Conservation & Sustainability at Melbourne Polytechnic

15/04/2022

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02/02/2022

The use of the amazing olfactory senses in dogs has been on the rise within conservation for sniffing out minute traces of target species of flora and fauna. Eba is helping scientists to study the health of Orca by sniffing out their faeces in the water for scientific analysis.

23/01/2022

If you are lucky enough to know where there is a Bunya tree ( usually SE Qld) you’ll already know it’s bunya nut season. My newsfeed is flooded with recipe ideas at the moment - I lived there for 10 years and never once tried them. Regrets……

20/01/2022

Happy Penguin Awareness Day!

“Happy Penguin Awareness Day! Know your penguins: there are 18 species, many threatened or endangered; all found in the Southern Hemisphere, though the Galapagos live on the Equator. The Emperor penguin is the tallest at more than 1m pic Peppermint Narwhal”

31/12/2021

Remember to put water out for wildlife as the weather heats up

01/12/2021

It’s National Tree Week in the UK and Great Uncle Bulgaria is planting a tree to celebrate. Be like Great Uncle Bulgaria.

25/11/2021

Volunteers are needed to assist with vegetation surveys in and around Woorndoo on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 December (next week).

Surveys to be led by Neville Walsh, Senior Conservation Botanist, National Herbarium of Victoria.

NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED.

Volunteers are needed to assist with vegetation surveys in and around Woorndoo on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 December (next week). Surveys to be led by Neville Walsh, Senior Conservation Botanist, Nat…

18/11/2021

This cruise is amazing and the company is a family run business. Cruises leave from Tidal River campground on a tour of the incredibly geology, coastline and wildlife around the Prom.

New roles available for Office Staff and Deckhands

16/11/2021

Image Recognition Technology for Feral cat management on Kangaroo Island.

11/11/2021

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2021/nov/12/deforestation-in-australia-a-wanton-assault-on-wildlife-in-pictures

More than 100 nations including Australia this month signed up to stop or reverse deforestation by 2030. The pact put the spotlight on an issue that combines carbon emissions and threatened species. These images reveal some of the shocking impacts of deforestation