GroNATIVE – A new app to improve Queensland’s biodiversity
Friday, 30 September 2016
Beginning in 2016, Natura Pacific, partnering with Griffith University, was successfully awarded a grant to create a brand new app for south-east Queensland. As part of the Labor Government’s ‘Advance Queensland’ initiative, this project seeks to provide innovative and exciting new technology for people in south-east Queensland to bring back native vegetation. From private urban gardens
- Published in Consulting, GroNative
GIS Mapping of WiFi Hotspots in Queensland
Friday, 30 September 2016
In 2014 a strategic planning consultancy firm, who specialise in the provision of strategic planning and communications services for state tourism organisations and government departments, engaged Natura Pacific to deliver the mapping component of a project they were undertaking. This project involved a desktop audit of WiFi availability along the major drive routes and national
- Published in Consulting
Connecting Community for Waterways – South East QLD
Friday, 30 September 2016
During 2013 and 2014 team at Natura Pacific were proud to help facilitate and implement the Connecting Community for Waterways project. This project was undertaken as a service to the community which was focused on students and community collecting native seeds to provide as a resource to prison inmates participating in horticulture training, as part
- Published in Consulting, Education, GroNative, Resources
Brunei Mangrove Management and Conservation Study in Lubu Forest Area – Brunei Darussalam
Friday, 30 September 2016
In 2013 Natura Pacific were engaged to develop and implement rapid site assessment methodology to assess and classify the condition of mangroves and potential sustainable harvesting practices in the Lubu Forest Area for the purpose of supporting mangrove management into the future. The assessment specifically required the identification, classification and mapping of mangrove vegetation and
- Published in Consulting
VIDEO: Habitat for the future – a visit to the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre nursery
Friday, 09 September 2016
Join Mark and Desiree as they show you the fantastic work that is being done at the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre growing native seedlings to restore our waterway habitat. The Connecting Community for Waterways project is undertaken as a service to the community, and focuses on students and community collecting native seeds to provide as a
- Published in Community, Consulting, Education, GroNative, Videos
VIDEO: The GroNATIVE App development caught on film
Wednesday, 10 August 2016
The GroNATIVE app is happening and we are so excited! Take a sneak peek into some recent filming of the app’s development conducted here at Natura Pacific. The app, which is being created in collaboration with Griffith University, promotes the use of native plants in our gardens in order to improve biodiversity, reduce garden weed
- Published in Consulting, Education, GroNative, Sustainable living, Videos
Congratulations to the Healthy Waterways Award Winners for 2016
Friday, 15 July 2016
Natura Education and our partners from the City of Gold Coast Catchment Management Unit were honoured to be among the finalists for this year’s Healthy Waterways Awards. In attending the Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner last week, we were so proud to be in the company of so many who are contributing truly wonderful things to
- Published in Announcement, Consulting, Education, Media
Natura-Pacific takes out UN Environment Award
Tuesday, 07 June 2016
Running since 2000, more than 40 schools, journalists, local councils, environmental organisations and individuals were finalists in the 2016 UN World Environment Day Awards. And last night, in a glittering ceremony in Melbourne, Natura-Pacific was announced winner of the Business Award category. Natura Pacific, which has a small team of just 15, provides environmental education
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Changes to Queensland’s Vegetation Management Act
Friday, 29 April 2016
Just last month on 17 March 2016, the Queensland government has put forward proposed changes to vegetation management laws in the sunshine state. The changes have been titled under the Vegetation Management (Reinstatement) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016, and propose to reinstate responsible vegetation management laws for Queensland (Department of Natural Resources and Mines,
- Published in Consulting
Counting up the benefits of biodiversity in urban areas
Wednesday, 27 April 2016
Of all the ways that we humans have changed our landscape, urbanisation has probably resulted in the most evident changes to the natural environment. More than half of the world’s population now live in towns and cities, and with increasing rates of urbanisation right across the globe there are major concerns about the effect that
- Published in Consulting, Sustainable living
