More than 187km of direct seeding using more than 50kg of locally sourced native shrub seeds has been completed by Murray Seed Services staff on four of the nine NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust agreements established through the Restoring Murray Woodlands Biodiversity and Carbon conservation tender.
Motion cameras and Song Meter sound recorders on private conservation agreement sites across NSW have been busily recording and capturing fauna data as part of our newly launched citizen science project, Land Libraries, with some finds the first recorded sightings of a species in a locality.
It can sometimes be hard to resist the urge to clean up fallen branches or accumulated leaf litter in native bushland patches, but where possible leaving fallen logs, branches and leaf litter can have huge benefits for native wildlife and the functioning of ecosystems.
Our Research Strategy program’s PhD candidate Joshua Lee received an award from the Ecological Society of Australia’s 2024 conference in Melbourne last week.
Joshua received the society’s Fundamental Ecology Award for his research to assess biodiversity more effectively on conservation agreements.
“It is that range of biodiversity that we must care for - the whole thing - rather than just one or two stars.” - Sir David Attenborough
They say a week in nature can re-ignite your well-being, and a week out in rural NSW has certainly got this kiwi's creative juices flowing.
The NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust has exceeded its goal to secure an additional 200,000 hectares under conservation agreements in NSW by 2025, a full year early.
CEO Erin Giuliani said in the last financial year, 69 new conservation agreements were established with private landholders, protecting another 24,249 hectares:
