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Heritage Estates
Heritage Estates is an important tract of natural vegetation that contains a wide range of species and allows them to travel between Booderee National Park and other habitats. Developing it would isolate the species within Booderee, making it a much less healthy habitat and ecosystem.
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Eastern Bristlebird
Helmet Ridge in NSW is grassy open forest and wetland habitat that is home to the threatened Eastern Bristlebird. Environmental weeds and the resulting reduction of tall native grasses has made their survival in the area increasingly difficult.
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Caught on Camera
Caught on Camera is an innovative NatureWatch project that involves working with local community groups, land holders and contracted professional ecologists to carry out community based, long term monitoring of wildlife using motion-sensing cameras. The project involves bringing these groups together to develop the project objectives and methods and train volunteers in the use of remote sensing cameras...
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Endangered Pomaderris Plants
Two endangered Australian plant species will be secured for the future. The best method for growing these two Pomaderris plants will be determined, and resources of seeds and plants from these species will be built up.
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NSW Jungurra (Cook Island) Project
This project is designed to empower local Aboriginal Youth to participate in achieving outcomes of the NSW Marine Estate Management Strategy. The information gathered will support a better understanding and strengthened management of biodiversity within the aquatic reserve.
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Feather-leaved Banksia of WA
Rising from the Ashes - the Feather-leaved Banksia - the critically endangered Feather-leaved Banksia Banksia brownii will receive much needed conservation attention. Banksias don't live forever, they get old and susceptible to disease. They need fire to release seeds and recruit new plants.
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Ngurrawaana Ranger Habitat Conservation
A conservation project in the Millstream Chichester National Park (MCNP) bringing together a team of local traditional owners with parks staff in order to help threatened species recovery .
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Kangaroo Island’s Enigma Moth
The mysteries of a rare, newly discovered moth are being uncovered on Kangaroo Island in South Australia and the community are being engaged in conservation at the same time.
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Christmas Island Reptiles
Reptile species only found on Christmas Island are being saved from extinction through a captive breeding program established in 2009. Since then, FNPW and our supporters have funded two projects in 2013 and 2015 to house the growing reptile populations.
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Kangaroo Island’s Bandicoots
The endangered Southern Brown Bandicoots of Kangaroo Island are the focus of increased conservation efforts. Research provides the knowledge required to help this endangered species recover.
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Kukundi Nature Playspace
To coincide with National Tree Day, Kukundi Nature Playspace was unveiled at a launch event in Lane Cove National Park on Friday, 28 July 2017. The outdoor space features a range of new Nature Play equipment that aims to reconnect kids with nature and the outdoors.
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Koala Tree Planting
Over the past 20 years more than 70% of the Manna Gum community has been lost and without intervention we will lose this unique and rare habitat type, along with the koalas and many other plants and animals that rely on it.
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FNPW Koala Projects
The Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife funds numerous projects to conserve one of Australia’s most iconic species, Koalas. Koala populations in Queensland, New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory are listed as vulnerable.
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Habitats for Koalas in the Otways
The Great Otway National Park and surrounding private land is a region of high biodiversity and tourism value, especially for the high densities of koala populations. However, over-browsing by koalas has contributed to a marked decline in tree condition, particularly Eucalyptus viminalis (manna gum). This project aims to provide information on koala habitat use, tree species selection and koala movements between habitats in the Otways.
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Impact of Bushfires on Koalas
Study to determine the impact of bushfire and clearing on koalas. Initial focus of the project was to map movement patterns and home ranges of Port Stephens koala populations as they recolonised after bushfires, followed by the study of the koalas use of burnt and unburnt bush, the selection of vegetation types and their ability to recolonise after bushfires.
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Koalas back into severely burnt forest
The key objective of this project is to map the movement patterns and identify the home ranges of koalas as they recolonise an intensely burnt forest in the immediate aftermath of the fire.
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Southern Highlands Koala Conservation
Twenty koalas were collared with GPS tracking devices in the Southern Highlands to learn more about where they live, their numbers, what trees they prefer to eat and shelter in, and their movements throughout the Southern Highlands shire corridors.
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Redlands Koala planting
Thanks to your support, koala habitat in Redlands is increasing through community tree plantings. The plantings extend corridors within which koalas can safely travel, feed, find mates, and raise their young.
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Granite Island Little Penguins
The Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) is the smallest species of penguin in the world, with an average height of just 33 cms. They are found only on the southern coastlines of Australia and New Zealand. Populations of Little Penguins are facing serious decline. On Granite Island in South Australia, numbers have fallen from 1548 in 2001 to just 22 in 2015.
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Lion Island Little Penguin
There is a lack of current data on the breeding success and health of the Little Penguin population at Lion Island more generally. This information is of importance as the population is a satellite population of the Manly Endangered Little Penguin Population, and health and breeding status can indicate wider population trends in Little Penguins in the Sydney area.
