The Biodiversity Council acknowledges the First Peoples of the lands and waters of Australia, and pays respect to their Elders, past, present and future and expresses gratitude for long and ongoing custodianship of Country.
The Biodiversity Council is an independent expert group founded by 11 Australian universities to promote evidence-based solutions to Australia’s biodiversity crisis. It is hosted by The University of Melbourne. It receives funding from 11 university partners and The Ian Potter Foundation, The Ross Trust, Trawalla Foundation, The Rendere Trust, Isaacson Davis Foundation, Coniston Charitable Trust and Angela Whitbread.
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Smaller, less predator-savvy animals: the unintended consequences of one of Australia’s key conservation strategies
6 June 2023
According to a new study one of Australia’s key threatened mammal conservation strategies is having unintended negative consequences which could jeopardise long-term conservation outcomes.
Underfunding the protection of nature is an existential threat far greater than inflation
11 May 2023
The federal budget has incrementally improved on nature spending but is overall grossly inadequate to halt biodiversity declines and recover nature. How much would it take to recover Australia's threatened species? Not that much. Read our critique...
Indigenous elders gave a Melbourne primary school a totemic species and the benefits have been far reaching
14 April 2023
How can cultural awareness and Indigenous knowledge sharing be fostered in schools? Read on to see how Carlton North Primary School and Wurundjeri Traditional Custodians are doing it.
New research reveals lessons from the Black Summer bushfires to avoid future biodiversity devastation
6 February 2023
What lessons did we learn from the Black Summer bushfires? Over 200 researchers and land managers have contributed to a new book that revisits the 'Australian Megafires' of 2019-20 and the lessons learnt.