Brown Mountain old growth trees much older than was thought >>link

Weekly Greenhouse Indicator - Victoria

Controlling weed spread

The Bureau of Rural Sciences has recently produced a pair of brochures to promote best practice processing of green waste, to minimise weed spread.

Savannah cats banned

That's some relief - thanks Peter Garrett!

Mr Garrett said he would not hesitate to use his powers under the EPBC Act to prevent the live import of any species or breed that poses a significant risk to the Australian environment or wildlife.

 "The threat posed by pest animals to biodiversity in New South Wales" 

Excerpt: "Comparisons of all threats showed that pest animals are contributing significantly to biodiversity decline in New South Wales, posing the fourth greatest threat, behind land clearing, altered fire regimes and weeds. Collectively, alien species (pest animals and weeds) pose the second greatest threat. Pest animals also rank highly

Plant scientists at the Cooperative Research Centre for Australian Weed Management (Weeds CRC) today warned gardeners that some waterwise garden plants can jump the garden fence and invade the natural environment.