The 2023 Swan Canning Estuary Fish Community Indices report is out now! This annual monitoring report is a collaboration between DBCA and Murdoch University to track ecological responses to local-scale environmental changes.
Find it 👉 dbca.wa.gov.au/media/3805/dow…
📸 Kurt Krispyn/Murdoch Uni

Check out this great piece ABC News on our work mapping the Great Western Woodlands with drones, planes and GEDI

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Amazing collaboration with Ngadju Conservation Aboriginal Corporation, CSIRO, Biodiversity and Conservation Science
and University of Bristol Biological Sciences

A great opportunity to join the team at the Western Australian Herbarium (Technical Officer: 2 years, full-time), working with senior botanists on a range of projects. Applications close March 7
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Swan Canning River Protection Strategy provides a master plan to keep the Swan and Canning rivers healthy. We are inviting the community to have their say Biodiversity and Conservation Science The survey will take about 12 mins & open til 17/01/24 Complete the survey here: metrixsurveys.com.au/survey/selfser…

🌱 SEED OF THE MONTH 🌱 Moodjar (Nuytsia floribunda)’s bright flowers coincide with the festive season, giving the tree its nickname of Western Australia Christmas Tree. Our Millennium Seed Bank team carried out collections over 20 years ago! Biodiversity and Conservation Science @seedpartnership

In a changing climate estuary hydrodynamics are in flux. Read hear how this impact floods supporting the Ashfield Flats salt marsh aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

Read about the return of brush-tailed mulgara to Dirk Hartog Island NP in the latest edition of Wirrawunna News👉 bit.ly/3QLWgBz

This is the 8th species to be translocated as part of the #Returnto1616 Ecological Restoration Project. 🙌

📸 Mark Cowan/DBCA

It's #WorldNumbatDay !

Did you know we have bred and released 294 #Numbats since 1993, as part of a collaborative breeding program with Biodiversity and Conservation Science to save this native species from extinction?

The new species Goodenia crescentiloba K.A.Sheph. & Lepschi, which occurs in Western Australia and the Northern Territory, is among the taxonomic research published today in Nuytsia #WAHerbarium 📷K. Thiele
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Forest on shallow soils are susceptible to drought. Using geophysics we show shallow can be 20 m deep in the northern Jarrah forest of Western Australia Biodiversity and Conservation Science onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Did you know there are thought to be less than 500 Australian sea lion pups in WA? A survey of breeding colonies at Houtman Abrolhos Islands National Park was recently completed. Find out more bit.ly/NationalThreat…

‘Biosecurity: It’s up to you!’ is the theme for the Dieback Information Group conference on 30-31 August. The conference will delve into some of WA's most pressing biosecurity threats - check out bit.ly/DIGconf2023 for more info.

📸: Mia Townsend/DWG

DBCA incident controller Peter Hartley has provided an update on the next steps in the response to the whale stranding at Cheynes Beach.

A new slime mould, 3 novel Styphelia species and 2 new fungi records for WA have just been published in Nuytsia along with information on Ferdinand Mueller’s 1877 expedition to WA
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📷Geoff Byrne: Styphelia planiconvexa

Come join our team! Biodiversity and Conservation Science is currently recruiting a number of research scientists and technical officers, including a plant ecologist for climate adaptation research 🌱🤓 Apply today! search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pageI…

Want to understand #forest health by listening to it? Like the sweet sweet sounds of # #birds and #bugs ? Join Biodiversity and Conservation Science for an exciting opportunity to develop #Ecoacoustic projects to monitor forest #biodiversity .
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Great opportunity to contribute to a range of #forest science projects in Biodiversity and Conservation Science, from #remote_sensing to plant #ecophysiology , and all in the beautiful south-west of Western Australia working in a great team.
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Are you an experienced ecologist? Can you engage with diverse groups to facilitate the delivery of complex programs? Biodiversity and Conservation Science seeks a research scientist to coordinate forest health monitoring and take a lead role in translating results into management
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Great opportunity to contribute to a range of #forest science projects in Biodiversity and Conservation Science, from #remote_sensing to plant #ecophysiology , and all in the beautiful south-west of Western Australia working in a great team.
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#eDNA and #forest health. Want to help use the former to understand the latter? Biodiversity and Conservation Science is seeking a genetics technician to help deliver forest monitoring projects in the beautiful south-west Western Australia. search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pageI…