- Associate Professor & ARC Industry Fellow, Urban Ecology, Curtin University
For many citydwellers, parks are sanctuaries, But they may also be home to harmful pathogens.
Our cities are full of obstacles and hazards for native wildlife but also contain many valuable patches of habitat. Creating green spaces to connect these patches improves their lives and ours.
The tangle of greenery along railway lines, flowers growing on vacant lots, or unmown grassy patches under power lines, it turns out people in cities engage with nature in all these spaces.
Some threatened species hit hard by the bushfires this summer have populations in and around urban areas, which are now crucial refuges. Here are some tips to help improve their odds of survival.
Here are the promises and policies of the Coalition, Labor, the Greens, One Nation and more.
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