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
The Bush Capital? Canberra and the Western Edge
This post was submitted by community member Emily Rasheed. The bush of Canberra, the so-called ‘Bush Capital’ of Australia is under threat as population pressures rise. The Western Edge (WE), 9,800 ha of natural ecosystem and agricultural land has been zoned as...
Conservation Council of the ACT Submission on the draft ACT Nature Conservation Strategy
The Conservation Council of the ACT has provided feedback to the Office of Nature Conservation on the draft ACT Nature Conservation Strategy 2026-2036. Click here to read our full submission. The Council welcomes the development of the Strategy and commends the ACT...
Canberrans Call on ACT Government to Save Our Western Edge
Over 100 Canberrans rallied outside The ACT Legislative Assembly today, calling on the Government to Save Our Western Edge. The ‘Western Edge’ is 9800 hectares, which contains beautiful and critically endangered ecosystems to the west of Canberra – bordered by the...
Have your Say on a Nature Positive Future for the ACT
Last month, the ACT Government released a draft of the new ACT Nature Conservation Strategy 2025-2035 for public comment, following extensive targeted stakeholder consultation. The Conservation Council welcomes the development of the new Strategy and supports the...
Conservation Council ACT Calls for Evidence-Based, Non-Lethal Wombat Management
The Conservation Council ACT Region is today urging the ACT Government to adopt a non-lethal, evidence-based framework for managing the region's bare-nosed wombat population. In its formal response to the ACT Government's Draft Technical Report on wombat management,...
Albanese government ‘burning our future’ with coal mine expansion tick of approval
We share the distress and frustration as per the media statements released last week by Lock the Gate, Queensland Conservation Council and Mackay Conservation Group about the approval of the Middlemount coal mine extension - February 2026. Australia has been...