A Biodiversity Network for the ACT

Pavilion, Australian Centre for Christianity

You are invited to join us for the launch of the Biodiversity Network Paper: a tenure-blind framework for cohesive nature conservation across the ACT. The ACT, like the rest of Australia, is battling an extinction crisis. Approximately 6.2% of Canberra’s mature trees have been removed in the past 5 years; our beloved faunal emblem, the Gang-gang Cockatoo is […]

Local, Unique and Under Threat – Protect the Canberra Grassland Earless Dragon

Food Co-op

Canberra is home to incredible places and wildlife found nowhere else on Earth. But nature in Canberra and Australia is in trouble. The wildlife and the places we love are under threat like never before. Right here our precious Canberra Grassland Earless Dragon is under threat due to a proposed road set to destroy its […]

Join us for the Launch of Bush Buds

Wildbark

After months of behind the scenes work, we are excited to launch our newest campaign: Bush Buds – Discover the wonder of Canberra’s Nature! Canberra is known as the Bush Capital for a reason. We are lucky to share the Territory with many amazing plants and animals – some found nowhere else on earth! To celebrate […]

Bush Buds: Woodlands Walk

Campbell Park Woodland

You’ve chosen your Bush bud – now it’s time to learn all about them!  Join us for the first Bush Buds walk – the theme of this walk is Woodlands, and will give you the opportunity to learn more about the habitat of the following Bush Buds: Gang-gang Cockatoo Pink tailed worm lizard Regent honeyeater […]

Bush Buds: Alpine Walk

Mount Franklin Walk Carpark, Mount Franklin Rd, Cotter River ACT 2611 Mount Franklin Walk Car Park, Mount Franklin Rd, Cotter River, ACT, Australia

You’ve chosen your Bush bud - now it’s time to learn all about them!  Join us and ACF Community Canberra for a walk in the Territory’s high country and get the opportunity to learn more about the habitat of the following Bush Buds: Corroboree Frog Alpine Tree Frog Brush tailed rock wallaby   Where? The walk […]

Webinar: A Biodiversity Network for the ACT

Zoom

The Conservation Council’s Biodiversity Working Group and Friends of Grasslands have co-authored a paper that proposes part of the solution to protecting and enhancing the ACT’s remaining natural places: The Biodiversity Network.  The world is suffering through a mass extinction event. Globally, nature is being destroyed at an unprecedented rate, with extinction rates being higher […]

World Environment Day Dinner 2023

Albert Hall 100 Commonwealth Avenue, Yarralumla

Join us for dinner to celebrate World Environment Day 2023 on June 3 at Albert Hall.   First held in 1973, World Environment Day has grown into a global platform for raising environmental awareness and spurring environmental action. This year, we are honoured to welcome Richard Swain as our guest speaker.

Save Lawson Grasslands Community Catch Up

Food Co-op

Join us for a community catch-up on the evening of the 20 June to learn about the campaign’s next steps, while hanging out with friends, and painting some banners. Over 99% of natural temperate grasslands have been destroyed since colonisation. This has pushed species like the Golden Sun Moth, Perunga Grasshopper, and Striped Legless Lizard […]

Bush Buds: River Walk

Ginninderry Conservation Corridor

You’ve chosen your Bush bud - now it’s time to learn all about them!  Join us for a Bush Buds walk - the theme of this walk is River, and will give you the opportunity to learn more about the habitat of the following Bush Buds:  Macquarie Perch Murray River Cod Two-spined blackfish Murray River […]

Protect Bluetts Block – Threatened Species Day Vigil

Civic Square, outside the Legislative Assembly London Circuit, Canberra

Canberra is home to incredible places and wildlife found nowhere else on Earth. But nature in Canberra and Australia is in trouble. The wildlife and the places we love are under threat from a warming climate, deforestation, over development, and roads and infrastructure fragmenting habitats. This Threatened Species Day let’s stand up for nature by […]