Conservation & Sustainability at Melbourne Polytechnic

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If you are lucky enough to know where there is a Bunya tree ( usually SE Qld) you’ll already know it’s bunya nut season. My newsfeed is flooded with recipe ideas at the moment - I lived there for 10 years and never once tried them. Regrets……

Happy Penguin Awareness Day!

The Antarctic Report on Twitter “Happy Penguin Awareness Day! Know your penguins: there are 18 species, many threatened or endangered; all found in the Southern Hemisphere, though the Galapagos live on the Equator. The Emperor penguin is the tallest at more than 1m pic Peppermint Narwhal”

Remember to put water out for wildlife as the weather heats up

It’s National Tree Week in the UK and Great Uncle Bulgaria is planting a tree to celebrate. Be like Great Uncle Bulgaria.

Volunteers are needed to assist with vegetation surveys in and around Woorndoo on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 December (next week).

Surveys to be led by Neville Walsh, Senior Conservation Botanist, National Herbarium of Victoria.

NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED.

Volunteers needed for Woorndoo flora survey Volunteers are needed to assist with vegetation surveys in and around Woorndoo on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 December (next week). Surveys to be led by Neville Walsh, Senior Conservation Botanist, Nat…

This cruise is amazing and the company is a family run business. Cruises leave from Tidal River campground on a tour of the incredibly geology, coastline and wildlife around the Prom.

Join the Wilsons Promontory Cruises team New roles available for Office Staff and Deckhands

Image Recognition Technology for Feral cat management on Kangaroo Island.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2021/nov/12/deforestation-in-australia-a-wanton-assault-on-wildlife-in-pictures

Deforestation in Australia: a wanton assault on wildlife – in pictures More than 100 nations including Australia this month signed up to stop or reverse deforestation by 2030. The pact put the spotlight on an issue that combines carbon emissions and threatened species. These images reveal some of the shocking impacts of deforestation