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Gold Coast Waterwatch Program – City of Gold Coast QLD

Wednesday, 28 September 2016 by Natura Pacific
Natura Pacific successfully coordinated the Gold Coast Waterwatch program from 2009 to 2016, teaching thousands of students from early childhood through to senior high school about the importance of our waterways and catchments. Natura Education’s efforts included lifting participation rates from an average of 1,700 students per annum to 3,096 in the first year to
  • Published in Community, Education, Resources
Tagged under: catchments, coastal ecosystems, environmental education, gold coast, Gold Coast Waterwatch, learning, Natura education, SEQ Catchments, water quality, waterwatch, waterways

A new species of water bug on the Gold Coast

Monday, 13 June 2016 by Natura Pacific
Here at Natura Education we are very privileged to be working with a team of educators and scientists that are not only skilled in delivering a variety of education programs to students of all ages, but are also experts in their respective fields. John Pumpurs is Natura Education’s resident frog and water bug expert and
  • Published in Announcement, Education
Tagged under: biodiversity, coastal ecosystems, environment, environmental education, field guide, gold coast, learning, macro invertebrates, Natura education, SEQ Catchments, teaching resource, water bugs, water quality, waterwatch, waterways

We are 2016 Healthy Waterways Awards Finalists!

Wednesday, 01 June 2016 by Natura Pacific
We are very excited to share that our recently released Waterways Field Guide has been nominated as a finalist for the 2016 Healthy Waterways Awards, in the category of Sustainable Education. These guides were developed as an initiative of Gold Coast Waterwatch, which was supported and undertaken by both the City of Gold Coast Catchment Management
  • Published in Announcement, Community, Education, Media
Tagged under: 2016 healthy waterways awards, biodiversity, catchments, coastal ecosystems, environment, environmental education, field guide, gold coast, healthy waterways awards, kids in nature, learning, macro invertebrates, Natura education, outdoor education, SEQ Catchments, water bugs, water quality, waterwatch, waterways

Waterways Field Guide – Series 2 to 4 are here!

Friday, 27 May 2016 by Natura Pacific
In December last year, Natura Pacific and City of Gold Coast released the first in a series of field guides titled “Waterways Field Guide, Series 1: Water Bugs”. Take a look at our article on this here. Being an initiative of Gold Coast Waterwatch, the Water Bugs guide was quickly heralded to be a success by
  • Published in Announcement, Education, Resources
Tagged under: catchments, coastal ecosystems, environment, environmental education, field guide, gold coast, learning, Natura education, outdoor education, SEQ Catchments, teaching resource, teaching tool, water bugs, waterwatch, waterways

Gold Coast Wildlife: Blue Tongue Lizard

Tuesday, 10 May 2016 by Natura Pacific
Have you ever wondered about what types of animals may be living around you, in your backyard, your local park or in that bushland down the road?  The Gold Coast wildlife is diverse and prolific, and this part of Australia plays host to some 600 species of animals, some of which are quite rare and
  • Published in BushCam, Education, Nature Play
Tagged under: Australian wildlife, biodiversity, blue tongue, blue tongue lizard, coastal ecosystems, environment, environmental education, field guide, Gold Coast wildlife

Ghosts in the Sand

Tuesday, 23 February 2016 by Natura Pacific
The following article was written for us by Ashwal M. Gowda who is a Masters student from Bond University on the Gold Coast. Ashwal has been working with the Natura Pacific team this year to gain work experience in the filed of environmental consulting. His article is a fascinating insight into the world of the
  • Published in Education
Tagged under: beaches, biodiversity, coastal ecosystems, environmental impacts, ghost crabs, human impacts, recreational activities, research, sustainability

What can Gold Coast Waterwatch achieve in a year?

Wednesday, 18 November 2015 by Natura Pacific
Gold Coast Waterwatch is a community service initiated and supported by the City of Gold Coast and facilitated by Natura Education. When delivering Waterwatch we engage with early learning centres, primary schools, secondary schools, community groups and community events to educate participants on the importance of healthy waterways and catchments. It is part of Waterwatch
  • Published in Education, Nature Play
Tagged under: catchments, coastal ecosystems, environmental education, kids in nature, Natura education, outdoor education, teaching resource, teaching tool, water quality, waterwatch, waterways

An Underwater Treasure: Seagrass Health and Abundance on the Gold Coast

Friday, 01 May 2015 by Natura Pacific
The Seagrass Health and Abundance Study was undertaken by Natura Pacific in 2012 to develop a Seagrass Monitoring Program for the Gold Coast. The aim of the project was to develop cost effective methods for monitoring seagrass habitats as well as improve the understanding of how these habitats functioned and what may be threatening their
  • Published in Consulting, Education, GroNative
Tagged under: coastal ecosystems, coastal field assessments, field guide, habitat, Seagrass Health and Abundance, seagrass mapping, seagrass monitoring, seagrass watch

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