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Send us Fan Mail The climate has always changed. But in recent years, these changes have gotten drastically faster and more noticeable. So much so that, in some cases, they are causing trees to die. Grey Box and Yellow Box trees form the eucalypt backbone of Bush Heritage's Nardoo Hills Reserve on Dja Dja Wurrung country in central Victoria, providing crucial habitats for all sorts of woodland birds, insects and tree-dwelling mammals. So, when the woodlands began to die in 2008 and aga...
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Send us Fan Mail From plankton to humpbacks, ocean life is riding massive waves of change – including ocean warming, rising sea levels, acidification and algal blooms. In the Timor Sea off the Kimberley Coast and over to Agnes Water in Queensland, marine biologists and Wunambal Gaambera Rangers are mapping turtles tracks, monitoring threats to their nests and protecting tiny hatchlings. Along the humpback highway, wildlife scientist Vanessa Pirotta shares how whales are fertilisi...
Send us Fan Mail Traditional Custodians have recorded sea level changes, volcanic shifts and meteoric events for over 10,000 years through story, song, dance and art. Since colonisation, these knowledge systems have faced immense pressure – but Tiahni is solution focused. She traces her own journey to connect with her ancestry and explores how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge can strengthen Country to help it adapt. With Aunty Bernice Hookey, she unpacks epistemic injust...
Send us Fan Mail The landscapes of Southwest Western Australia smack you in the face with their ecological richness, according to Gondwana Link CEO Keith Bradby. He and others – including Bush Heritage – are restoring a 1000km stretch of bushlands in this global biodiversity hotspot, shaped over millions of years by glacial shifts and evolution. For Noongar Elder Lester Coyne it is a place where his people prospered long before the disruptive forces of colonisation. Today it is surroun...
Send us Fan Mail Our planet is getting hotter – and deserts, covering 41% of the Earth and nearly 20% of Australia, are on the frontline. What will the sweltering and scorching temperatures mean for the people and species that live there? At Secret Rocks in South Australia, Tiahni joins Dr Katherine Moseby and Jack Bilby who are braving extreme temperatures to help to protect native animals like bilbies and numbats survive. Gareth Catt from the Indigenous Desert Alliance tells of how deserts ...
Send us Fan Mail When nature is destroyed and removed, can we ever truly restore it? Across Australia, scientists and communities are sharing powerful stories of ecological restoration – from city rivers to deep-sea reefs. In Adelaide’s River Torrens, urban ecologist Prof. Chris Daniels is leading platypus reintroduction for the city. Downstream near Glenelg beach, one of Australia’s true conservation success stories is occurring underwater: marine scientist Dr Dominic McAfee is restoring oys...