majura. This was great evidence to show the rangers that the replanting is working in creating a sufficient habitat!</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-18T23:37:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/can-mining-and-biodiversity-conservation-co-exist/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/blog-5.png</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/blog-5.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/blog-4.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/blog-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Blog 3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/blog-2.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/blog-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Heavily silted Chingola Stream (Zambia) from mining operations</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-14T04:57:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/05/failure-to-fund-the-2014-2015-australian-budgets-lack-of-support-for-biodiversity-conservation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/graph-2.png</image:loc><image:title>graph 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/graph-1.png</image:loc><image:title>graph 1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/blog-13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blog 1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-18T23:18:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/05/preservation-of-ecological-corridors-at-tidbinbilla-nature-reserve/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/emus.jpg</image:loc><image:title>emus</image:title><image:caption>Foreground: Emus enjoy a bush-tucker tuber. Background: Kunzea </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/kunzea.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kunzea</image:title><image:caption>Flagging tape on a young Kunzea</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/wallaby.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wallaby</image:title><image:caption>We met a hand-reared S. Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-18T22:50:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/eastern-bent-wing-bat-or-wind-farms/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bat-colonies-in-relation-to-wind-farms.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bat colonies in relation to Wind Farms</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/church-cave-and-setting-up-equipment.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Church Cave and setting up equipment</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/map-of-distribution-and-eastern-bent-wing-bat.png</image:loc><image:caption>Map of Eastern Bent-wing  bat distribution: Atlas of Living Australia and Image of Eastern Bent-wing bat: Fauna and Flora  Research Collective </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/eastern-bent-wing-bat-01.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Eastern Bent-wing bat: Flora and Fauna Research Collective </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/eastern-bent-wing-bats-01.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eastern-bent-wing-bats-01</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/map_export-5.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Spatial distribution of Eastern Bent-wing bat: The Atlas of Living Australia </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-13T01:00:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/the-importance-of-conserving-small-portions-of-forests-to-the-farmers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/crew.png</image:loc><image:title>crew</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fisheye.png</image:loc><image:title>fisheye</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cacao.png</image:loc><image:title>cacao</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/palm-tree.png</image:loc><image:title>palm tree</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fruits-and-seeds.png</image:loc><image:title>fruits and seeds</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/seedling.png</image:loc><image:title>seedling</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/canopy.png</image:loc><image:title>canopy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/luizinho-farmer.png</image:loc><image:title>luizinho farmer</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/study-area.png</image:loc><image:title>study area</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/map.png</image:loc><image:title>Map</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-14T06:43:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/nursery-maintenance-at-greening-australia/</loc><lastmod>2015-05-14T06:27:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/feral-animal-control-in-the-act-and-surrounding-nsw-region/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_6429.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Wild dog mechanical ejector  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</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-14T06:15:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/the-impacts-of-civil-war-on-the-african-forest-elephants-in-liberia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/forest_elephant_7_30_2012_hero_and_circle_hi_8480.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Forest_Elephant_7_30_2012_hero_and_circle_HI_8480</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/forest_elephant_7_30_2012_why_they_matter_hi_1085511.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Forest_elephant_7_30_2012_why_they_matter_HI_108551</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/forest-elephant-hero4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>forest-elephant-hero</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/forest_elephant_7_30_2012_why_they_matter_hi_108551.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Forest_elephant_7_30_2012_why_they_matter_HI_108551</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/forest-elephant-hero3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>forest-elephant-hero</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/forest-elephant-hero2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>forest-elephant-hero</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/forest-elephant-hero1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>forest-elephant-hero</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/forest-elephant-hero.jpg</image:loc><image:title>forest-elephant-hero</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-14T06:00:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/greening-australia-working-towards-conservation-without-borders/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/wp_20150429_10_39_31_pro.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Morning tea with the team</image:title><image:caption>Many thanks to the wonderful staff and volunteers at Greening Australia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/stormwaterdrainbeforeafter.png</image:loc><image:title>Stormwaterdrainbefore&amp;after</image:title><image:caption>Storm water drain clean up project, in collaboration with 'Rivers of Carbon', before (left) and after (right)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cotterreservebeforeafter.png</image:loc><image:title>CotterReservebefore&amp;after</image:title><image:caption>Planting at the Lower Cotter Catchment, before (above) and after (below)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cotter_reserve_beforeafter.png</image:loc><image:title>Cotter_Reserve_Before&amp;After</image:title><image:caption>Planting at the Lower Cotter Catchment, before (above) and after (below)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/weeding-propagules.jpg</image:loc><image:title>weeding propagules</image:title><image:caption>Propagules needed to be weeded, pruned and topped up with soil, ready to go out for orders.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/conservationwithoutbordersgreeningaustralia2015.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ConservationWithoutBorders(GreeningAustralia2015)</image:title><image:caption>Greening Australia’s National Strategic Plan 2013-2018: Conservation without Borders </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-14T05:22:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/mist-netting/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/253217_4826378746001_1373289513_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>253217_4826378746001_1373289513_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/216238_4826166300690_1771583097_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>216238_4826166300690_1771583097_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ringing_04_ringing.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ringing_04_Ringing</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/newbands.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Newbands</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sce-mist-netting-small.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sce mist netting small</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mistnet.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mistnet</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/alcippe_chrysotis_mist_net.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alcippe_chrysotis_mist_net</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/100724-bat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100724-bat</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-14T05:12:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/an-unique-ex-situ-conservation-of-timor-deer-in-west-nusa-tenggara-province-indonesia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/d390c-untitled.png</image:loc><image:title>d390c-untitled</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/18042011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Land preparation for forage production</image:title><image:caption>Land preparation for forage production (Photo credit to the author)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/nist-deer-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>NIST-deer-1</image:title><image:caption>Tagged deer (Photo credit: Brett Young/NIST)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/13410810591438079336.jpg</image:loc><image:title>13410810591438079336</image:title><image:caption>Fig. 5. An effective way to teach children for caring the wildlife (Photo credit: Kompasiana)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc03767.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC03767</image:title><image:caption>The self-supporting deer captivity (Photo credit to the author)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/untitled5.png</image:loc><image:title>West Nusa Tenggara Logo</image:title><image:caption>Fig. 3. The logo of West Nusa Tenggara Province (Photo credit: birulautntb)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/rusa-tutul-mati-di-kebun-binatang_20140228151657.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rusa-tutul-mati-di-kebun-binatang_20140228151657</image:title><image:caption>(source:http://www.klikpositif.com/media/images/news/rusa-tutul-mati-di-kebun-binatang_20140228151657.jpg)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1556110rusaaa780x390.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Timor deer population in national park</image:title><image:caption>(source:http://assets.kompas.com/data/photo/2014/05/07/1556110rusaaa780x390.jpg)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-14T04:41:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/conservation-efforts-in-booderee-national-park/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/rangers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rangers</image:title><image:caption>The conservation crew. Thanks for sharing more than knowledge!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bandicoot-1-feb-2015-2-16.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bandicoot 1 Feb 2015 2.16</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/poto.png</image:loc><image:title>poto</image:title><image:caption>The long-nosed bandicoot in a camera trap picture</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/potoroo-25-dec-21-51-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Potoroo 25 Dec 21.51.2</image:title><image:caption>Long-nosed potoroo in a picture and the camera trap</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bandicootbush.png</image:loc><image:title>bandicootbush</image:title><image:caption>Long-nosed bandicoot and bush-rat</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bushratp1.png</image:loc><image:title>bushratp</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fb</image:title><image:caption>Rose the park ranger burring a fox bait</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/chico.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chico</image:title><image:caption>Chicko the park ranger showing the fox bait</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/pellets.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pellets</image:title><image:caption> Macropods' scats</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bushratp.png</image:loc><image:title>bushratp</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-14T04:26:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/the-last-wild-putuo-hornbeam-on-earth-im-no-longer-alone/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/qq20150505-1.png</image:loc><image:title>QQ20150505-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/offspring.jpg</image:loc><image:title>offspring</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/huaxu.jpg</image:loc><image:title>huaxu</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/shumu.jpg</image:loc><image:title>shumu</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/huijisi.jpg</image:loc><image:title>huijisi</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-14T04:05:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/i-am-batman/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/untitled.gif</image:loc><image:title>untitled</image:title><image:caption>Homemade video from the special camera used to record the bats leaving the cave, after that a computer program is used to estimate the number of bats that left the cave.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bat-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bat 5</image:title><image:caption>The ultrasonic detector was collected for data analysis.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bad-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bad 4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bat-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bat 3</image:title><image:caption>The ultrasonic detectors are placed on high places so it it easier to detect any noise. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bat-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bat 2</image:title><image:caption>The Miniopterus schreibersii oceanensis is found along a coastal band on the East Coast of Australia. Source: Andrew Lincoln – Fauna and Flora Research Collective Inc. 2010</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bat-1.png</image:loc><image:title>bat 1</image:title><image:caption>The Eastern Bent-wing bat.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-14T00:25:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/isolation-and-speciation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/trindade-and-martim-vaz_image.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Trindade-and-Martim-Vaz_image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/labanatoveg1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>labanatoveg1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/peperomia-glabella.jpg</image:loc><image:title>peperomia-glabella</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/stem.