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Private Land Conservation Grants
Conservation isn't just about National Parks. FNPW's Private Land Conservation Grant program supports conservation on private land to create habitat corridors between National Parks.
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Yarrahapinni Wetlands Restoration
Wetland restoration and health have been the primary drivers of the whole project. The project will replicate a return to a more natural water flow between the wetlands and the Macleay river.
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Plant a Tree for Me
Plant a Tree for Me! projects focus on Australian native species conservation through habitat restoration and revegetation projects.
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Lane Cove Bushcare Program 2018
To support the Lane Cove National Park’s volunteer programs, FNPW provided valuable funding to replenish resources for the Lane Cove Bush Care Program, enabling them to purchase additional bush regeneration kits, gloves, herbicide and herbicide applicators, weed bags, and tree planting equipment.
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Brush-Tailed Rock-Wallaby School Education
Brush-tailed Rock-Wallaby Monitoring involving Intensive individual identification of all wallabies at the three colonies which was undertaken monthly.
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Gogerly’s Point Heritage Precinct
The Friends of Royal organisation planned and implemented a track restoration program to restore a heritage path from Gogerly’s Point at Hill Top House to join with the Warrumbul walking track and picnic area. A directional totem was produced and installed at the track junction to direct walkers.
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1 Million Turtles
Over the last 40 years, the most common and widespread species of Murray River turtles have declined by up to 91%. The 1 Million Turtles Project will create the blueprint for “headstarting” as an inexpensive landscape-scale approach to conservation.
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Bushfire Recovery Small Grants
As part of FNPW’s Healing our Land initiative, our focus is to repair the damage inflicted on our country following devastating bushfire events. With over 12 million hectares of national park and bushland affected in the 2020 fires and an estimated one billion native animals losing their lives, the initiative will focus on the regeneration and recovery of Australia’s flora and fauna.
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Kosciuszko National Park 2020 Fire Recovery
This project focuses on unburnt areas of Kosciuszko National Park after the 2019/2020 bushfires including the planting of Mountain Pygmy-Possum Habitat, installation of bat boxes, bird and bat survey, erosion control measures in vulnerable bog areas, and seed collection.
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Bushfire Recovery Nurseries
FNPW Bushfire Recovery Nurseries project that includes grants to support community nurseries currently in and around bushfire impacted regions.
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Nilpena National Park
FNPW in partnership with the South Australian Government and the Flinders Ranges Ediacara Foundation were able to purchase 60,000 hectares of Nilpena Station to become part of the Ediacara Conservation Park to conserve its globally significant fossils.
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Sturt National Park
Since its inception in 1970, land conservation has been a hallmark activity of the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife. We have added land to 50 national parks and nature reserves across Australia.
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Woomargama National Park
Woomargama National Park in southern NSW is now 229 hectares larger, thanks to the generosity of supporters of national conservation charity the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife (FNPW).
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Manly Little Penguins
FNPW funds the Manly Little Penguin Program to manage this endangered population. Funds go towards monitoring of the Little Penguin population, provision of resources for volunteers and education activities.
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Warddeken Mayh
The project will see the work of the indigenous rangers of the Warddeken IPA developed to include on-ground monitoring and management of over 13 threatened species populations (including the Djabbo or Northern Quoll).
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Wildlife Heroes
Wildlife Heroes is a project managed by FNPW and designed to help and support Australia’s 10,000+ volunteer wildlife carers.
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Nectarlovers
NectarLovers is a co-funded Saving our Species project located in the Holbrook region, NSW, focusing on the region's nectar feeding bird species.
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Trails for Tails
Trails for Trails is a Saving our Species project located in the Border Ranges, NSW, region focusing on the Albert's Lyrebird.
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Black Cockatoo Corridor
This Plant a Tree For Me project aims to revegetate additional Allocasuarina Verticulata (She-Oak) at Blowhole Beach for food of Black Glossy Cockatoos as apart of project to provide food for when these birds cross again to the mainland.
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Petaurus Connections
A Saving our Species project located in the K2W region focusing on the squirrel glider, spotted-tailed quoll and the scarlet robin.
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Curb Wombat Mange Program
Discover how the NSW Curb Wombat Mange Program is safeguarding Australia's Bare-Nosed Wombats from a deadly threat – Sarcoptic mange. Learn about the vital role these wombats play in their ecosystem and the solutions that are making a real difference in their survival.
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Bandicoot SuperHighway Project
The Southern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) is facing extinction due to loss of habitat, encroachment of human development and predation from introduced foxes and cats. But there is hope. The Bandicoot Superhighway Project, a community-driven effort to protect these unique creatures, is restoring their habitat, recording new sightings, and strengthening our connection to nature.
