Tag Archives: Land managment

‘We didn’t deserve it’: Retirees donate savings to climate fight

Caroline and Terry Bellair.Caroline  and Terry Bellair downsized and tree changed. Like many Australians of their generation and class, they had money surplus to their needs. And they were at a stage of life where they were wondering what to do with it.

Last year, in a moment of catharsis, the Bellairs decided. They would donate $1 million to convert private property into nature reserves and help create habitat links for plants and animals to adapt to a changing climate.

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How fire could unlock suburbia’s ‘hidden treasure’ of wildflowers

Conservation field officer Andrew Foudoulis attributes regular, controlled burns with the return of rare native plants and reduction in the use of herbicides. Michael Slot was on his hands and knees in a suburban park in Melbourne’s north-eastern outskirts when he came across a plant he didn’t recognise. It was small, white and – as far as wildflowers go – relatively nondescript. Most people would not have heard of it and almost certainly never have seen it.screen-shot-2017-02-22-at-9-33-42-pm

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