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stem</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_5639.jpg</image:loc><image:title>so boring</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/arquipelago-trindade-martim-vaz.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arquipelago-Trindade-Martim-Vaz</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-14T03:25:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/bonking-in-the-rain/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/frgg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>frgg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/snek.png</image:loc><image:title>snek</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/frog6.png</image:loc><image:title>frog6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/frog5.png</image:loc><image:title>frog5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/frog3.png</image:loc><image:title>frog3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/frod4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>frod4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/frod2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>frod2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/frod.jpg</image:loc><image:title>frod</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/frog1.png</image:loc><image:title>frog1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/frog.png</image:loc><image:title>frog</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-14T00:01:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/the-epic-hunt-for-funnel-webs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/screen-shot-2015-05-05-at-12-06-49-am1.png</image:loc><image:caption>Booderee National Park (in purple box) in relation to the south-east coast. From google maps.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/screen-shot-2015-05-05-at-12-06-49-am.png</image:loc><image:caption>Booderee National Park (in purple box) in relation to the south-east coast. From google maps. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_0711.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Collecting another spider species. Clearly flannelette shirts are required uniform in the field (from personal photo library).  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_0714_2.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>A Hadronyche burrow in a live Banksia tree (from personal photo library). </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_0714.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>A Hadronyche burrow in a liveBanksia tree. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_0710.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Thomas demonstrating how to climb trees to collect galls. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/screen-shot-2015-05-04-at-11-36-19-pm.png</image:loc><image:caption>map of Booderee National Park from google maps. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-13T23:44:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/bent-wing-bats-and-wind-farms-two-sides-of-the-environmental-equation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/gbb23327_big.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Eastern Bentwing-bat</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/6074044-3x2-940x627.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6074044-3x2-940x627</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-13T23:20:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/urban-development-vs-biodiversity-a-complex-issue/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/gms_buildings_map.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GMS_Buildings_Map</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-13T22:48:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/musings-on-triage-and-morality-from-my-very-comfortable-armchair/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/screen-shot-2015-05-04-at-11-17-35-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen shot 2015-05-04 at 11.17.35 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/screen-shot-2015-05-04-at-11-13-16-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen shot 2015-05-04 at 11.13.16 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-13T07:24:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/should-giant-panda-be-left-to-face-extinction/</loc><lastmod>2015-05-13T06:18:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/how-grazing-impacts-the-connectivity-and-movement-of-native-fauna/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/11186280_957766894273950_598435797_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>11186280_957766894273950_598435797_n</image:title><image:caption>Some of the locals ready for data collection</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/11117704_957766864273953_603608022_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>11117704_957766864273953_603608022_n</image:title><image:caption>A very exciting find in one of the pitfall traps, this Gecko was definitely the most exciting catch we had</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/11195411_957766794273960_1072751116_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>11195411_957766794273960_1072751116_n</image:title><image:caption>The recipient of one unique fluorescent marking (a one of a kind tattoo) getting ready to be photographed</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-13T06:39:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/planting-for-the-future-scottsdale-reserve/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/17210_828921487177216_7039973544891774864_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>17210_828921487177216_7039973544891774864_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/untitled3.png</image:loc><image:title>Untitled</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/untitled1.png</image:loc><image:title>Untitled</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-13T06:01:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/do-you-want-to-be-an-ecologist-find-your-passion/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/asean-centre-for-biodiversity-logo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>asean centre for biodiversity logo</image:title><image:caption>Figure 1. Poster for Convention on Biological Diversity. available at: https://www.cbd.int/2011-2020/events/partners.shtml</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_3326.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3326</image:title><image:caption>Figure 1. a) light microscope used for beetle sorting</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_3325.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3325</image:title><image:caption>Figure 1. b) samples sorted by site and trap number. one or two containers were assigned for one trap</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_3324.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3324</image:title><image:caption>Figure 1. c) lab tweezers used to sort beetles.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-13T05:34:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/humming-incubators-and-climate-controlled-cool-rooms-the-other-side-of-conservation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/figure-2.jpeg</image:loc><image:caption>The quandong tree is a hemi-parasite, meaning it relies on the roots of a host plant to obtain nutrients but is also capable of photosynthesising. Its characteristic red fruits are edible and sweet, and often used for making jam (Photo credit: Aus-e-made).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/figure-3.png</image:loc><image:caption>The distribution of the quandong spreads across much of the arid centre and south of the continent, with declining fragmented populations in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National park in the southern Northern Territory (Photo credit: Atlas of Living Australia).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/figure-4.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Not much to show for a couple of hours work! Preparing the seed by removing the red-brown fibrous outer fruit was necessary to expose the inner seed and speed up germination (Photo credit to the author).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/figure-6.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The seeds are germinated in tubes filled with sphagnum moss, with two layers of five seeds each per tube (Photo credit to the author).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/figure-5.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Photographs of the seeds, with and without fruits, were taken for National Seed Bank records, and to showcase the variation in seed form produced by each of the parent trees (Photo credit: T. North, National Seed Bank).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/figure-7.jpeg</image:loc><image:caption>In indigenous Australian culture, bush food such as the quandong play an important role in the communication of knowledge to future generation. Ensuring the viability of wild populations is therefore important not only for biodiversity conservation, but also for the heritage and cultural identities for Australia’s oldest people (Photo credit: flickr).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/figure-1.png</image:loc><image:caption>… It would appear the internet would agree with me! A simple image search of the words “conservation opportunities” is dominated by images of outdoor conservation activities (Photo credit: Google images).</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-13T05:05:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/04/the-scottsdale-experience/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/p3131035.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/p3131032.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/p3131028.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-04T07:57:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/03/movement-of-lizards-and-frogs-across-box-gum-grassy-woodland/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_20141115_135017986.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141115_135017986</image:title><image:caption>Spotted Marsh Frog. Photography by Sarah Maguire.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_20141114_100131582_hdr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141114_100131582_HDR</image:title><image:caption>The Blackish Brown snake, which escaped soon after this photo! Photography by Sarah Maguire</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_20141114_075331666.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141114_075331666</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_20141117_065756644_hdr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20141117_065756644_HDR</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-13T00:34:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/03/will-australia-ever-be-rid-of-the-rabbit/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/untitled4.png</image:loc><image:title>Untitled4</image:title><image:caption>Figure 4 - Gassing of rabbit warrens to determine extent of entry ways (28/4/15).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sp_grey_headed_albatross_rabbit_damaged_slope_macquarie_island_13642.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sp_grey_headed_albatross_rabbit_damaged_slope_macquarie_island_13642</image:title><image:caption>Eroded slopes from rabbit damage at Macquarie Island (Stevens, 2014). </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/untitled2.png</image:loc><image:title>Untitled2</image:title><image:caption>Figure 2 - The rate of spread of rabbits across Australia; where they started in Victoria in the mid 1800s, had spread to South Australia, New South Wales and the south of Queensland by the late 1800s, and eventually reached the north of Queensland, and the Northern and Western Territories by the early 1900s (McLeod et al., 2014).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/untitled.png</image:loc><image:title>Untitled</image:title><image:caption>The European Rabbit (Zukerman, 2009).</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-13T00:18:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/02/green-team-greening-australia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/rrgrtgrtg.png</image:loc><image:title>rrgrtgrtg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/gbfgffg.png</image:loc><image:title>gbfgffg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bfgbfgbfg.png</image:loc><image:title>bfgbfgbfg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/kkjkjk1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kkjkjk</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-03T07:31:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/05/01/arrested-development-protecting-canberras-endangered-species/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/prop.png</image:loc><image:title>PROP</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/masterplan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MASTERPLAN</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/concorr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CONCORR</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/moth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>moth</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lizard.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lizard</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/belconnenwoodland.gif</image:loc><image:title>belconnenwoodland</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/gfareal.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gfareal</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/riverview.png</image:loc><image:title>riverview</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/frankfenner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>frankfenner</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/larryclaire.jpg</image:loc><image:title>larryclaire</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-03T07:17:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/04/30/rabbit-control-protecting-canberras-nature-reserves/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/bugs-bunny2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bugs-bunny</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/bugs-bunny-after2.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>bugs bunny after</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc01153.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC01153</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1202.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Grassland at Flints (TNR), perfectly suitable for rabbit (and kangaroo) grazing</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1175.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1175</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_1159.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1159</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-03T04:25:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/04/30/rehabilitation-whos-ready-for-long-term-commitment/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p7100063-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4653-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4653-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/jamie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jamie</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4661-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4661-2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-03T00:01:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/04/24/bridging-the-gap-biological-wealth-and-the-bigger-picture/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/gondwana-link-overview-map.