From Workshop to Wildlife Home: Building Habitat, Skills and Community

Through a collaboration between Natura Pacific and TAFE Queensland, local carpentry students are gaining valuable hands-on experience constructing nestboxes that will eventually provide shelter for gliders, possums, parrots, owls and other native species. It’s a successful case study that demonstrates benefits far beyond the classroom, creating positive outcomes for students, wildlife and the wider community.

The Plight of the Native Guava

Native Guava: On the Brink of Extinction The once-thriving Native guava (Rhodomyrtus psidioides) is now teetering on the edge of extinction. A critically endangered species, it has been heavily impacted by the invasive myrtle rust, a fungal pathogen that has decimated its population. Myrtle Rust: The Silent Killer Myrtle rust, introduced to Australia in 2010,

An Island of Discovery: Meet the Newly Found Species of Tree-Frogs

Five new species of tree-frog discovered in Papua New Guinea! Author: Nicholas Groenenberg Did you know that there are more than 7,500 identified frog species worldwide? So it seems unbelievable that yet another frog species, in fact, five new ones, have been discovered. Scientists from Griffith University and both Queensland and South Australian Museums have

Artist Competition – Back from the Brink

We had a fun turnout at our artist competition launch day on 30th July at the Making Good Alliance (MGA) headquarters, Tamborine Mountain. This was our first of many collaborative events with MGA to educate and raise awareness of environmental issues and strategies to empower the community towards sustainable solutions for conservation. We officially launched our
Waterways

Is there anything more precious than fresh water?

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
Corronia Vine

The Carronia you will want to get!

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

Melaleuca Irbyana Tree Planting Day

On the 14th of September 2020, Natura Pacific facilitated a tree planting day in the Logan Council Area, to aid in the recovery of one of the most threatened plant species in Logan, Melaleuca irbyana or the Weeping Paperbark. The current distribution of this species is limited to only around 1,000 hectares in the Logan
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A review of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

The social, environmental and business benefits of going beyond compliance A review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), its ineffectiveness and the social and consumer demands for going above and beyond the Australian Government’s key environmental legislation.  The current 10 year review of the EPBC Act is in its final
Natura Pacific Back from the Brink

AAEE Feature Back from the Brink!

AAEE have shared our ‘Back from the Brink’ project in their latest ozEEnews… We were very proud to have an article about our video series ‘Back from the Brink’ published in the September issue of ‘ozEEnews’, the newsletter of the Australian Association for Environmental Education Inc. To find out more about this inspiring organisation take

Queensland joins fight against plastic bags

Have you heard the news about plastic bags? The Queensland Government has not long ago implemented changes to the types of plastic shopping bags that are allowed to be given to customers by retailers. And one thing is for sure – these changes will more than likely affect most of us if we are not