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Aussie Ark Quolls
The Eastern quoll project has been highly successful, starting with 20 individuals in early 2018, with an aim of reaching 70 individuals and doubling our holding enclosures at Aussie Ark.
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Tangaroa Blue
FNPW works with Tangaroa Blue to reduce the amount of rubbish entering our waterways and ocean. Over 800 species worldwide are impacted by marine debris. They need our help to survive a crisis hidden beneath the waves. More effective than cleaning up beaches is preventing rubbish from ending up there in the first place.
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Malleefowl Conservation
FNPW has provided grant funding to ensure the Malleefowl Recovery Plan continues to maintain the required level of volunteers who are dedicated to monitoring sites and gathering data crucial to ensuring the conservation of Malleefowl habitat.
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Restoring the Glideways of K2W
The Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala (K2W) Glideways Bushconnect project is a collaboration to conserve gliders and their habitat by restoring natural connections across the Abercrombie Catchment
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Western Swamp Tortoise
The Western Swamp Tortoise is one of Australia’s most endangered reptiles. It is only 15 cm in length and is found in Western Australia.
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Genetic Code of Koalas
A team of Australian and international scientists, led by Professor Rebecca Johnson, Director of the Australian Museum Research Institute and Professor Katherine Belov, University of Sydney, have made a significant break-through successfully sequencing the full koala genome. Considered to be the most complete marsupial genome sequenced to date, it is in terms of quality, on par with the human genome.
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The Great Koala Count
The Great Koala Count was a citizen science initiative that took place across six local government areas (LGAs) in New South Wales. The aim of the project was to gather information about koalas, including their distribution, abundance, and the threats they face. The results of the study provided valuable insights into the state of koalas in these areas.
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Students Dig In For Conservation
Utilising a 2019 FNPW Community Conservation Grant, KINRMG ran 6 Field Days over a two-year period, with about 15 volunteers per Field Day donating 2 hours of labour each time, to remove weeds and maintain native bushland as priority areas present themselves.
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Community Conservation Grants
FNPW's Community Conservation Grants program contributes to the protection of Australia's native species, habitats, landscapes and cultural heritage by providing funding for field projects and education programs that have a direct nature conservation outcome.
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Red-Tailed Phascogale
The Red-Tailed Phascogale (Phascogale calura) was once wide-spread across southern Australia, but is now limited to a ‘triangle’ in south-west WA. Loss of habitat (wandoo / sheoak woodland) and predation by feral and domestic cats have been catastrophic for the species. It is listed as Endangered under the EPBC Act.
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Green Parrot Breeding Project
Degraded habitat will be restored on Phillip Island due to the construction of an on-island nursery for endemic and threatened plants. A sense of ownership will grow as community members participate in running the nursery, propagating, and planting on Phillip Island. Before this, Phillip Island (6 km off Norfolk Island) was been stripped of plants and topsoil by introduced rabbits, pigs, and goats.
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Mt Schank Walking Trail
When you visit South Australia's Mount Schank State Heritage Area you can enjoy a new stone path to the volcano rim. Before this new track, the existing stairs did not meet Australian Standards and visitors often climbed beside the stairs instead, which led to erosion and a slipping hazard.
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Tassie Devil Roadkill
Game-changing new roadkill prevention technology is being trialled, particularly to prevent the deaths of Tasmanian Devils.
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Devil Ark
Captive breeding programs are saving the Tasmanian Devils from the brink of extinction. As one of the largest living carnivorous marsupials in the world, the endemic Australian animal once roamed throughout mainland Australia...
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Seedbanks
Goal: Build the capacity of communities to identify their endemic species and secure seed from those plants to ensure the ongoing survival of species post bushfires.
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Bushfire Recovery Program
Following the catastrophic bushfires in summer 2019-2020, the Healing our land campaign was developed by FNPW to support long term bushfire recovery projects across Australia.
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Alpine Frogs a Calling
Apline frogs a calling: conservation through community engagement with acoustic monioring.
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Mary Valley Rail Trail Habitat Link
The Mary Valley Rail Trail Habitat Link will provide habitat and refuge for a range of native flora and fauna including the vulnerable Koala.
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Save the Orange-bellied Parrot
The Orange-Bellied Parrot (OBP) is the most endangered bird in Australia – there are less than 70 OBPs left in the wild. This species is very vulnerable to extinction from a number of threats including habitat modification, disease, predators and competitors, climate change, and loss of genetic diversity.
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Mountain Pygmy-Possum
The Mountain Pygmy-Possum is critically endangered and thought to be extinct until they were re-discovered at Mt Hotham in the Victorian Alps during the 1960's. Since 2001, FNPW has been involved in the protection of the Mountain Pygmy-Possum including the establishment of a captive breeding program and climate change adaption centre.