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gondwana-Link-overview-map</image:title><image:caption>Gondwana Link - restoring and reconnection 1000 kilometres across the southern corner of Western Australia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wp_20150415_17_42_56_pro-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WP_20150415_17_42_56_Pro (2)</image:title><image:caption>An unambiguous sunset at the Peniup field site, Western Australia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wp_20150415_13_04_46_pro-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WP_20150415_13_04_46_Pro (2)</image:title><image:caption>A temporarily unhappy, but mostly grateful-for-his-new-forest Shingleback Lizard</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wp_20150415_07_30_35_pro-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WP_20150415_07_30_35_Pro (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wp_20150414_09_07_36_pro-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WP_20150414_09_07_36_Pro (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wp_20150414_08_36_45_pro-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WP_20150414_08_36_45_Pro (2)</image:title><image:caption>Two tape measures, set perpendicular to each other, to cross-reference the data on our sheets with what was actually at the site</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wp_20150413_15_32_00_pro-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WP_20150413_15_32_00_Pro (2)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-01T07:22:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/04/24/restoring-a-degraded-landscape-to-its-former-glory/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tree-2.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>A juvenile Eucalyptus rubida (Candlebark). This species is often found in open-forests with Box-Gum Eucalypts</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/scottsdale.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>A view of part of Scottsdale Reserve</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/me.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Equipped with all the right gear and ready to monitor the growth of some trees.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-01T07:06:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/04/21/going-batty-for-eastern-bent-wing-micro-bats/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/11087105_968549926488776_450821795_n.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The thermal imaging camera</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/11039584_968549946488774_2100567186_n.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Doug setting up the thermal imaging apparatus</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/11073813_968549916488777_367381346_n.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Church Cave </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nsw_wind_map.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Current and proposed wind farms in the ACT and southeastern NSW area:

Green circles – currently operating or under construction wind farms

White circles – proposed wind farm locations

Red crosses – maternity caves

http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/en-us/policyandlegislation/renewableenergy.aspx</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/screen-shot-2015-04-19-at-6-23-11-pm.png</image:loc><image:caption>Wind Turbines : http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/en-us/policyandlegislation/renewableenergy.aspx</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/screen-shot-2015-03-24-at-1-22-58-pm.png</image:loc><image:caption>Distribution of Eastern Bent-Wing bats: Atlas of Living Australia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/common_bent-wing_bat_body_500_lindy_lumsden.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Eastern Best-Wing Bat: Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-04T12:28:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/04/09/rescuing-birds-in-jaipur-india/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-01T03:44:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/04/14/2101/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ag.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ag</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-19T06:44:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/04/18/the-real-ranger-a-snapshot-into-the-everyday-life-act-parks-conservation-and-lands/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/pine-plantation1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pine plantation</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/elle-mount.jpg</image:loc><image:title>elle mount</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/koxen-view.jpg</image:loc><image:title>koxen view</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-01T06:37:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/04/18/habitat-connectivity-in-box-gum-woodlands/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img2.png</image:loc><image:title>IMG2</image:title><image:caption>An example of a drift fence and trap</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-01T04:21:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/04/15/developing-stepping-stones-to-connect-box-gum-woodland-patches-and-its-inhabitants/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wp_20150307_002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WP_20150307_002</image:title><image:caption>The distance between patches is a challenging hike for small animals. Note the lack of natural stepping-stones in this grassland matrix.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wp_20150307_013.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WP_20150307_013</image:title><image:caption>One of the pitfall traps used in a property near Breadalbane. The drift fence (black plastic) stops any animals trying to cross from one site to another and directs them to one of the traps. Here we have an exciting guest (A tiger snake!) hiding in one of the pitfall traps under a plastic tube and piece of floating wood (designed to protect trapped animals from desiccation or flooding</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wp_20150307_011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WP_20150307_011</image:title><image:caption>The belly of a frog showing his new fluorescent tattoos. The tattoos are used for identification; here we have a ''yellow-pink-pink'' frog.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wp_20150307_006.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WP_20150307_006</image:title><image:caption>A young Pobblebonk frog (Limnodynastes dumerilii) during weight and length recording</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wp_20150307_003.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WP_20150307_003</image:title><image:caption>A patch of Box-Gum Woodland in a private property near Murrumbateman</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-16T11:22:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/04/14/vegetation-assessment-at-bago-state-forest/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/subordinate-vegetation-analysis-quadrat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>subordinate vegetation analysis quadrat</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/field-site-grid-points1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Field site grid points</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/seedling-tag.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Seedling tag</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/recording-data-in-the-rain.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Recording data in the rain</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/pine-plantation.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pine plantation</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/log-measurement.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Log measurement</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/field-site-grid-points.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Field site grid points</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/eucalypt-plantation.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Eucalypt plantation</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/bago-state-forest-vertcal-profile.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bago State Forest vertcal profile</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/bago-state-forest-map.png</image:loc><image:title>Bago State Forest Map</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-21T01:54:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/03/30/microbats-and-microphones/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/keoka070706ppgspectogram.png</image:loc><image:title>Keoka070706PpgSpectogram</image:title><image:caption>Example sonogram (visual representation) of a bats call. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_species_identification</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/lake-george.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lake george</image:title><image:caption>Lake George Wind Farms - Belinda Doyle</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bentwing.png</image:loc><image:title>bentwing</image:title><image:caption>Photo credit: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10534</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/20150226_140002-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>20150226_140002 (1)</image:title><image:caption>Programming the ultrasonic detectors</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1025.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1025</image:title><image:caption>Pleased with my inventive placement of this detector</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1022.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1022</image:title><image:caption>The team!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1016</image:title><image:caption>Installing an a detector in a tree</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-30T04:39:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2015/03/16/frogs-lizards-and-habitat-fragmentation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/1-trap1.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/7-verreauxs-tree-frog.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Verreaux’s Tree Frog 
Photo by Peter Robertson</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/5-spotted-marsh-frog.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Spotted Marsh Frog

Photo by Julian Finn  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/4-fence.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>What affect do fences have on the movement of frogs and lizards? </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/3-funnel-trap.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Funnel Trap</image:title><image:caption>Funnel Trap
The funnel trap is covered in mesh (for sun protection) and a wooden block (to hold the mesh in place). Inside the funnel trap is wet rag (for hydration). </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2-pitfall-trap.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pitfall Trap</image:title><image:caption>Pitfall Trap
Inside each pitfall trap is a wet rag (for hydration) and ½ plastic cylinder and wooden block (for sun protection). </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-21T01:51:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/06/17/mulligans-flat-sanctuary-the-return-of-bettongs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/mull2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mull2</image:title><image:caption>The beautiful grassy woodlands of Mulligans flat</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/bettong-baby.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bettong baby</image:title><image:caption>Erika the baby bettong ready to be reintroduced into the sanctuary after being cared for in the bettong 'daycare'</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/1599862_631224216914940_1682116546_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1599862_631224216914940_1682116546_o</image:title><image:caption>The predator proof fence that surrounds 400 hectares of the Mulligans flat sanctuary</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/cat-traps.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cat traps</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-24T04:22:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/06/05/the-tragedy-of-lipotes-vexillifer-in-china/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/012043_91335752.jpg</image:loc><image:title>012043_91335752</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img348177381.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Img348177381</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/12246055_6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>12246055_6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/20070821_0690447e572c23b4d3104t825hasnwjf.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20070821_0690447e572c23b4d3104t825haSNwjf</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-06-06T01:20:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/31/towards-a-win-win-solution-native-temperate-grasslands-and-wind-farm-developments-in-the-southern-tablelands/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/blubell.png</image:loc><image:caption>Royal Bluebell, Wahlenbergia gloriosa</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/royal-bluebell.png</image:loc><image:caption>Royal Bluebell, Wahlenbergia gloriosa</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/grassland.png</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dragon.png</image:loc><image:caption>Endangered Grassland Earless Dragon, Tympanocryptis pinguicolla. Source: http://candobetter.net/node/553</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cimg3782.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>A diversity of grass and forb species.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cimg3765.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>In the field with Office of Environment and Heritage Staff</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cimg3775.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Royal Bluebell, Wahlenbergia gloriosa</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-06-06T01:28:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/beautiful-booderee-my-fieldwork-experience/</loc><lastmod>2014-05-29T23:26:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/27/marking-blogs-is-one-of-the-great-pleasures-of-being-a-lecturer-in-biodiversity-conservation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/map.png</image:loc><image:title>map</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc033411.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC03341</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-06-05T11:05:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/27/bent-views-of-the-eastern-bentwing-bat/</loc><lastmod>2014-05-27T05:53:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/26/world-war-m-the-invasion-of-the-indian-myna-bird/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/myna-northside-points.png</image:loc><image:title>Myna Northside Points</image:title><image:caption>I used http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/ to create this map.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/geocodes.png</image:loc><image:title>Geocodes</image:title><image:caption>I used geo-coders to determine the exact coordinates of trees which had Indian Myna refugial nests. 
