The Reimagining Conservation Forum - Working Together for Healthy Country, will be held in Brisbane from Nov 2nd - 4th, 2022. This First Nations-led Forum brings together First Nations leaders and practitioners involved in the policies and practices of land and sea management across Australia.
A video is now live on the critical post-fire monitoring project we are conducting in the Grose Valley region of the Blue Mountains. A diverse team of hydrologists, geomorphologists and ecologists is collecting data and modelling scenarios to inform remedial actions and fire preparations.
In Dec 2021 the public was invited to hear cultural ecologist David Abram in conversation with the leading voices of Australia’s First Peoples as they explored our place in the more-than-human world. The video recording of each webinar is now available to view.
Scenic World and the Institute are committed to collaborating to continue the ecological monitoring program in the Jamison Valley, below and around Scenic World, and contributing to ecological data sets for the benefit of science and the public.
We’re pleased to report that our iNaturalist project, capturing observations of flora and fauna across the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, surpassed 50,000 observations of over 4000 species in January 2022, thanks to over 2,000 citizen scientists.
Google has launched a new tool that allows anyone to monitor the impacts of climate change at five of the world's most precious cultural sites. The project, "Heritage on the Edge," uses 3D mapping and other tools to capture images of World Heritage Sites that can be used for conservation.
Dr. Jack Pascoe, who completed his PhD on Apex Predators in the GBMWHA under the supervision of Dr Rosalie Chapple, writes in the Guardian on the need for a vision for our environment, for the species and ecosystems it will support, and how our communities will sit within these environments.
As climate change continues, large, intense, and severe fires will become more common. But what does this mean for animals living in fire-prone environments? New research published in the Journal of Animal Ecology looked at studies from around the world to identify how predators respond to fire.
