Environment
Conservation
Melbourne’s green heart, the Royal Botanic Gardens, is 175 this year
The gardens, established by the river by Governor Gipps in 1846, have celebrations and surprises in store for visitors this year
- by Patricia Maunder
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Biodiversity
Mission to save Sydney’s rarest eucalyptus species from extinction
When Steve Douglas drove by a neighbourhood street corner, he spotted a new and rare species of eucalyptus tree. After 25 years, more than a hundred of these trees are being planted in a secret location in a national park.
- by Peter Hannam
Brisbane tycoons eye key heritage-listed property
Former South Bank Corporation chairman Steve Wilson AM has confirmed he will place an offer on Kangaroo Point’s Lamb House, while property developer Kevin Seymour ‘will again look at it’.
- by Tony Moore
Frog ‘love songs’ reveal a sad tale of amphibian decline
Who cares about the fate of Australia’s 243 known frog species? It turns out that many thousands of us do.
- by Peter Hannam
‘The New Katoomba’: MPs join push for protection of ‘lost city’
Four members of the Parliamentary Friends of Nature this week toured an area north-east of Lithgow where conservation groups have been campaigning to become a state conservation area.
- by Peter Hannam
‘Living giants’: Conservationists urge government to protect oldest and largest trees
Forest areas close to some of the largest trees in Australia will be logged by VicForests and conservationists say these changes could damage or kill the trees.
- by Miki Perkins
As koalas fight for life in NSW, volunteers are replanting their burnt forests
With new funding, Friends of the Koala in Lismore will nurture, distribute and plant 240,000 trees for koala feed and habitat over the next three years.
- by Nick O'Malley
Australian fritillary butterflies join unenviable list of those facing extinction
The 26 Australian butterflies at greatest risk of extinction have been revealed in new research.
- by Miki Perkins
Feral species move on unburnt ‘refuges’ after fires
Parks Victoria has noticed that feral animals - like pigs and deer - are moving across the burnt landscape looking for places to live and feed, and coming into “refuge” areas that didn’t burn.
- by Miki Perkins
GPS tracker on wedgies gives us a bird’s eye view
When Dr James Pay began researching Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagles six years ago, little was known about these charismatic birds. So he used a GPS tracking system attached to their backs to create mesmerising videos of their flight.
- by Miki Perkins
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Tim Flannery
Tim Flannery follows in footsteps of Greta Thunberg, David Attenborough
The Australian conservationist has received one of the world’s top environmental awards, recognising his efforts to spread the words some do not want to hear.
- by Nick O'Malley