This reference is of this old Red-Box Gum (pictured with nest visible) in Ordell Street, Chapman.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/refugial-nests.png</image:loc><image:title>Refugial nests</image:title><image:caption>Original photos of natural (tree hollows) and artificial (structure – e.g. in roofs) Indian Myna refugial nest sites in Belconnen.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014-03-22-11-23-52.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Original photo – this galah had a lucky escape. It is only a matter of time before an Indian Myna takes over this hollow.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cockatoo-nest.png</image:loc><image:caption>I photographed these three Indian Myna refugial nests (below). Indian Mynas use cockatoo feathers to deter other birds from invading their nests. It is presumed that Indian Mynas have learned this nest-defending technique, which portrays that one of Australia’s most aggressive bird species occupies the nest.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cages.png</image:loc><image:caption>Indian Myna Traps – birds are enticed into the traps with food and cannot escape back through the chute. 
Image from http://indianmynaaction.org.au/ </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cage-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cage 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cage-1.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Indian Myna Traps – birds are enticed into the traps with food and cannot escape back through the chute. 
Image from http://indianmynaaction.org.au/ </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/indian-myna-pic.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Indian Myna (Acridotheres tristis)

(Photo by Geoffrey Dabb; from http://indianmynaaction.org.au/)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-26T22:58:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/if-its-bright-green-it-doesnt-belong-in-australia-friends-of-mount-majura/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_2879.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2879</image:title><image:caption>A newly planted apple-box sapling</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_2885.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2885</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_2869.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2869</image:title><image:caption>An example of a Cootamundra wattle leaf, not to be confused with the silver wattle</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_2883.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2883</image:title><image:caption>Tree-guards</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_2875.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2875</image:title><image:caption>A Cootamundra Wattle that was ringbarked and sprayed with the herbicide a year ago.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_2866.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2866</image:title><image:caption>Weeding Tools </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_2887.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2887</image:title><image:caption>A little hope. This paper daisy is naturally occurring, no human intervention required, meaning that the area is once again supporting these plants and they can be reintroduced and hopefully create a self-sustaining population. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-26T09:50:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/biodiversity-conservation-co-management-in-sanjiangyuan-qinghai-tibet-plateau/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/28436_202055_345907.jpg</image:loc><image:title>28436_202055_345907</image:title><image:caption>Monk giving offering [Photo/Peng Jiansheng]</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/a.png</image:loc><image:title>a</image:title><image:caption>Community members display their conservation commitments and the benefits they receive through the Conservation Concession program
[Photo/Shanshui Conservation Center]</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/199912_994289.jpg</image:loc><image:title>199912_994289</image:title><image:caption>Kiang
[Photo/ Chen Youjun]</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/28436_202071_326712.jpg</image:loc><image:title>28436_202071_326712</image:title><image:caption>A Species of Saussurea</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/28436_202061_546726.jpg</image:loc><image:title>28436_202061_546726</image:title><image:caption>Thermokarst
[Photo/Xu Jian]</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/28436_202060_275912.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SONY DSC</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/28436_202051_508392.jpg</image:loc><image:title>28436_202051_508392</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/28436_202048_937813.jpg</image:loc><image:title>28436_202048_937813</image:title><image:caption>Prickly Blue poppy
[Photo/Dong Lei]</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/28436_202044_923509.jpg</image:loc><image:title>28436_202044_923509</image:title><image:caption>Tibetan sand fox
[Photo/Peng Jiansheng]</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9</image:title><image:caption>Likiang pitviper
[Photo/Peng Jiansheng]</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-06-01T16:53:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/25/disappearing-ice-giants-glaciers/</loc><lastmod>2014-05-28T03:23:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/24/net-avoided-emission-an-alternative-mechanism-to-biodiversity-conservation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/yasuni-itt6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>yasuni itt6</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-26T09:01:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/stories-of-protecting-tibetan-antelope/</loc><lastmod>2014-05-26T09:10:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/let-the-corals-bloom/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/matured-corals.jpg</image:loc><image:title>matured corals</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/281305_521262731230685_945112105_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sunset</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/5555555555555555555555555555.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The process of coral growing</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/turtles-conservation-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>turtles conservation 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/turtles-conservation-in-bounty-island.jpg</image:loc><image:title>turtles conservation in Bounty Island</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-26T04:08:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/conservation-without-borders/</loc><lastmod>2014-05-26T04:30:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/the-art-of-farming-ecologically-maddara/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/farm-02.jpg</image:loc><image:title>farm 02</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/farm-01.jpg</image:loc><image:title>farm 01</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-26T03:57:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/habitat-planting-in-victoria/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0312.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Figure 3</image:title><image:caption>First victim of the introduced species cull. We targeted rabbits, foxes and feral cats
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_1155.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Figure 2</image:title><image:caption>An enthusiastic planter shows off his handy work</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_1133.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Figure 1 </image:title><image:caption>The tree-planting day. Fellow planters in action</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-26T03:44:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/the-extinction-under-my-shoes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/front-people-column.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Crawford Building</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/chocolate-lily.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chocolate-lily</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20061120094002_chocolate-lily.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20061120094002_chocolate-lily</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-26T03:43:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/murphys-law/</loc><lastmod>2014-05-26T03:32:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/reading-the-landscape-its-more-than-meet-the-eyes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20140521_103837.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20140521_103837</image:title><image:caption>Wonderful Australian hospitality. Enjoying a morning tea break with other volunteers.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20140521_103435.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20140521_103435</image:title><image:caption>Freshly weeded! Well done for today.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20140521_103404.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20140521_103404</image:title><image:caption>Hard at work. In the process of weeding the seedlings.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20140329_114744.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20140329_114744</image:title><image:caption>In order to deal with the issue of erosion, Lynton planted trees on the hill (as seen from the back of the picture) which reduce surface runoff and serve as a wind break. He also built a small water break along the contour lines (as seen from the middle of the picture).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20140329_115011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20140329_115011</image:title><image:caption>Nutrient poor soil with inadequate vegetation cover prone to erosion.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20140329_114907.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20140329_114907</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20140329_151933.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20140329_151933</image:title><image:caption>Lunch break! Selfie with the friendly horse.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_9660.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_9660</image:title><image:caption>As I was digging up the top soil to analyse the soil pH and stability, a couple of friendly horses were happily munching on the grass nearby.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20140420_103920.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20140420_103920</image:title><image:caption>In my own backyard, many types of plant can be grown without much effort and care. That’s probably why I used to overlook the need to conserve.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-26T04:46:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/a-beautiful-country/</loc><lastmod>2014-05-23T12:38:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/among-the-african-love-grass-baseline-monitoring-of-ground-cover-at-scottsdale-reserve-nsw/</loc><lastmod>2014-05-26T09:20:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/the-importance-of-biodiversity/</loc><lastmod>2014-05-23T12:11:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/fire-a-gift-or-a-disaster/</loc><lastmod>2014-05-23T12:10:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/22/all-things-great-and-small/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/group.jpg</image:loc><image:title>group</image:title><image:caption>Woody weeds volunteers</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/tree-poisoned.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tree poisoned</image:title><image:caption>axe cuts in tree sprayed with roundup</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/flowering-wattle.jpg</image:loc><image:title>flowering wattle</image:title><image:caption>Green Wattle (Acacia decurrens)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cat-trap.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cat trap</image:title><image:caption>Cat trap</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/paddy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>Paddy with baby</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/kimberly.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>Lumholtz Tree Kangaroo (Kimberly)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-27T01:57:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/1645/</loc><lastmod>2014-08-31T04:05:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/two-days-greening-australia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/tree-guard.png</image:loc><image:title>Example of triangular tree guard</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/seedling.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Example of tree we planted (from Bush Heritage website)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-26T09:23:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/bats-of-bungonia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p1030195d-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1030195d (4)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p1030197b-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1030197b (3)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20120112_205755c-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20120112_205755c (2)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-26T06:34:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/forbidden-weeds-and-flying-rabbits-conservation-at-mount-majura/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/pic3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pic3</image:title><image:caption>Plant guards surrounded by a barrier of woody debris to prevent predation</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-26T09:27:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/a-note-on-leaf-blowing-and-biodiversity-conservation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p2060026.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p3030025.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p3030039.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-26T11:23:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/increase-connectivity-between-protected-areas-a-key-solution-to-conserve-biodiversity-in-vietnam/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ban-do.png</image:loc><image:title>ban do</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-29T20:53:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/linking-biological-collections-with-revegetation-projects-in-new-south-wales/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_9757.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Revegetation site</image:title><image:caption>Revegetated patch with River Red Gum, where we did a census of extant individuals.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_9754.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Group of interns</image:title><image:caption>The group of interns listening carefully to the landowners and managers.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_9802.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Weed</image:title><image:caption>One of the biological threats: Scotch Thistle, an invasive plant species in the Harden Shire region, but also present in other parts of Australia. In this particular case, this species has been controlled by the introduction of a biological agent that parasitises its tissues, which compromises growth and reproduction.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_9794.