The Conservation Council ACT Region advocates and campaigns to protect our local environment
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One year of the Save our Western Edge! campaign
One year ago today, we launched the Save our Western Edge! community campaign to save Canberra’s critically endangered and culturally significant Western Edge from suburban sprawl development, and instead choose a fairer, more sustainable and better planned future for...
“George and Gertie” Gang-gang a poem by Edwina Smith
Edwina Smith is a retired nurse/midwife from Canberra who has taken up writing poetry. She enjoys writing poems about animals and nature. Have a look at the Australian Children's Poetry Blog to read more of Edwina's poems. If Gang-gangs could talk what would they...
Murray-Darling Conservation Alliance: Alarm grows as Bird Flu hits the Murray-Darling Basin
Conservation and bird advocacy organisations are calling for an urgent national response to strengthen wetland resilience and protect vulnerable waterbird populations as H5N1 bird flu hits the Murray-Darling Basin.
Understanding the impacts of climate change on plants at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park – a summary of my PhD working with Anangu. A talk by Jay Nicholson
All welcome! 7.30pm September 3, Slatyer Seminar Room, Robertson Building, ANU Details:...
Turtles, monitoring, and citizen science. A talk by Bruno de Oliveira Ferronato
Turtles, monitoring, and citizen science. A talk by Bruno de Oliveira Ferronato. Thursday 6 August 7.30pm-9.30pm...
Friends of Grasslands activities coming up
Sat 4 July, 2–4 pm. A visit to Mt Majura ParkCare’s seed nodes/exclosures in Watson, ACT. They have housed many...
Can artificially carved hollows effectively restore habitat for endangered greater gliders? A talk by Dr. Ana Gracanin
In this presentation Ana Gracanin will discuss research investigating the effectiveness of carved hollows for greater...