Features in this issue
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More than 5 million reasons to celebrate WA parks
New conservation estate editions making WA a conservation superpower
Regulars
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Mount Frankland National Park
Exploring the Walpole Wilderness -
Parrots out of place
The impressive adaptability of galahs -
Oh what a tangled wattle we weave
Beauty amongst the mess of the tangled wattle plant -
Wild Wonders of Western Australia
Celebrating the beauty of WA through a photographer's lens -
Beyond bee hotels
Shining a light on the importance of native bees -
Navigating the waters of visitor monitoring in marine areas
Combining people power and technological solutions -
Pink cockatoos and solitude
Unique photography course at Eyre Bird Observatory
More than 5 million reasons to celebrate WA parks
New conservation estate editions making WA a conservation superpower
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Nyinggulu (Ningaloo) coastal reserves. Photo Samille Mitchell/DBCA
In 2019, an ambitious target was set. Five million hectares of new conservation areas would be created across Western Australia—with the support of Traditional Owners—to enable the potential of a truly significant conservation outcome.
In a State as vast and varied as Western Australia, the richness of biodiversity is staggering. These ancient lands are brimming with stories and songlines of custodians that traversed the dry deserts, deep forests and seemingly limitless stretches of coastline in kinship with nature for more than fifty thousand years.
Today, efforts are being made to add more than six million hectares of land and waters to the conservation estate; an amount to rival the size of Tasmania.
