by adrian | Apr 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
The stakes are high. The Geelong Strategic Assessment is going to fast-track the development of 6000 hectares that includes endangered grassland, grassy woodland and the Moorabool River. Developers stand to make windfall profits at the cost of the environment. The...
by adrian | Feb 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
Of the 615 species on the Grassy Plains Network’s new list of Victorian Grassland Flora, 60 are on the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act’s Threatened List. But of those, only a pitiful 18 (less than a third) have an Action Statement. Action Statements are...
by adrian | Feb 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Grassy Plains Network has put together a new list of the flora of Victoria’s grasslands. The list contains 615 species from across the Victorian Volcanic Plain and Riverina. We hope it will be useful and of interest. This is a work-in-progress, aiming to...
by adrian | Jan 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
Two hundred years of land clearing are leading to extinction. Victoria’s 2018 State of the Environment Report indicated that between 1990 and 2015 native grasslands and herblands have declined by 20% from approximately 2.3 million hectares to 1.8 million hectares....
by adrian | Nov 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Grassy Plains Network has identified a set of eleven high-quality grasslands across Melbourne that are under threat. There are more – of course – but these are the most important, and they are in need of urgent action. These eleven are primarily in Hobsons Bay and...
by adrian | Oct 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
GPN have worked with fab designer Liz Dalgleish to come up with four posters calling out the perilous position of the critically endangered Spiny Rice-flower (Pimelea spinescens) in Hobsons Bay. We love HB’s grasslands, but half of them are completely...