Park Ridge’s quest for quolls continues …
31 March 2021 Park Ridge locals are now ‘quollified’ and seeking quolls! Generously hosted and supported by Park Ridge Connect, our Quoll Seekers Network’s well-turned-out Quoll Discovery Day on 26 March in Logan introduced mammal-watchers and market-goers alike to...
Celebrating our forests on International Day of Forests
21 March 2022 The United Nations declared 21 March the International Day of Forests in 2012 to raise awareness of forest habitats and encourage local, national and international efforts to protect and restore forests. Around 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity...
It’s Global Recycling Day
18 March 2022 In just the past 50 years, humans have consumed more resources than ever before. Recycling has been called the Earth’s ‘seventh resource’ (after water, air, oil, natural gas, coal and minerals) because it saves more than 700 million tonnes of CO2...
Survey results for gliders on the Scenic Rim
16 March 2022 Before the latest ‘big wet’ arrived, our glider guru, Paul Revie, Project Officer for the Queensland Glider Network, put his gaiters on and went out searching for greater gliders in the Scenic Rim. Happily, Paul did find a greater glider – of course, the...
A united front for platypus recovery
1o March 2022 Just before the recent flooding hit, late last month Lockyer Valley organisations and locals invited Tamielle Brunt from Wildlife Queensland’s PlatypusWatch Network to speak at a workshop about platypuses and environmental DNA (eDNA). Very little...
Breaking the ‘bird’ bias on International Women’s Day …
8 March 2022 Today is International Women’s Day and 2022’s theme is #breakthebias. This year, as a way to do that, we’ve decided to keep it light and ‘reclaim’ two words sometimes used to describe women in minimising ways – bird and chick. Here at Wildlife Queensland,...
Plastic Pollution Treaty takes a big step
4 March 2022 At the UN, 174 nations including Australia got a big tick for agreeing to develop a global plastic pollution treaty, the Boomerang Alliance of 55 NGO said yesterday. “The resolution coming out of negotiations in Nairobi has now established...
Funding to Improve Queensland’s Nature Refuges
8 November 2021 New grants are now available to help Queensland nature refuge landholders to undertake projects to protect and enhance the conservation value of their properties. Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon said nature refuge landholders could apply for a...
Reaching Net Zero is Every Minister’s Problem
2 November 2021 Authors: James Ha, Grattan Institute and Alison Reeve, Grattan Institute. The federal government has finally committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 – a target Prime Minister Scott Morrison will take to this week’s crucial United...
November 2021 ‘Spring into Summer’ Batty Boat Cruise
2 November 2021 It’s warming up and our flying fox friends can be seen out wheeling over Brisbane by night, helping to pollinate native flora. Celebrate the coming summer months with a relaxing boat cruise aboard the MV Neptune along the Brisbane River,...