Read about US government plans to advance conservation

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-ambitious-strategy-to-preserve-biodiversity/

Newstead conservationist and celebrity blogger Geoff Park has given this assessment of where we are at as far as the Loddon Valley is concerned.

Article posted on Connecting Country website

https://connectingcountry.org.au/is-landscape-restoration-working/

Cultural heritage management plans, permits, agreements and tests

https://www.aboriginalvictoria.vic.gov.au/cultural-heritage-management-plans-permits-agreements-and-tests

Read the simplified version on the Landcare Victoria website

https://www.landcarevic.org.au/resources/aboriginal-cultural-heritage-guide/

Atlas of Living Australia has partnered with the global citizen science database maintained by iNaturalist to launch this month the app 

iNaturalist Australia

It is very easy to use with your smartphone after you have got the app from the app store and registered and given the permissions asked for. You can also put it on your computer. As the Australian database gets bigger the database will improve its identification capabilities so that the citizen scientists will b...

Draft Aspiration and Guiding Principles

The draft Aspiration and Guiding Principles which will form the foundation of the Land Management Strategy are below. Take a look and discuss them with your community and members.

“Victoria’s parks are resilient, inclusive and valued; conserving nature and cultural heritage; supporting Traditional Owner aspirations; and contributing to healthy communities.”

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Maintain and strengthen th...

This report indicates the 2 degree rise in world temperature can be postponed for 20 years if land managers look at how sustainable their practices are. Extensive world wide data has been used to arrive at the figures that the conclusions from this report are derived. In particular they have identified feedback loops that will accelerate (or reduce) climate change, via land degradation (or conservation) 

https://www.ipcc.ch/2019/08/08/land-is-a-critical-resource_srccl/

Thanks to Robin and Gordon sharp for these observations

“Ravens and Maggies living together sharing food, Raven hiding food and teaching the young Ravens how to drink.

They seem to live together with respect for one an other, you stay that side we will stay this side”