Protecting Canberra’s nature
The 2019 United Nations report on biodiversity identified that up to one million species globally face extinction in coming decades. Australia is not immune, with 1,600 species that are currently threatened.
The ACT is home to two critically-endangered ecological communities with 52 threatened species. Natural Temperate Grasslands and Yellow Box-Blakely’s Red Gum Grassy Woodlands are especially important given their national significance, as well as their intrinsic value and amenity they bring to our city.
Threatened by urban development, invasive species and climate change, these areas of conservation value in the ACT should now be protected.
Latest news
MEDIA RELEASE: ACT cat legislation an important step towards wildlife protection
This Bill is a welcome start to Canberra-wide cat containment and with its introduction we will hopefully see a big shift in awareness in the community about what it means to care for cats, and our wildlife.
Call on the ACT Government to protect Bluetts Block-Piney Ridge now!
Send an email ACT Minister for the Environment Rebecca Vassarotti, and Minister for Planning Mick Gentleman, to protect Bluetts Block-Piney Ridge.
Canberra’s Western Edge: the new urban development frontier
Bordered by the Murrumbidgee River and the regions of Weston Creek, Molonglo Valley and Belconnen, the “Western Edge” refers to 9,800 ha of undeveloped land to the west of Canberra. Much of the area is made up of rural leasehold land whose purchase by the Suburban Land Agency in 2015 garnered much public interest. Despite, at the time, stating that there were no plans for the land to be developed for 20-30 years, the 2021 Budget announcement indicates that early planning studies are afoot.
MEDIA RELEASE: Canberra’s environment to foot the bill for Defence Housing Australia’s poor investment
The Conservation Council ACT Region is disappointed by Defence Housing Australia’s recently released revised development plans for Lawson North, noting that the...
Bluett’s Block – a biodiversity gem!
Below the Molonglo River Reserve and to the West of Denman Prospect Development, is a remarkable natural area known as “Bluetts Block”. Two ecological communities are...
Budget Wrap 2021-2022
Earlier this year, the Conservation Council made a Budget submission to the ACT Government this year that focussed on 4 key priorities: Respond to the climate emergency...