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Loggerhead Turtle – Back from the Brink
Tuesday, 01 March 2022
From Nest to Ocean – the Story of the Loggerhead Turtle Natura Pacific were lucky enough to get the opportunity to work with the Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science in late 2021 on a fabulous project called ‘Nest to Ocean’. This initiative, managed by Dr Manda Page and her team, is a multi-million
- Published in Back from the Brink, Education, Resources
Glossy Black-cockatoo – Back from the Brink
Tuesday, 26 October 2021
A bird beloved – the story of the Glossy Black-cockatoo There’s a bird out there that has brought people together for years. It’s called the Glossy Black-cockatoo and it’s the feature of a brand new episode in the Back from the Brink docu-series being run this year by Natura Pacific and the Glossy Black Conservancy.
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White Paper: Dr Alan Horsup – Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
About Dr Alan Horsup Dr Alan Horsup has worked in the Threatened Species Operations Unit of the Queensland Department of Environment and Science for 30 years. His main focus has been the recovery of the Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat. During his time working on this project, wombat numbers have increased five-fold and there are now two
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Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat – Back from the Brink
Monday, 18 October 2021
Burrowing from the Brink – the story of the Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat Fifty-years ago this year, a conservation miracle was coming to life deep in the heart of the Isaac Region of Central Queensland. Here, in an unassuming isolated patch of remnant sclerophyll woodland on an ancient river plain, a small band of people decided
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Australian Lungfish – Back from the Brink
Friday, 16 July 2021
Australian Lungfish ‘Neoceratodus forsteri’ Did you know that there is a remarkable fish that is still found in a small number of Queensland’s southern rivers, and it has recently been the centre of much attention… River fish have always been, and still are, an important food source for Australians. From tens of thousands of years
- Published in Back from the Brink, Consulting, Education, Videos
Is there anything more precious than fresh water?
Monday, 12 July 2021
Well, the waterways that carry our freshwater through the landscape… Queensland’s waterways are incredibly precious! Our huge state has always been a dry place, but with future predicted climate scenarios, water may become even more scarce than before. Waterways throughout Queensland come in an array of sizes and forms: from small ephemeral wetlands, overland
- Published in Community, Consulting, Education
The Carronia you will want to get!
Monday, 12 July 2021
There is a plant out there hidden amongst South East Queensland’s 4,000 plus species of native flora that you may not have heard of. It’s called Carronia (not Carona!) multisepalea, or the Carronia Vine. This unusual plant is a rainforest specialist growing in primary rainforest and sometimes on disturbed rainforest edges. While it’s indistinct little
- Published in Community, GroNative, Nature Play
Australian Government’s Threatened Species Strategy
Monday, 12 July 2021
Biodiversity Preservation Takes a Step in the Right Direction with the Australian Government’s Threatened Species Strategy Australia is home to a mega diversity of flora and fauna! Unfortunately, these same native species face one of the highest extinction rates in the whole world, and the horrifying Black Summer bushfires of 2019-2020 have exacerbated the
- Published in Consulting
White Paper: Andren Richards & Sands 2021 – Southern Pink Underwing
Thursday, 28 January 2021
READ THE FULL WHITE PAPER THE DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN PINK UNDERWING MOTH PHYLLODES IMPERIALIS SMITHERSI SANDS (LEPIDOPTERA: EREBIDAE) IN NEW SOUTH WALES Abstract. The distribution, ecology and conservation status of the Southern Pink Underwing Moth Phyllodes imperialis smithersi Sands and its larval food plant Carronia Vine Carronia multisepalea F. Muell. was investigated
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