Feb 14, 2025 | Latest News, Media Releases, Nature and waterways, Uncategorized
The Conservation Council​ ACT Region has​ today welcomed the decision that Block 403 and the undeveloped section of Block 12 of Ngununggula/ Bluetts Block will become part of the Molonglo River Nature Reserve. This significant win for our environment comes after years...
Feb 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
All of Ngununggula/Bluetts Block deserves to be a Nature Reserve – instead it remains under threat as long as Canberra’s Western Edge is viewed as a possible next frontier for urban development. All development that will impact on the area’s important natural values...
Feb 3, 2025 | Latest News, Nature and waterways, Uncategorized
This article is written by Rainer Rehwinkel, a member of Friends of Grasslands and the Conservation Council’s Biodiversity Working Group It’s not that often we get a good news story when it comes to the interaction between community groups and the maze of ACT...
Jan 29, 2025 | Latest News, Media Releases, Uncategorized
Seven Canberran community leaders have resigned from a Climate Reference Group organised by Federal Member for Canberra, Alicia Payne, as a protest against the Albanese government’s continued approval of coal and gas mines. This includes four coal expansions approved...
Dec 6, 2024 | Latest News, Uncategorized
We were really happy to host the Biodiversity Collage in our office in early December. The Biodiversity Collage is a citizen-driven initiative that informs, empowers and reconnects people and nature, by transforming scientific facts into accessible knowledge, with the...
Sep 25, 2024 | Latest News, Media Releases, Uncategorized
The Conservation Council ACT and Canberra Indian Myna Action Group (CIMAG) have welcomed the release of ACT Legislative Assembly Committee report on the Common (Indian) Myna, but have expressed disappointment at the report’s weak recommendations. Released yesterday...
