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
Callum Brae Nature Reserve under Threat
This article is written by Pamela Collett from Friends of Callum Brae. Are you in love? If you are a member of a group in the ACT Conservation Council, then you are in love with trees, birds, and bush. We embrace our responsibility to the land where we live, while...
This week in Parliament – when the Government does and doesn’t intervene
Maugean Skate Case Today in Parliament, Labor is expected to table a Bill that, if passed, will limit the power of the Fed Env Min (Minister) to reconsider proposals determined at the referral stage to be not controlled actions (NCA). Proposals determined to be NCA at...
Conservation Council Supports New Law to Protect Ainslie Volcanics
The Conservation Council have today thrown their support for a new law, introduced by ACT Greens MLA Shane Rattenbury, to protect the Ainslie Volcanics from the development of a communications tower. We were happy to join in a press conference about the legislation,...
Update: Work halted on North Airport Road, but we need to keep the pressure on!
There is good news and bad news. After pressure from all of us, the Canberra Airport Group has agreed to halt works on the parts of the Northern Airport Road that would impact the habitat of the Canberra Grassland Earless Dragon. The airport have said "We are holding...
Tanya Plibersek – Stop the destruction of the Canberra Grassland Earless Dragon habitat!
Friends of Grasslands (FOG) and Conservation Council ACT Region (the Council) have today called on the Federal Minister of the Environment, Tanya Plibersek, to immediately intervene to save the Canberra Grassland Earless Dragon by stopping the construction of the...
Latest Progress on the Biodiversity Network
The Conservation Council’s Biodiversity Working Group and Friends of Grasslands (FOG) developed a proposal in early 2023 to establish a Biodiversity Network to protect remnants of natural value that are not reserved, whereby these remnants, together with those in...