Healthy Land & Water CEO Julie McLellan reiterated that the time for change is now at a recent Committee for Brisbane panel on disaster resilience in South East Queensland.
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People across South East Queensland used the smart online form we developed to capture local information to better understand the current flood impact on natural areas and project sites across our region.
The peak environmental group for South East Queensland is urgently calling on governments to flip the current disaster response model to focus on investing in preparedness and proactive flood mitigation, rather than relying on disaster response payments after the fact.
Plastic never really disappears – it breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces called microplastics, which are easily consumed by marine animals. When these animals then get eaten by larger ones, the microplastics they ingest build up (bioaccumulate) through the food chain.
Weeds are invasive plants that can spread very quickly and have devastating impacts on primary industries, natural ecosystems, and human and animal health. Weeds are estimated to cost Queensland $600 million every year.
Invasive species can have serious impacts on threatened and vulnerable species, including many found in the Ramsar-listed Moreton Bay Wetland.
The Moreton Bay Ramsar Wetland is home to a mosaic of diverse ecosystems that support an array of plants and animals, some of which are rare and endangered.
One of these ecosystems is seagrass. Seagrass is an underwater flowering plant, not to be confused with seaweed, which is an algae. It grows in large meadows in shallow areas of the Moreton Bay Ramsar Wetland and provides important food and habitat for a range of marine animals. Turtles and dugongs love to feed off these nutrient-rich plants, and many fish species use them for nurseries. Did you know that in only one acre of seagrass, you could find up to 40,000 baby fish and over 50 million invertebrates?
Spotlight on the Water mouse (Xeromys myoides)
Other Names: False water rat, yirrkoo
Conservation status: Vulnerable (Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999; Nature Conservation Act 1992)
The water mouse is a native rodent that inhabits coastal freshwater and intertidal environments, including saltmarsh, mangroves, and wetlands.
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