Last year was very challenging for most field ecology projects. Travel restrictions and site access issues associated with the bushfires and the COVID pandemic meant that most of the field season was a write-off for a lot of projects. This summer we were able to get out and about a little more easily, so we … Continue reading Field update: monitoring lagoons biodiversity
New research on upland wetlands conservation
The Dynamic Lagoons project team, in collaboration with Dr Sarah Mika at UNE, have just published a paper assessing how effective the current national environmental legislation (the EPBC Act) is at protecting threatened ecological communities like upland wetlands. The process of listing ecological communities for national protection has many flaws, including the restrictive condition thresholds … Continue reading New research on upland wetlands conservation
