Designing ‘nature-positive’ cities

PARK WATCH Article December 2023 | Professor Sarah Bekessy leads the ICON Science research group at RMIT University which uses interdisciplinary approaches to solve complex biodiversity conservation...
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Restoring Golden Kelp forests

PARK WATCH Article December 2023 | Shannon Hurley, Nature Conservation Campaigner, on the efforts to rejuvenate our Golden Kelp forests Golden Kelp is the backbone of our Great Southern Reef,...
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Life after fire

PARK WATCH Article December 2023 | Dr Sera Blair, NatureWatch Coordinator, reports on three years of post-fire wildlife monitoring in East Gippsland Since the devastating bushfires in 2019-2020, vast...
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Wrong fire, wrong place

PARK WATCH Article December 2023 | Bertram Lobert, Save Our Strathbogie Forest President, on the balancing act between fire and Greater Gliders Taking legal action is no small thing for […]...
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Sating the thirst for proper marine planning

PARK WATCH Article December 2023 | VNPA has been at the forefront of driving marine spatial planning since the 1970s says Shannon Hurley, Nature Conservation Campaigner Half a century ago, […]...
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Energy pressures mount on Western Port Bay

PARK WATCH Article December 2023 | Shannon Hurley, Nature Conservation Campaigner, reports on competing needs in Western Port Western Port is experiencing a paradox of energy proposals. On one hand,...
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A fair cop for suburban nature corridor

PARK WATCH Article December 2023 | Jordan Crook, Parks and Nature Campaigner, reports on Dandenong Police Paddocks/Nerre Nerre master planning The Dandenong Police Paddocks/Nerre Nerre...
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Solving the Western Port Woodlands puzzle

PARK WATCH Article December 2023 | Small pieces of wildlife-rich public reserves and private land form a puzzle that, if connected, can form a new national park, writes Jessie Borrelle, […]...
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Enfield Grevillea victim of a flawed experiment

PARK WATCH Article December 2023 | Ben Gill, Nature Conservation Campaigner, investigates disregard for national nature laws  VNPA was shocked to discover the Department of Energy, Environment and...
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