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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...
Conservation Council welcomes decision to place 2/3rds of Bluetts Block into a nature reserve, calls on ACT Government to do more to protect this area
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...
Conservation Council joins Fossil Free ACT campaign to call for end to fossil fuel sponsorship in schools
A new survey by communications collective, Comms Declare and peak environment body, Conservation Council ACT, has revealed increased worry and alarm over fossil fuel companies’ involvement in schools. As pupils across the country return to school this week, new data...
A good news story for ACT grasslands
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...
Community leaders walk out of Alicia Payne Climate Reference Group in response to Albanese Government approval of coal and gas projects
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...
Act now, Minister, to prevent the slaying of a Dragon at Canberra Airport
Friends of Grasslands (FOG) and Conservation Council ACT Region (the Council) have today called on Federal Minister for the Environment, Tanya Plibersek, to rescue the Canberra Grassland Earless Dragons from the Canberra Airport Group (CAG) by revoking development...
We’re hiring a new campaigner
The Conservation Council ACT Region is seeking an enthusiastic campaigner with experience in strategy development and implementation, stakeholder engagement and communications. The successful applicant will develop and lead campaigns to achieve positive environmental...
Conservation Council ACT calls on Ginninderry to go back to drawing board on Drake Brockman Drive upgrades
The Conservation Council ACT has called on the Riverview Group (Ginninderry) to go back to the drawing board on the upgrades of Drake Brockman Drive. On 28Â November, the ACT Planning and Land Authority approved Stage 2 of the upgrade of Drake Brockman Drive between...