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Land use</image:title><image:caption>Farmland in Galong, NSW. This is the general picture of the area. As we can see, it is a very modified landscape, predominantly farmed for food crops. This photo was taken in late January, 30+ degrees and very dry! </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0052.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Inside the ANH.</image:title><image:caption>Inside the Australian National Herbarium. Compactus systematically organised by plant families and genera. We can also see the pigeon holes with plant specimens mounted onto paper and systematically stacked, they are kept for current and future studies on various fields of plant biology.  </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-26T12:03:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/what-the-textbooks-cant-tell-you/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/may-21-greening-australia-graffiti.jpg</image:loc><image:title>May 21 - Greening Australia Graffiti</image:title><image:caption>Mural-sized birds in graffiti covered one of the  buildings at the nursery. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/may-21-greening-australia-nursey-aranda.jpg</image:loc><image:title>May 21 - Greening Australia Nursey Aranda</image:title><image:caption>In the nursery, plants are sorted depending on their species and 'batch number,' or the date they were potted</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/may-21-greening-australia-nursey-office.jpg</image:loc><image:title>May 21 - Greening Australia Nursey Office</image:title><image:caption>Every week, enthusiastic volunteers make sure hundreds of plants are healthy and ready to be planted at various locations in the ACT and NSW. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/may-1-scottsdale-reserve-greening-australia-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>May 1 - Scottsdale Reserve Greening Australia 3</image:title><image:caption>That day, a group of 14 volunteers planted over 34 0 trees in Scottsdale </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/may-1-scottsdale-reserve-greening-australia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>May 1 - Scottsdale Reserve Greening Australia</image:title><image:caption>Managed by Bush Heritage Australia, properties like this rely on donor dollars and volunteer groups such as Greening Australia and school groups to re-vegetate and care for the land.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/grassland_earless_dragon_01.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Grassland_Earless_Dragon_01</image:title><image:caption>Apart from a few slugs and black widow spiders, we unfortunately didn’t catch any grassland earless dragons that day. Photo from http://bwvp.ecolinc.vic.edu.au/fieldguide/fauna/grassland-earless-dragon#details </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-26T11:44:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/brush-tales-studying-the-mountain-brushtail-possum-in-the-central-highlands-of-victoria/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-4-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 4 (2)</image:title><image:caption>A “stag” - a large dead tree - providing key habitat on a ridge burnt in the Black Saturday fires</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/possum-handling.jpg</image:loc><image:title>possum handling</image:title><image:caption>Taking some measurements</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-4-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 4 (3)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 5</image:title><image:caption>A Mountain Brushtail Possum posing for a portrait on its release</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-26T11:52:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/planting-trees-for-bob-brown/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p1014401.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p1014400.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p1014399.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p1014398.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>Trees are ready</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p1014412.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p1014411.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p1014410.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p1014409.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p1014408.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p1014407.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Scottsdale farm</image:title><image:caption>What a beautiful scene</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-26T11:57:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/unintended-consequences-of-past-soil-stabilisation-methods-the-not-so-lovely-african-lovegrass/</loc><lastmod>2014-05-26T12:12:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/peniup-restoration-project/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2008.png</image:loc><image:title>2008</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2010.png</image:loc><image:title>2010</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2011.png</image:loc><image:title>2011</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2012.png</image:loc><image:title>2012</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/farm.png</image:loc><image:title>Farm</image:title><image:caption>Specially designed machinery planting five seeds at once and minimising soil disruption </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/gondwanaland.png</image:loc><image:title>GondwanaLand</image:title><image:caption>Scope of Gondwana Land Imitative </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-26T12:16:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/flooding-as-a-natural-triumph-rather-than-a-natural-disaster/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0848.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0848</image:title><image:caption>Feral cat captured by the motion-triggered cameras (Source: CSIRO)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0602.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0602</image:title><image:caption>Feral pigs captured by the motion-triggered cameras (Source: CSIRO)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0423.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0423</image:title><image:caption>Kangaroo captured by the motion-triggered cameras (Source: CSIRO)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0014</image:title><image:caption>Feral fox captured by the motion-triggered cameras (Source: CSIRO)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/emus-at-paika.jpg</image:loc><image:title>emus</image:title><image:caption>Emus cross to Paika Island at Paika lake (source: CSIRO)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-26T23:17:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/22/disaster-of-water-hyacinth/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ne.jpg</image:loc><image:title>NE</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/news.jpg</image:loc><image:title>news</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/water_hyacinth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Water_hyacinth</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-07-12T12:44:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/counting-sheep-and-then-some/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/camera.png</image:loc><image:title>camera</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/location.png</image:loc><image:title>location</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-27T00:05:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/bettongs-bounce-back-from-extinction-in-mulligans-flat/</loc><lastmod>2014-05-27T00:03:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/grassroots-conservation-getting-to-the-root-of-the-problem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_2504.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A Young Sapling</image:title><image:caption>A young sampling being planted to aid in the restoration of the Yellow-box Grassy Woodland</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_2511.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Planting Samplings</image:title><image:caption>Hammering in a stake to stop the guard from swaying, while smiling for the camera.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-27T00:08:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/do-not-ignore-the-role-of-fungi-in-biodiversity-conservation/</loc><lastmod>2014-05-27T00:13:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/tackling-woody-weeds-at-mount-maura-nature-reserve/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_4823.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4823</image:title><image:caption>Large logs to be moved around the reserve</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_4768.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4768</image:title><image:caption>Mount Majura Nature Reserve - view from the car park</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_4809.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4809</image:title><image:caption>Tackling a large african olive</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_4808.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4808</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-27T00:18:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/23/friends-of-mount-majura/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/074.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Landscape around Mount Majura</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/069.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Patterson’s Curse (Echium plantagineum) </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/057.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Seedling, with guard and newspaper before planting</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/052.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Woody debris protecting seedling</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/002.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Frilling on a woody weed</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-27T00:25:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/22/re-planting-trees-la-sabana-metropolitan-park/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/9563987143_34707dc643_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9563987143_34707dc643_b</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/8465115213_998e197cfb_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8465115213_998e197cfb_b</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/8465114629_a0bf31bca5_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8465114629_a0bf31bca5_b</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/7782624974_7223d9e742_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7782624974_7223d9e742_b</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/7782623562_3489bc1bc1_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7782623562_3489bc1bc1_b</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/3218475_0.jpg</image:loc><image:title>3218475_0</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/3102399_0.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Vacaciones escolares,parque La Sabana.Foto.Manuel Vega 26-01-11.</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-27T01:34:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/22/when-you-cross-the-whole-world/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/australias-forests-envs2010-6010.png</image:loc><image:title>Australia's Forests ENVS2010-6010</image:title><image:caption>ANU - AUstralia's Forests</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sydney_opera_house_sails.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sydney_Opera_House_Sails</image:title><image:caption>Sydney Opera House. Source: wikipedia.org</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/height.png</image:loc><image:title>height</image:title><image:caption>Stems height, March 2014.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/health.png</image:loc><image:title>health</image:title><image:caption>Seedlings health, March 2014.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_20140321_155146.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ANU field trips.</image:title><image:caption>ANU field trips.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_20140321_152308.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ANU field trips.</image:title><image:caption>ANU field trips.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_20140307_152226.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ANU field trips.</image:title><image:caption>ANU field trips.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/uluru_helicopter_view.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Uluru,_helicopter_view</image:title><image:caption>Uluru - Ayers Rock. Source: wikipedia.org</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-27T01:40:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/22/creatures-of-south-west-queensland/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_7155.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7155</image:title><image:caption>A Desert Tree Frog chowing down an unfortunate invertebrate.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_7175.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7175</image:title><image:caption>This moth is a pasture pest of the Noctuidae family.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_7169.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7169</image:title><image:caption>Thalaina macfarlandi: A species of the Ennominae subfamily. This superb species inhabits the arid and semi-arid zones and was first described in 1972.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_7186.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7186</image:title><image:caption>Marbled Velvet Gecko</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_6214.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6214</image:title><image:caption>Short-footed Frog</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_7144.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7144</image:title><image:caption>Carpet Python: Note the ticks on the snake’s neck.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_6423.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6423</image:title><image:caption>The Crucifix Frog has glands on its body through which it can secrete a strong glue-like substance. This attribute could potentially be used to seal the mouths of predators.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_6409.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6409</image:title><image:caption>The Crucifix Frog was named after the distinctive pattern on its back.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_5623.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5623</image:title><image:caption>Dunnarts are carnivorous: Considering its tiny size (25g) this Stripe-faced Dunnart gave me a good bite - the sharpness of his incisors was impressive.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_5625.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5625</image:title><image:caption>Don’t be fooled by this face… </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-27T02:11:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/21/community-based-ecotourism-is-biodiversity-benefitting-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1489.jpeg</image:loc><image:caption>River campsite</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1470.jpeg</image:loc><image:caption>Charred and logged patches of native forest</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1471.