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Recovering Blue Butterflies in Victoria
This project will establish a strategic recovery program for Victoria's threatened Blue Butterflies- The Small Ant-blue butterfly (Acrosdipsa myrmecophila) and the Large Ant-blue butterfly (Acrodipsas brisbanensis).
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Protecting Bilbies
Protecting the vulnerable bilby in Gooniyandi country Fitzroy Crossing, the Kimberley, WA.
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Restoring Campbell’s Wetland Walkway
Griffith City Council is in the process of restoring Campbell's Swamp to its former glory by building a new boardwalk and revegetating the walkway from the car park to the wetlands in the hopes of attracting community groups and schools, as well as making it a safer place overall.
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Bushfire Recovery Habitat Restoration
Goal: To restore native vegetation and natural habitats, and support wildlife rehabilitation in areas impacted by bushfires
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Enhancing Biodiversity & Protecting Cultural Heritage at Torrens Island Conservation
Torrens Island Conservation, located 15km north-west of Adelaide, provides important habitat for a range of native fauna species, including 69 bird species of conservation significance, as well as cultural historical importance. The Kaurna People have lived in the Torrens Island area for thousands of years, but the woodland has degraded, and regeneration is not occurring naturally due to weed burdens and past failed revegetation attempts. FNPW have awarded Friends of Torrens Island a Community Conservation Grant to help restore the woodland.
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WA Bird Watering Stations
The bird waterers in Jirdarup Bushland are specifically designed to aid the survival of local native birdlife, particularly the endangered Carnaby's Black Cockatoos and vulnerable Forest Red-Tailed Black Cockatoos that roost and feed in the area. The structures are popular with all manner of bird species large and small and provide them with clean water all year round.
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WA’s Woylie Survival
Woylies (aka Brush-tailed Bettongs) are very unique Australian native marsupials. They play an important role in the environment as nature’s gardeners.
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Nest Boxes in Plenty Gorge Park
Plenty Gorge Park is a refuge for arboreal marsupials including Feathertail Gliders, Sugar Gliders and importantly the Brushtail Phascogale (FFG listed and vulnerable both in Victoria and nationally).
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Backyard Buddies
Backyard Buddies is a free education initiative run by the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife. It gives you simple tips to transform your backyard into a safe and inviting habitat haven. You can explore, create and help your own backyard buddies, to help them survive and to thrive into the future.
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White-throated Grasswren
The White-throated Grasswren was once abundant in Kakadu National Park but declining numbers due to feral animals and habitat loss has placed them on the Vulnerable Species list.
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Youth Wildlife Ambassadors
The Phillip Island Youth Wildlife Ambassador program is designed to get younger people in the local community involved in helping protect nature and wildlife on the island. Seven ambassadors were selected for this year's program, two more than originally expected. Each prospective ambassador had to apply online and answer a series of questions.
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Mount Field National Park
FNPW provided funding to improve access to Mount Field National Park in Tasmania. The alpine area of this popular park attracts a large number of visitors; however, this has led over the years to a degraded track prone to flooding.
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Remarkable Southern Flinders
The Remarkable Southern Flinders project offers a rare opportunity to link well established national parks and conservations parks with land recently acquired for conservation and reservoir area opened for public use, to create a vast, connected park of national significance.
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Booningyah Junior Rangers Program
Passing on Aboriginal Elder's knowledge and fight to protect Fingal Head onto the next generation via and educational program.
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Dalki Garringa Botanic Park
The Barengi Gadjin Land Council is currently redeveloping the old Wail Native Nursery (Changing to Dalki Garringa Native Nursery) site and Arboretum, adjacent to the Little Desert National Park in Victoria. The focus is on providing plants for revegetation projects, growing local species and growing local native food species.
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Seagrass Collaboration
Currently, a wealth of data on seagrass exists in various formats and is held by a multitude of stakeholders across the state. There is a need for coordination and collation of these datasets to optimise their use throughout research, monitoring and management.
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Garner’s Beach Cassowary Rehabilitation Centre Project
In Australia, the Cassowary is listed as endangered with numbers at around 1,500 to 2,000. But these are guesstimates; no one knows for sure. That’s because Cassowaries live alone in dense forests and they’re hard to count. Cassowary males and females look pretty much the same when they’re young, but females eventually grow about a foot taller, reaching some six feet. They start breeding at age four or five and can live 40 years or more.
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Quolls Around the Monaro
The Spotted-tailed Quoll (aka Tiger Quoll) is the largest native marsupial carnivore left on the Australian mainland. Sadly its population has declined to the point where it now occupies just 50% of its original pre-European range.
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We Believe in the Power of People
We partner with governments, organisations, community groups, rangers and individuals all around Australia to make conservation happen. By working in partnership, together we help protect Australia’s wildlife and habitats for future generations.