Conservation and Ecosystem Management: CEM Blog

Environmental Crisis

Quolls

Learn the sad story of the Eastern quoll, Leadbeater's possums, Swift Parrots, and the Eastern Curlew. This "4 Corners" story (2019). 40 mins

The fight to save Australia's endangered species 

Australia has one of the worst extinction records on the planet, and scientists say we're not doing enough to turn around this human-induced crisis.

BUT on a lighter note enjoy Quoll Farm ABC (2021) 56 mins.

Kakadu

At the other end of our country is another frightening story. Another "4 Corners" story (2021) 41 mins

Kakadu in crisis: Traditional owners threaten to close Australia’s biggest national park

Read more: A bitter tale of mistrust and mismanagement inside Australia’s largest national

FernFlip by Wiltshire, R. J. E.

ISBN: 9780646979090

Publication Date: 2021

Use FernFlip to identify the more common of Tasmania's 84 terrestrial ferns. Species are arranged in families and for comparison.

 

 

 

 

 

Tracks, scats, and other traces : a field guide to Australian mammals by Barbara Triggs

ISBN: 9780195550993

Publication Date: 2020

Mammals inhabit every corner of our vast continent, yet the great majority of species are seldom seen. The only clue to their presence might be a footprint left on a muddy track, a scat deposited on a rocky ledge, or bones scattered on a forest floor.

 

 

The guide to Tasmanian wildlife by Angus McNab

ISBN: 9780648363156

Publication Date: 2018

The only comprehensive guide to identifying all 324 species of amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds that inhabit Tasmania and its territorial waters, including 30 species that occur nowhere else. Details and user-friendly accounts of each species include physical descriptions, distribution maps, details on where and when to see each species, preferred habitat types, similar species and how to tell them apart, plus notes on subspecies, conservation status and ecology.