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1471</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1618.jpeg</image:loc><image:caption>Homestay and welcoming host</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1513.jpeg</image:loc><image:caption>River swimming</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1428.jpeg</image:loc><image:caption>Forest track</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1401.jpeg</image:loc><image:caption>Trapeang Roung community</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-27T05:37:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/22/germany-prepared-for-the-return-of-brown-bears/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/large-carnivores.png</image:loc><image:caption>Large carnivores were once native to Europe (Photo: Alessandro Montemaggiori).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/obituary.png</image:loc><image:caption>Obituary notice of Bruno the bear showed the sympathy of the public. Translation: On 26 June 2006 Bruno the Bear was killed. We mourn the loss of a fellow creature and also we mourn the loss of our relationship with nature and environment. How poor we have become!  (Photo: baer.de).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/exhibit.png</image:loc><image:caption>Bruno was stuffed and now adorns an exhibit of the Museum “Mensch und Natur Bayerns” in Munich, Germany.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-27T02:16:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/22/reintroducing-burning-to-the-lachlan-biodiverse-benefits/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/screen-shot-2014-05-22-at-4-52-53-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2014-05-22 at 4.52.53 pm</image:title><image:caption>The 'patchiness' of cool-patchy mosaic burning </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/screen-shot-2014-05-22-at-4-52-30-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2014-05-22 at 4.52.30 pm</image:title><image:caption>The Emu Creek RFS Team with Drip-torch in Hand</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/screen-shot-2014-05-22-at-4-52-13-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2014-05-22 at 4.52.13 pm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/screen-shot-2014-05-22-at-4-51-53-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2014-05-22 at 4.51.53 pm</image:title><image:caption>Smoking the canopy</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-27T02:23:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/22/boxed-in-working-on-grassy-box-gum-woodland-remnants/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/weeds.png</image:loc><image:title>Weeds</image:title><image:caption>The main offenders: Briar Rose (top left), Hawthorn (top right) and Cootamundra Wattle (bottom)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-00331.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Photo-0033</image:title><image:caption>A Frilling Experience: An example of frilling on a Cootamundra Wattle</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-27T05:47:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/22/working-with-greening-australia/</loc><lastmod>2014-05-27T05:40:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/20/improving-hydropower-for-biodiversity/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/unnatural-water-flow-after-the-release-of-water-from-the-mckay-creek-power-station.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Unnatural water flow after the release of water from the McKay Creek power station</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/the-connection-between-mckay-creek-and-bogong-power-stations.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The connection between McKay Creek and Bogong power stations</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/spinning-gum.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Spinning Gum</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/natural-water-flow-in-the-creek.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Natural water flow in the creek</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/me-at-the-mckay-creek-power-station-turbine.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Me at the McKay Creek power station turbine</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/lake-peddler-before-it-was-flooded.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lake Peddler before it was flooded</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/lake-peddler-after-it-was-flooded.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lake Peddler after it was flooded</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/catkin-wattle.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Catkin Wattle</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-27T05:31:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/19/kangaroo-burgers-and-exotic-loving-lizards/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn1129.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1129</image:title><image:caption>An adorable delicate skink</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn1131.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1131</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-27T05:30:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/18/thoughts-on-volunteering-at-the-scottsdale-reserve-with-greening-australia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1508584_10154196073885061_7061691727338188709_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1508584_10154196073885061_7061691727338188709_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/10308582_10154196073910061_182074083205069489_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>10308582_10154196073910061_182074083205069489_n</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-27T05:27:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/17/doing-my-part-for-the-environment-cleaning-sullivan-creek-and-taking-care-of-mount-painter/</loc><lastmod>2014-05-27T05:17:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/17/saving-the-corroboree-frog/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf2746.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCF2746</image:title><image:caption>Two of the ponds set up to introduce the Corroboree Frog into an area with no reservoir hosts</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf2740.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCF2740</image:title><image:caption>Ben testing for Chytrid Fungus</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf2737.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCF2737</image:title><image:caption>One of the small enclosures</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf2742.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCF2742</image:title><image:caption>The first large enclosure built, the only one that has frogs in it</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-27T05:14:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/15/the-birds-of-bowra-station-queensland/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_7204.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7204</image:title><image:caption>Sunrise over the lagoon </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/7217_bustard-1-of-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7217_bustard (1 of 1)</image:title><image:caption>This Australian Bustard was one of three seen in the extensive grasslands south of Cunnamulla.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_5709.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5709</image:title><image:caption>This Brolga did a dance as we pulled up on the side of the road.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_5810.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5810</image:title><image:caption>A male Splendid Fairy-wren in full breeding plumage. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_6338.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6338</image:title><image:caption>A male Crested Bellbird. This individual was caught in an area of Mulga.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_6060.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6060</image:title><image:caption>Hall’s Babbler</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_6007.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6007</image:title><image:caption>From left to right: A male Zebra Finch, a Double-barred Finch and a male and female Plum-headed Finch. Over the four days banding we captured 171, 72 and 40 individuals of these species respectively.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-27T05:09:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/05/03/an-innovative-method-for-planting-native-grasses-grass-seeding-with-greening-australia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ute-w-sand.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ute with sand</image:title><image:caption>A ute filled with the sand used during reseeding.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/tractor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tractor with seeding attachment</image:title><image:caption>This tractor was delivered to Scottsdale on the morning that I started volunteering. The seeding attachment on the back belongs to the Victorian division of Greening Australia, and was adapted specifically for this reseeding process.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/seed-sand-mix.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Seed and Sand Mixture</image:title><image:caption>A combination of 4 ten-litre buckets of sand and 6 ten-litre buckets of seed, mixed using shovels.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/scottsdale.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Scottsdale Reserve</image:title><image:caption>(foreground) A still-to-be-revegetated section of Scottsdale Reserve.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/scalped-land.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Scalped Land</image:title><image:caption>'Lanes' of scalped land. The piles of soil (two are visible in the left 'lane') are actually holes for the planting of tube stock after the grass seeding has been conducted. I returned to this same place on April 28th to plant seedlings.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/before.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Land Before Seeding</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/after.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Land after seeding</image:title><image:caption>The scalped land after seeding.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-14T11:55:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/04/30/the-argument-for-egg-harvesting-a-case-of-sustainable-conservation-of-turtles-in-costa-rica/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/pc240773.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/pc220727.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/pc200658.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>My volunteer group at Ostional.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/arribada.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arribada</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-26T03:26:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/04/28/gold-rush-guyanas-claim-to-economic-sustainability/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/picture3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Picture3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/picture2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Picture2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/picture1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Picture1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-22T07:48:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/04/25/can-pachamama-rights-be-translated-into-a-harmonic-relationship-between-sea-lions-and-human-communities-in-the-galapagos-islands/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/floating.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Galapagos National Park service built two floating platforms in order to create resting spaces for sea lions. Source: Galapagos National Park  Service 2014</image:title><image:caption>The Galapagos National Park service built two floating platforms in order to create resting spaces for sea lions. Source: Galapagos National Park  Service 2014</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/chart.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Human perception of different social sectors on Galápagos sea lions using positive (right) and  negative (left) classification  Source: Denkinger 2013</image:title><image:caption>Human perception of different social sectors on Galápagos sea lions using positive (right) and  negative (left) classification  Source: Denkinger 2013</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/nails.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Some local boat owners used to have barbed wire and nails to prevent sea lions to rest on their boats. Source: Galapagos National Park  Service 2014</image:title><image:caption>Some local boat owners used to have barbed wire and nails to prevent sea lions to rest on their boats. Source: Galapagos National Park  Service 2014</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sealiongnp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sealiongnp</image:title><image:caption>People and sea lions, a daily scene at San Cristobal Island Pier – Source: Galapagos National Park  Service 2014</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-28T08:22:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2014/04/15/offshore-drilling-in-belize-profits-or-ecocide/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/picture6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Picture6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/reef_collage.png</image:loc><image:title>reef_collage</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-22T07:21:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/31/ecotourism-the-good-the-bad-the-possibilities/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/heritance-kandalama-sri-lanka-holidays.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Heritance-Kandalama-Sri-Lanka-Holidays</image:title><image:caption>Arial view of Kandalama Heritance Hotel, Sri Lanka. Source: http://mysrilankaholidays.com/hotelguide/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/Heritance-Kandalama-Sri-Lanka-Holidays.jpg</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/kandalama1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kandalama1</image:title><image:caption>Hotel Rooms at Kandalama Heritance Hotel, Sri Lanka. Source:http://www.greenroofs.com/projects/pview.php?id=555</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/kandalama.png</image:loc><image:title>Kandalama</image:title><image:caption>Ariel view of Kandalama Hotel.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-21T02:08:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/28/wetland-park-right-next-to-my-house/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/con_wetpark3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>con_wetpark3</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-17T01:32:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/06/05/earlier-this-year-i-happened-to-come-across/</loc><lastmod>2013-06-17T06:18:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/06/04/agri-environmental-practices-in-ancient-china/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1</image:title><image:caption>Integrative farming system of duck breeding and fishery in Hunan Province of China.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/200483103247.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Intercropping of taro and corn</image:title><image:caption>Intercropping provides a more structually complext habitat for species on agricultural landscapes.