The wonderful world of the wombat

Wombats are an iconic Australian species but their numbers and health are threatened by land clearing, road kill and sarcoptic mange. Fortunately, Australians have several ways to get involved in their conservation.

Treemageddon

For all its protestations of environmental purity, Australia continues to be one of the world’s worst offenders in clearing native forest for agriculture.

Saving the reef

Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef will continue to deteriorate due to climate change, pollution and other human factors and the window to secure its future is rapidly closing according to a major new report into the state of the reef.

Save the Northern Territory

The Conservation groups Environment Centre NT and Arid Lands Environment Centre are calling on the Federal Government to establish a Royal Commission into water management, deforestation and impacts on the rights of Traditional Owners in the Northern Territory.

In search of Gondwanaland

Some 200 million years ago, modern Antarctica, South America, Africa, India, and Australia formed a single large continent called Gondwanaland full of trees and large animals.

Take me to the river

Paris has made a hugely expensive effort to clean up the River Seine for the Olympics and a similar effort to render Melbourne’s Yarra River safe for swimming may be more costly than it’s worth.

Recyling plastic industry propaganda

We’re in the middle of a global plastic waste crisis and recycling alone won’t solve it – despite what the advertisements might say.

Alien invaders

Australia is now home to about 3000 “alien” species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes introduced by human activity, which species are next?

Last stand of the moas

Researchers have found New Zealand’s endangered flightless birds are seeking refuge in the locations where six species of moa last lived before being hunted to extinction by Māori settlers.

Black swan alert

A ‘black swan’ event is an unusual but highly disruptive event and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza is now threatening actual black swans and many other Oceanic bird populations on a much wider scale than ever seen before.

Global forests in crisis

Deforestation continues around the world, contributing to climate change as well as biological devastation, and Australia remains one of the world’s worst offenders.

Philanthropy can help Australia meet land protection targets

Australia aims to protect 30 percent of its landscapes by 2030 and harnessing the power of philanthropy through government fund-matching initiatives could help achieve this ambitious target.