Tag Archives: Conservation

Banking on seed conservation

Posted on October 30, 2022 by Biodiversity Conservation Blog

Trees. We plant them, we chop them down. We build our houses from them. We get our food from them. We sit under them and contemplate the meaning of life. We complain about them. Trees do a lot for us, … Continue reading →

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The ACT’s Endangered Striped Legless Lizards: Giving them a leg to stand on

Posted on October 30, 2022 by Biodiversity Conservation Blog

Tianna Clarkson – U7524109 Meet the Lizard To an outside observer, it might come as a surprise that the unassuming grasslands of the Australian Capital Territory are rich with diversity of life. One of the species to call these areas … Continue reading →

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Our waterways…BUGGER! How water bugs are used to illustrate the health of our waterways

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Biodiversity Conservation Blog

By Bex Hadfield (u7522737), Word Count: 500 A day of work experience sampling and recording water bugs to measure the water quality of freshwater rivers in the ACT and upper Murrumbidgee catchment area. This is part of long-term citizen-science research … Continue reading →

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Platypus: Plethora or Paucity?

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Biodiversity Conservation Blog

Hannah Evans (u6680603) Despite maintaining their geographic range across Eastern Australia, platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) populations are dropping. At least 100 unique species have become extinct in Australia since European settlement. With the worst mammal extinction rate of any country, monitoring … Continue reading →

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Things are heating up: invasive grassy weeds and climate change in Canberra

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Biodiversity Conservation Blog

What is a weed? As described in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Weeds Strategy, a weed is ‘considered to be a terrestrial or aquatic species of non-native or native plant that is harmful to the natural environment (ecosystems/biodiversity), agriculture and … Continue reading →

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Mulligans flat sanctuary: The return of Bettongs

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Biodiversity Conservation Blog

It’s rare to find a sanctuary for native flora and fauna in the capital city of a country, but Mulligan’s Flat Woodland Sanctuary is one of those rarities. This sanctuary encloses over 400 hectares of critically endangered yellow box and … Continue reading →

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Why Conserve Biodiversity?

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Biodiversity Conservation Blog

Text and photos by Heitor Cavalcanti de Albuquerque (u5250410) It is interesting to think about the fact that despite all organisms exhibit the same controlling structure (DNA expression), the variety of forms, colors, size, perception of the world and a … Continue reading →

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The Moral Pitfalls of the Triage System

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Biodiversity Conservation Blog

  Look at this photo of a baby koala. Sqqquueee!!! It’s so cute! Look at her fluffy ears! Look at her big nose and button eyes! We know that koalas are on the decline in all States and Territories except … Continue reading →

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