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p1000620.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Terracing in Longsheng, Guangxi, China</image:title><image:caption>Terracing is a typical traditonal farming practice in China which utilises resources along the landscape in an efficient way.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-17T06:12:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/06/04/biodiversity-conservation-mindanao-style-philippines/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/illegal-logging.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Illegal Logging</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/balikatan-monitoring-station-in-barangay-taligaman-butuan-city.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Monitoring Station </image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/army-car.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Army car</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/stop-mining.jpg</image:loc><image:title>???????????????????????????????</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/my-moro-youth-stand-for-peace-in-mindanao.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MY-Moro-Youth-STAND-FOR-PEACE-IN-MINDANAO</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/legal-logging.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Legal logging</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-17T06:07:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/06/03/conservation-from-the-perspective-of-animal-behaviour/</loc><lastmod>2013-06-03T07:39:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/06/01/why-conserve-biodiversity/</loc><lastmod>2013-06-17T05:04:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/06/02/the-dichotomy-of-conservation-and-production-reconceptualising-biodiversity/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/picture-7.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture 7</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/picture-6.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture 6</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-17T05:51:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/31/one-step-closer-to-bring-back-extinct-animals-breakthrough-in-human-cloning/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/stemcell-1305171827_4_3_rx383_c540x380.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stemcell-1305171827_4_3_rx383_c540x380</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/eesc.png</image:loc><image:title>EESC</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/esc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ESC</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-31T18:40:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/31/zoos-an-important-conservation-tool/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/zoo-education.jpg</image:loc><image:title>zoo education</image:title><image:caption>animal encounters aim to raise awareness while gaining an appreciation for the animal</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/caged-monkey.jpg</image:loc><image:title>caged monkey</image:title><image:caption>Animal confinement, a highly contentious issue </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/african_impact_logo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>african_impact_logo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/144u8367_copy1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>144u8367_copy1</image:title><image:caption>A lion cub being raised in its natural environment through the African Impact volunteer program.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-17T04:28:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/31/politics-as-usual/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/wm_img233041.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Araucárias e campos naturais - Fazenda Potreirinho - São José dos Ausentes - RS</image:title><image:caption>River dividing the Araucaria angustifolia moist forest and the native grasslands. (Picture by Zig Koch)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/image_preview.jpg</image:loc><image:title>image_preview</image:title><image:caption>Biomes of Brazil.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/congresso-nacional-predio-nuvens-carregadas-chuvas-ventos-size-598.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>congresso-nacional-predio-nuvens-carregadas-chuvas-ventos-size-598</image:title><image:caption>National Congress of Brazil.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-17T04:13:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/31/reintroducing-predators-hokkaido-island-in-japan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/lunca-european-wolf-300x212.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lunca-European-Wolf-300x212</image:title><image:caption>European wolf. Source:http://animalsunlimited.co.uk/reviews/organisations/</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/yellowstone-wolf-reintroduction.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Yellowstone-Wolf-Reintroduction</image:title><image:caption>Wolf reintroduction was carried out in Yellowstone National Park in 1995. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Reintroduced_wolves_being_carried_to_acclimation_pens,_Yellowstone_National_Park,_January,_1995.jpg</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/european-wolf.jpg</image:loc><image:title>European-wolf</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ezo-wolf.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ezo-wolf</image:title><image:caption>Ezo wolf which became extinct during the Meiji era (around 100 years ago). Source: http://www.sapporo-tourguides.com/news/botanical-garden-in-sapporo.html</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ezodeer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>EzoDeer</image:title><image:caption>The Ezo deer. Source: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB:C.n.yesoensis--modified.jpg</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-26T05:05:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/31/stem-cell-cloning-a-novel-approach-towards-biodiversity-conservation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/6a00d8341bf67c53ef01630019db54970d-800wi.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6a00d8341bf67c53ef01630019db54970d-800wi</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/news517-i1-0.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Only 7 northern white rhinos remain in the world today. Photo: Nature, International Weekly Journal of Science</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bg_mammoth1-20130530121850909802-620x349.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The Woolly Mammoth. Picture courtesy of Canberra Times </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-17T03:38:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/31/should-we-eat-wildlife-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/wild-meat-type.png</image:loc><image:title>Wild Meat Type</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/animals-skulls.png</image:loc><image:title>animal's skulls</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/why-not-eat-kangaroo.png</image:loc><image:title>why not eat kangaroo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-17T03:20:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/31/urban-biodiversity-is-it-worth-it/</loc><lastmod>2013-06-17T03:14:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/31/save-our-trees-restoration-in-the-face-of-avid-nature-lovers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/arthur-keough-camphors21.png</image:loc><image:title>arthur keough camphors2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/arthur-keough-camphors-e1369966473326.png</image:loc><image:title>arthur keough camphors</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/arthur-keough-regen.jpg</image:loc><image:title>arthur keough regen</image:title><image:caption>Bellingen Bush Regenerators undertaking landscaping and planting native trees</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-17T03:05:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/31/managing-fertiliser-use-to-preserve-biodiversity/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dutch.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dutch</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/paddocktree.jpg</image:loc><image:title>paddocktree</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/algae.jpg</image:loc><image:title>algae</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-17T02:57:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/31/logging-in-tasmania-with-considerations-for-biodiversity/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/research-highlight-1-0809_medium.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Photo and caption from Forestry Tasmania. 'Achieving good ecological outcomes fro aggregated retention'. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/100_4659.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Forestry in the Florentine Valley, South-East Tasmania. (Photo B. Huttner-Koros)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/100_4611.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Recently logged but not yet burnt forestry coupe in South-East Tasmania. (Photo B. Huttner-Koros).</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-17T02:10:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/30/the-spineless-backbone-of-biodiversity/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/delicious.jpg</image:loc><image:title>delicious</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/useful.jpg</image:loc><image:title>useful</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/beautiful.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/inverts.png</image:loc><image:title>inverts</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-17T02:02:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/30/the-seringal-cachoeira/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/viagem-brasil-norte-sul-517.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Viagem Brasil Norte Sul 517</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/viagem-brasil-norte-sul-522.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Viagem Brasil Norte Sul 522</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/viagem-brasil-norte-sul-519.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Viagem Brasil Norte Sul 519</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/viagem-brasil-norte-sul-513.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Viagem Brasil Norte Sul 513</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-17T01:59:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/30/street-trees-and-suburban-biodiversity/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pa030179.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Native and exotic trees along Canberra street. Photo: F. Howarth.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p3292611.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Public enemy number one. Photo: F. Howarth.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-17T01:36:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/27/the-paradigm-for-river-conservation-and-restoration-of-ciliwung-river-west-java-indonesia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/water_day07.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Indonesia World Water Day</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/screen-shot-2013-05-27-at-9-21-59-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2013-05-27 at 9.21.59 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/screen-shot-2013-05-27-at-9-17-39-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2013-05-27 at 9.17.39 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/screen-shot-2013-05-27-at-9-17-32-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2013-05-27 at 9.17.32 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/screen-shot-2013-05-27-at-9-15-52-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2013-05-27 at 9.15.52 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/screen-shot-2013-05-27-at-9-14-01-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2013-05-27 at 9.14.01 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/screen-shot-2013-05-27-at-9-06-59-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2013-05-27 at 9.06.59 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-29T00:57:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/27/cats-versus-native-cats/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/aq2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>AQ2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/aq1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>AQ1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/quoll.jpg</image:loc><image:title>quoll</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-27T23:35:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/27/survival-of-the-fittest/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/terrigal-act.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Terrigal ACT</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hyde-park-london.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Hyde park London</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/6a00e552f1c77b88340111685820c4970c-800wi.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6a00e552f1c77b88340111685820c4970c-800wi</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-27T23:17:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/24/biodiversity-conservation-mistakes-on-campus/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0917.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0917</image:title><image:caption>Leucochrysum albicans (Hoary sunray) is one of many endangered species in the grasslands at ANU</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_0914.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0914</image:title><image:caption>Plantings of the invasive Chilean Needlegrass adjacent to threatened native grasslands</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-27T05:14:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/24/towards-an-integrated-conservation-ethology/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/cheetahs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cheetahs</image:title><image:caption>image from Wikimedia commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-24T08:18:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/22/good-intentions-and-the-need-for-evidence-based-intervention/</loc><lastmod>2013-05-23T12:01:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/20/engaging-people-in-biodiversity/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/photo-2013-05-06-07-39-57-pm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Photo 2013-05-06 07.39.57 PM</image:title><image:caption>Namadgi National Park is home to a wide range of environments from the gnarly windswept Snow Gums (E. pauciflora) on the tree line, through to the sphagnum moss bogs which are home to the endangered Northern Corroboree Frog (Pseudophryne pengilleyi).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/photo-2012-10-02-09-09-33-pm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Photo 2012-10-02 09.09.33 PM</image:title><image:caption>Roughly an hour’s drive east of Canberra lies the diverse forests of Tallagandra State Forest, home to endangered velvet worms.