From oyster reefs to bandicoot grasslands, many Australian ecosystems no longer exist. Restoring nature is a good goal – but we cannot return to the past.
- Senior Lecturer, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
Efforts by First Nations groups to thin dense forest regrowth have come under fire in Victoria. The solution isn’t to restore “wilderness” – it’s to manage Country.
Australia’s First Peoples have a strong and continuing connection to the land. Their determination to maintain this connection provides important opportunities for conservation. Our new research explored…
Victoria’s decision this week to reject a ban on duck hunting is a shot to the heart for proud Yuin man Jack Pascoe, son of Bruce Pascoe. The black duck Yumburra is a Yuin tribal totem.
A group of prominent environmental scientists devised this list of 5 things we must see in Australia’s new national environmental laws, if we are to avoid calamity and hasten recovery.
For Australia’s saltwater people, the migration routes of humpback whales represents an important songline
The end of native timber harvesting in Victoria offers a generational opportunity for First Peoples to care for Forest Country
The planet is entering its sixth mass extinction event. This global nature summit is our best change to stop this tide of destruction.
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