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Water Governance In The ACT (and NSW)
The ACT Catchment Strategy Meeting took place on the 29th of August and brought together stakeholders who work within the catchment to review the updated Strategy ACT Catchment Strategy Guide. The ACT Catchment Strategy outlines goals to guide stakeholders in their...
The Gaza genocide is both a humanitarian catastrophe and an environmental issue
The ACT Region Conservation Council was a recent signatory, alongside other members and groups of the Australian environment movement, to an open letter calling on the Australian Government to take urgent action to address the humanitarian, legal, and environmental...
The New Nature Conservation Strategy will be an opportunity to fix Canberra’s biodiversity crisis
Canberrans love our natural environment. We want to protect our bush capital and make sure everyone can enjoy a healthy and thriving environment. We value the forests that dominate the mountains in the southern ACT. In the north, we value the grassy woodlands on the...
Annual General Meeting 2025
The Conservation Council ACT Region Inc Annual General Meeting will be held Thursday 20 November 2025 at 6.00pm at the Conservation Council Office and on Zoom. Register below via the Humanitix link. Members who have voting rights should identify for which group they...
Missing Middle policy essential to increasing urban density in Canberra
The Conservation Council has recently made a submission on the draft Missing Middle Housing Reforms policy. This ACT Government policy aims to diversify the housing options for the Canberra region by increasing the stock of dual or tri-occupancy housing, townhouses...
A huge win for Coombs Peninsula, over ten years in the making
On the 14th of May, a resolution was passed in the ACT Legislative Assembly to protect the Coombs Peninsula from urban development in the future. This resolution marks an over decade-long struggle to guarantee a level of protection for Coombs Peninsula that is...
The Conservation Council writes to the Ministers regarding the Western Edge Investigation Area
Today, the Conservation Council ACT Region has formally requested the ACT Government commit to the following asks of the "Save our Western Edge!" campaign: Keep the Western Edge outside of the to-be-set ACT urban boundary Take the Western Edge out of the ACT...
Dismay as Government refuses to progress wood heater phase out
The Conservation Council ACT Region has today expressed dismay after the ACT Government refused to take concrete steps on a commitment to phase out wood heaters in the Territory by 2045, which was initially announced in 2023. The Government yesterday voted down a...
A She-Oak tree. Poem by Edwina Smith
Standing proud and tall One could study me Guessing I’m a mighty Pine Or a She-Oak tree My branchlets look like feathers Of a rain forest bird Listen and they’ll whisper Wind will have them heard Anchored in the earth Nature comes to me Lots of different birds Need a...