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/simonwilson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Simonwilson</image:title><image:caption>The endangered box gum grassy woodlands north of Canberra are interspersed with frost hollows that make for a beautiful sunrise. Photo courtesy of Simon Wilson</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/photo-2013-05-06-07-35-32-pm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Photo 2013-05-06 07.35.32 PM</image:title><image:caption>About an hour and a half drive from Canberra there are amazing wet forests that straddle the Great Dividing Range above the Budawang National Park. Due to discontinued military activity and the rugged terrain, the Budawangs are one of the best-preserved environments in southeast Australia, comprising dry exposed heath through to the wet forests above.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-21T08:05:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/17/nurturing-vultures-in-nature-restaurant-dinning-3/</loc><lastmod>2013-05-20T13:30:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/15/a-growing-country/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/picture14_flangedorangutan-kina-568.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Picture14_FlangedOrangutan.kina.568</image:title><image:caption>The Borneon OrangUtan (Pongo pygmaeus), Endangered. Photo by: Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) and the Danau Girang Field Centre (DGFC).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/picture10_cloudedleopard-kina-568.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Picture10_Cloudedleopard.kina.568</image:title><image:caption>The Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi), Vulnerable . Photo by: Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) and the Danau Girang Field Centre (DGFC).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/malaysia-map.gif</image:loc><image:title>malaysia-map</image:title><image:caption>Malaysia is divided into West Malaysia( Peninsular Malaysia) and East Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak) which  is also part of the island of Borneo (Source: World Atlas)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-20T11:57:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/15/496/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/saunders-gull.png</image:loc><image:title>Saunders' Gull</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nsw3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nsw3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/development.png</image:loc><image:title>development</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/black-faced-spoonbill.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Black-faced spoonbill</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-20T12:09:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/13/its-a-long-road-to-recovery-for-many-threatened-species-5/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mountain-pygmy-possum.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mountain pygmy possum</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bird.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bird</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/road.jpg</image:loc><image:title>road</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-13T10:41:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/13/biodiversity-conservation-in-hong-kong/</loc><lastmod>2013-05-13T11:07:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/12/hop-over-to-kangaroo-meat-the-more-sustainable-choice/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pugging.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Image from: http://www.sierranaturenotes.com/naturenotes/CSERC_GrazingImpacts_201001.html</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/kangaroo.png</image:loc><image:title>kangaroo</image:title><image:caption>Image from Trivedi, B (2008) ‘Kangaroos to the Resuce’ New Scientist 20-27 December pp. 48-50 www.newscientist.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-09T02:12:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/10/is-it-contradictory-to-consider-both-biodiversity-conservation-and-economic-development-at-the-same-time/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/picture2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>picture2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/picture1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>picture1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-10T06:03:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/10/a-centenary-of-conservation-what-does-it-mean-to-live-in-the-bush-capital-100-years-on/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/image7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title><image:caption>The International Association of Public Participation believes that communities should be involved in the decisions which affect them on principle. See their core values at www.iap2.org.au</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/image6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title><image:caption>Canberran's visit natural areas more than do residents of any other state or territory http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-tops-with-fauna-and-flora-its-a-walk-in-the-park-20130326-2gsma.html</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/image5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title><image:caption>Community volunteers work hard at events like 'Clean up Australia Day' to protect their local biodiversity</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-13T01:14:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/03/21/getting-real-about-the-conservation-of-threatened-species/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/blog-graph.gif</image:loc><image:title>Blog graph</image:title><image:caption>There is a threshold of how many species can become extinct before dramatic changes are caused to the ecosystem. This depends on the extinct species not being keystone species or ecosystem engineers.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-09T00:15:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/07/environmental-concerns-for-canada/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/wee.png</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/untitled.png</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/yee-2.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Atlin Lake, British Columbia, Canada. Atlin Lake is no longer protected under the Navigable Waters Protection Act.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mcallisterogcanoe-870x700.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The Great Bear Rainforest, a wild stretch of western red cedar, hemlock, and spruce forest that runs 250 miles down British Columbia's coast. It is the largest intact stretch of ancient temperate rainforest left on the planet. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-08T00:53:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/07/the-impacts-of-human-activities-and-the-earthquake-on-giant-panda-habitat-in-china-sichuan-province/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/panda-grabs-a-volunteers-leg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>panda grabs a volunteer's leg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/panda-stayed-on-the-trees.jpg</image:loc><image:title>panda stayed on the trees</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-07T02:21:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/07/biodiversity-conservation-in-japan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/screen-shot-2013-05-06-at-9-44-57-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen shot 2013-05-06 at 9.44.57 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/screen-shot-2013-05-06-at-9-44-35-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen shot 2013-05-06 at 9.44.35 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/screen-shot-2013-05-06-at-9-42-23-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen shot 2013-05-06 at 9.42.23 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-07T04:54:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/05/06/conservation-through-the-lens/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/untitled-1-23.jpg</image:loc><image:title>untitled-1-23</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/northern-giant-petrel-with-gps-tag-from-south-georgia-off-wollongong-nsw-june-2012x2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Northern Giant Petrel with GPS tag from South Georgia, off Wollongong, NSW, June 2012x2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/spot-tailed-quoll-melaleuca-tasmania-january-2011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Spot-tailed Quoll, Melaleuca, Tasmania, January 2011</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/orange-bellied-parrot-melaleuca-tasmania-january-2011-x8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Orange-bellied Parrot, Melaleuca, Tasmania, January 2011 x8</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-23T23:59:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/04/30/madagascar-the-link-between-biodiversity-and-poverty/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/419285_10151376736886038_1845170924_n.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>A group of inhabitants relocated by from a national park for the creation of wildlife corridoors. Photo R.Quatre</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/young_boy_22355.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Madagascar</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/animals.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Left - Black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata).Photo R. Quatre. Top left – Smallest chameleon (Brookesia micra) Photo digitaljournal.com. Bottom right – Baobab trees. (Photo mydestination.com).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/386938_10151005568520974_817196419_n.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>One of the many species of lemurs endemic to Madagascar. Photo R.Quatre</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/482_madagascar_map1.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The island of Madagascar and some of its Indian Ocean neighbors. © Conservation International</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/table.jpg</image:loc><image:title>table</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-02T12:51:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/04/16/biodiversity-conservation-and-the-importance-of-local-consciousness/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/envs_0089.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Young student field trip to Niwot Ridge</image:title><image:caption>Young student field trip to Niwot Ridge (Photo by C.A. Cass (CU Boulder))</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/johora-singaporensis-01-rm_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Singapore Freshwater Crab</image:title><image:caption>Singapore Freshwater Crab (Photo by Choy Heng Wah)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-23T03:39:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/04/02/modelling-the-way-for-conservation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc02264.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02264</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc04396.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC04396</image:title><image:caption>Parrotfish chomping off a coral. Photo taken in Christmas Island.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc03745.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC03745</image:title><image:caption>A tropical ecosystem in Palau</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/image1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Time to model all life on Earth</image:title><image:caption>The comment made in Nature (Purves et al. 2013) can be accessed here http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v493/n7432/full/493295a.html</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-02T06:20:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/03/25/the-moral-pitfalls-of-the-triage-system/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-04T05:58:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/03/25/to-booderee-and-beyond-the-value-of-applied-practice-for-students-biodiversity-conservation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_8474-small.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8474-small</image:title><image:caption>This one was female.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_8471-small.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8471-small</image:title><image:caption> Phil Gibbons shows students how to set cage traps and safely remove trapped fauna for examination.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_8463-small-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8463-small-2</image:title><image:caption>The eastern bristlebird is an endangered species but is quite common in Booderee NP.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_8459-small.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8459-small</image:title><image:caption>It is a rare find!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_8456-small.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8456-small</image:title><image:caption>Phil teaches us about the long-nosed bandicoot.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_8433-small-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8433-small-2</image:title><image:caption>The antechinus is a small carnivorous marsupial that is hard to hold on to!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_8423-small-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8423-small-2</image:title><image:caption> Bush rats are quite common in Booderee NP.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_8412-small.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8412-small</image:title><image:caption> A student lifting artificial cover to check for vertebrate and invertebrate fauna.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_8405-small.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8405-small</image:title><image:caption> We were taught how to handle and determine the sex of common brushtail possums.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_8346-small.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8346-small</image:title><image:caption>Nicki Munro shows students how to assemble camera traps.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-13T13:22:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/03/18/enter-the-matrix-why-and-how-policy-makers-need-to-start-thinking-about-more-than-just-nature-reserves/</loc><lastmod>2013-03-18T21:45:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/03/06/a-story-of-change/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/maybe-the-toughest-job-in-vietnam-rice-farming-hoi-an.jpg</image:loc><image:title>maybe-the-toughest-job-in-vietnam-rice-farming-hoi-an</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/we_love_vietnam-rice_planter_small.jpg</image:loc><image:title>we_love_vietnam-rice_planter_small</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-03-17T12:06:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/02/26/why-is-biodiversity-important-it-is-not-quite-as-straightforward-as-we-are-being-told/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-02-22-field-trip-photo-constantin-harrer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2013-02-22 field trip (photo Constantin Harrer)</image:title><image:caption>Field trip to a natural temperate grassland north of Canberra (22/02/2013) – a habitat under anthropogenic pressure.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-26T03:31:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com/2013/02/18/biodiversity-in-decline/</loc><lastmod>2013-02-21T22:51:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://biodiversityconservationblog.com</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2025-12-10T01:47:42+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
