Guide to nature & wildlife activities for kids

Guide to nature & wildlife activities for kids

updated: 27 September 2020 Switch screen time for green time over the school holidays (and beyond) and plan how to connect kids to nature. Citizen science projects Keep the kids occupied while helping scientists! Here is a list of citizen science projects that you and...
It’s time to demand action on climate change, biodiversity crisis

It’s time to demand action on climate change, biodiversity crisis

26 March 2020 Australia’s biodiversity has taken an unprecedented hit during the 2019-20 wildfires. More than a billion native animals have died around the country – a figure that excludes fish, frogs, bats and insects – and the effects of toxic smoke from the...
A personal message from Wildlife Queensland President Peter Ogilvie

A personal message from Wildlife Queensland President Peter Ogilvie

27 March 2020   Dear Friends of Wildlife Let me take this opportunity to wish you good health, and I hope you are able to escape, or at least overcome, the horrendous consequences of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, whether they be medical or economic. Over...
RBCN visits David Fleay Wildlife Park

RBCN visits David Fleay Wildlife Park

27 March 2020   In March, the Richmond Birdwing Conservation Network (RBCN) visited David Fleay Wildlife Park on Queensland’s Gold Coast where a Richmond birdwing captive breeding program is currently underway. The breeding program, part of a joint captive...
Seeking out elusive quolls in the Mary River Catchment

Seeking out elusive quolls in the Mary River Catchment

26 March 2020   Wildlife Queensland’s Quoll Seekers Network (QSN) is on a mission to find quolls in the Mary River Catchment – and they need your help! Historically, there have been both spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) and northern quoll (Dasyurus...
Queensland Acting to Reduce Single-Use Plastics: Have Your Say

Queensland Acting to Reduce Single-Use Plastics: Have Your Say

Updated 15 April 2020   The Queensland Government has announced plans to introduce legislation to phase out certain plastic products. These include plastic straws, stirrers, cutlery, and plates (taking into account the disability needs of people). The phase-out...
Wildlife Queensland responds to COVID-19

Wildlife Queensland responds to COVID-19

  17 March 2020   A message from our President Peter Ogilvie about the COVID-19 pandemic   As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, I wanted to write and let you know the measures we are taking to respond to the pandemic and help protect our...
WPSQ shines spotlight on gliders at Logan event

WPSQ shines spotlight on gliders at Logan event

9 March 2020   Wildlife Queensland’s Queensland Glider Network was excited to be a part of Logan City Council’s Conservations Incentives Program Celebration Day on Sunday, 1 March. Logan City Council’s conservations incentives programs work with property...
World Wildlife Day 2020

World Wildlife Day 2020

  3 March 2020   Today is World Wildlife Day! Proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly on 20 December 2013 and held on 3 March each year, World Wildlife Day is a global celebration of the beautiful and richly diverse forms of wild animals and plants...
Wildlife Queensland supports call to mandate recycling target 

Wildlife Queensland supports call to mandate recycling target 

2 March 2020   Wildlife Queensland supports a call on the federal government by the Boomerang Alliance and WWF-Australia to use today’s National Plastics Summit to announce it will mandate that 100 per cent of plastic packaging will be reusable, compostable or...

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