Category: Media release
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10th April 2023Elders mentor young Aboriginal people in cultural burning practices
Cultural burning has been used in Australia for tens of thousands of years to protect and enhance bushland. Now, across Wiradjuri Country in the Central Tablelands, a partnership between the […]
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16th March 2023Gliders leaping into new high tech nest boxes in Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala
Squirrel Gliders and other animals are taking up residence in high-tech nest boxes installed around the Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala wildlife corridor through funding from GER’s partnership with IFAW. In 2022, […]
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26th February 2023South Coast locals invited to contribute their sightings to support the recovery of wildlife post-fire
South Coast locals are invited to become ‘citizen naturalists’ and record koalas, greater gliders, glossy black cockatoos and other critters they see as part of a collaborative effort to support […]
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17th November 2022Virtual fencing pilot on NSW South Coast aims to reduce roadkill and improve driver safety
In a first for New South Wales, a ‘virtual fence’ is being trialled on a section of road on the South Coast in the hopes that it will help curb […]
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24th October 2022Local and international conservation leaders present at inaugural connectivity conference in Brisbane
Over 130 conservation practitioners, landholders, Indigenous-led organisations, community groups, eNGOs and government representatives came together for Connecting People, Connecting Nature in Brisbane from 18-19 October. The inaugural connectivity conference was […]
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10th October 2022New Aboriginal ranger positions mark commitment to learn from Traditional Owners
Four new Indigenous ranger positions have been created in the Northern Rivers as part of a large-scale effort to help restore Country, culture and community in some of the most […]
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14th September 2022Threatened Species Day: Landcare and K2W help deliver important environmental message to students
Students from around the Upper Lachlan Shire participated in an interactive educational event that helped to deliver an important message about the environment at Taralga Public School for a Threatened […]
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22nd August 2022Recovery Underway: Great Glider Sightings Increase in Greater Blue Mountains
Greater gliders have been spotted in increasing numbers in the Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala wildlife corridor in a new study by local ecologists. It’s an encouraging sign the local population is […]
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18th August 202230,000 new plants to boost habitat for Shellharbour’s struggling grey-headed flying foxes
Blackbutt Forest and Croom Reserve in Shellharbour will soon be bolstered with the establishment of 30,000 flowering trees and shrubs to provide additional food for the region’s endangered grey-headed flying-fox […]
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