Eco Companion Australasia |
Editors choices: Conservation and Protection |
Links in this category of editors choices
cover some of these topics:
conservation and protection, management, nature reserves, export, trade
- Environment Australia - Biodiversity Group [aus]
- Biodiversity planning, plants and animals, environments, conservation programs, protected areas, National Reserves System, formerly Australian Nature Conservation Agency (ANCA)
- Environment Australia - Industry [aus]
- encouraging improved environmental management practices
- Environment Australia - Supervising Scientist Division [aus]
- environmental oversight, nuclear, uranium mining, Kakadu National Park, promote environmental excellence in mining, remediation, advice, legislation
- Environment Australia - Coasts and Oceans [aus]
- National Landcare Program (NLP) [aus]
- Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research [nz]
- National Environment Protection Council (NEPC) [aus]
- CSIRO Plant Industry [aus]
- Australian Antarctic Division [aus, ant]
- International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research (ICAIR) [nz, ant]
- Native Fish Australia [aus]
- National Association of Forest Industries (NAFI) [aus]
- Ecological Society of Australia (ESA) [aus]
- Streamwatch - community water quality monitoring and action program [aus]
- Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) [aus]
- Amphibian Declines in Australia [aus]
- missing and declining frogs, research, nature and causes of disappearance
- Australian Herpetological Directory [aus]
- Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology (CRCFE) [aus]
- Australian Mammal Society [aus]
- Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) [aus]
- habitat atlas, education resources, fund-raising, trees for koalas, pictures, endangered or not
- Birds Australia / RAOU [aus]
- lots excellent information and ornithology links, Directory of Australian Bird Research, list of threatened, extinct, endangered, vulnerable Australian birds
- Department of Conservation [nz]
- Waterwatch Australia - communities caring for catchments [aus]
- Wetlands, Waterways, and Waterbirds [aus]
- National Wetlands Program, Migratory Waterbirds, Ramsar Convention, Important Wetlands Directory
- New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) [nsw]
- parks and reserve management, state recreation areas, nature reserves, Aboriginal sites register, cultural heritage
- Victorian Frog Group (VFG) [vic]
- get involved in conservation, research and education projects concerning frogs, find pictures and sounds, frog calls
- Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service - Frogs [tas]
- Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service [tas]
- natural and cultural resources management, history and heritage, World Heritage Areas, National Parks and Reserves
- Brisbane Frog Society [qld]
- Frogs of Western Australia [wa]
- CSIRO Animal Health - Disappearing Frogs [aus]
- amphibian decline, indicator of environmental collapse, new fungus may be partly responsible
- Earth Sanctuaries Limited (ESL) [aus]
- rare and endangered conservation, reintroduction, habitat sanctuary, ecotourism, ethical investment, remove introduced predators
- Papua New Guinea Rainforest and Biodiversity Information [png]
- Papua New Guinea Virtual Library [png]
- Pest Animal Control CRC [aus]
- pest control, immunocontraception, immunosterilisation, limit population, fertility control, european rabbit, red fox, mouse
- Population Control [all]
- unrestrained growth of human populations, immuno-contraception, immuno-sterilisation, fertility control through viral transmission
- Land Channel [vic]
- the window to all distributed government land-related information and services in Victoria
- NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation [nsw]
- water reform, community programs, catchment management, improve health of rivers and groundwater
- Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation (LWRRDC) [aus]
- Greenpeace Australia [aus]
- Greenpeace New Zealand [nz]
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) [qld]
- Australia New Guinea Fishes Association (ANGFA) [aus, png]
- native freshwater fish species, conservation, study, keeping, propagation
- CRC for Weed Management Systems [aus]
- Weed Science Society of Victoria [aus, vic]
- Tamar Valley Weed Strategy Working Group [aus, tas]
- community based organisation, photos and descriptions of common weeds and noxious weeds, biological control agents, dispersal and control methods
- Australian Trust for Conservation Volunteers (ATCV) [aus]
- Greening Australia [aus]
- bushcare, vegetation management, vegetation helps repair degraded land and water, coordination, community-based organisations
- Kiwi Recovery Programme [nz]
- Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc [nz]
- Department of Lands, Planning and Environment (DLPE) [nt]
- Natural Heritage Trust (NHT) [aus]
- environmental rescue effort, coordinated approach, partnership of individuals and communities and governments, funding for environmental activities
- Rabbit Calicivirus News [aus]
- National Feral Animal Control Program [aus]
- European red fox (Vulpes vulpes), goat (Capra hircus), cat, pig (Sus scrofa), European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
- Pest Animals (Feral Animals) [aus]
- National Feral Animal Control Program
- Society for Growing Australian Plants (SGAP) [aus]
- Australian Tree Seed Centre (ATSC) [aus]
- national tree seed bank, search seed database, seed suppliers
- FloraBank [aus]
- supports collection, management, and distribution of Australian native seed, fact sheets, seed germination sheet, seedbank, contact details directory
- Weeds Australia [aus]
- national weeds stategy, weed policies, regulations, research, training, weed management, noxious weeds list, control of roadside weeds, search weeds database, community groups
- Nature Conservation Council of NSW (NCC) [nsw]
- peak umbrella organisation for community, conservation and environment groups, excellent search facility, links wide range environmental groups
- New Zealand Trust for Conservation Volunteers (NZTCV) [nz]
- Green Innovations Inc. [aus]
- environmental think-tank, environmental services, Greenleap email list for people helping society leapfrog to an ecologically sustainable economy
- The Seed Savers' Network [aus]
- preserve genetic base, adapted to local growing conditions, local seed networks, searchable catalogue of botanical books
- Fauna Rescue of South Australia Inc. [sa]
- Caring for South Australian wildlife, rescue, volunteer non-profit organisation, caring for sick, injured and orphaned wildlife
- NSW Wildlife Information and Rescue Service Inc. (WIRES) [nsw]
- non-profit, non-political organisation, network of volunteers who rescue, rehabilitate and release sick, injured or orphaned native wildlife
- Pearcedale Conservation Park [aus]
- conservation education, breeding, moonlit sanctuary, partners for conservation, programs
- Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) [aus]
- independent, non-profit organisation, create reserves to protect habitat and threatened species, establish new populations
- Global Volunteer Network [nz]
- wildlife monitoring and research, preservation and restoration of environment, educational outreach
- Amphibian Research Centre (ARC) [aus]
- research and conservation, encourage pet frogs and responsible attitudes, frog supplies, education materials
Region codes [aus, nz, ant, ...] indicate the state or country that each site is relevant to.