Nature Protection
As the 'Bush Capital' Canberra is home to some of the most amazing wildlife and landscapes in Australia. But the global crises of biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution means that we have more to lose than ever before
Join Us in Working to Protect Our Beautiful Home
Over 100 Australian species are now listed as either extinct or extinct in the wild. Across the country, there are more non-native plants than native ones. Rivers, the lifeblood of inland landscapes like Canberra are drying up, and land is being cleared at alarming rates.
The ACT is not immune to this. 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 endangered; and our natural areas are at increasing risk of pest plants and animals.
CCACT Nature Policy Statements
The Biodiversity Working Group
The CCACT Biodiversity Working Group is chaired by Hugh Coppell and meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 5.30pm. The Biodiversity Working Group is open to anyone interested in biodiversity including member groups, staff and board members. To become involved please fill in the get involved form.Â
Latest News
Media Release: Queanbeyan Council road through wildlife sanctuary would destroy decades of conservation work
The Conservation Council ACT Region has condemned the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council’s (QPRC) decision to pursue Option 5 for stage two of Dunns Creek Road, a route that would cut through the Wandiyali-Environa Wildlife Sanctuary. Conservation Council ACT Region...
Why ALL of Canberra needs a FOGO recycling scheme
It’s no secret that Canberra has a food waste problem. The ACT sends approximately 26,000 tonnes of food waste to landfill every year, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and constituting an enormous waste of resources (ACT Government, 2023). A Food Organics and...
Media Release: Conservation Council launches positive vision for future of the Western Edge
The Conservation Council ACT Region has today released a plan to protect and restore the Western Edge, a 9800-hectare area of critically endangered bushland, farmland and recreational sites located on Canberra’s doorstep. The Conservation Councils’ Western...
Canberra rallies to tell forestry conference: no social licence for native forest logging
Last week, Canberra Forest Alliance joined with Friends of the Forest Mogo, Knitting Nannas for Native Forests (South Coast loop) and the Bob Brown Foundation to call for an end to native forest logging outside of the venue of the Australian Forestry Symposium in...
Murray-Darling Conservation Alliance: Dead parrots and wilting Red Gums, but Murray can save the Murray
A new Commonwealth report into the Murray Darling Basin reveals why Red Gums are wilting and Regent Parrots are threatened, with only a little over half the purported benefits of an irrigator offset actually eventuating. In 2017, Commonwealth and state ministers cut...
Platypus: Our Quiet Neighbours in the Western Edge
At dawn and twilight, along the Murrumbidgee and Molonglo rivers, is when you're most likely to see one of the Western Edge’s more reserved residents. If you crouch quietly on the river bank, you may see the glide of a sleek body along the surface and a ripple as it...