Citizen science databases can be an excellent tool for getting to know the flora and fauna present within your...
Protecting Hollows With Citizen Science

Around the country, communities are using the power of citizen science to help protect a highly ecologically valuable and...
Thinning Forests for Bushfire Management – Does It Work?

Particularly following the 2019-2020 bushfire season, various techniques to lessen the severity of bushfires have been discussed in great...
Watch the final showcase of the Bushfire Risk Management Research Hub as their initial works draw to a close....
How a NCC community workshop in Kangaroo Valley connected people through nature

We are all familiar with the severe and extensive bushfires of 2019-20 which impacted the lives of so many...
We’ve all seen the current effects of climate change. As bushfires become larger, more sever and more frequent the...
NCC’s 2017 Bushfire Conference – Fire, Fauna & Ferals Sydney 30-31 May with a field day 1 June Conference...
Ecological Restoration – what standard are you working to? Ecological restoration and rehabilitation seeks to transform humanity’s role from...
NCC’s 11th Biennial Bushfire Conference will be held 30-31 May 2017 with a field trip proposed for 1 June. More...
Drones – The Future of Bushfire Management?

A recent article in the Guardian has explored the use of remotely piloted drones in order to facilitate the...
An Introduction to Citizen Science

Citizen science databases can be an excellent tool for getting to know the flora and fauna present within your...
Protecting Hollows With Citizen Science

Around the country, communities are using the power of citizen science to help protect a highly ecologically valuable and...
Thinning Forests for Bushfire Management – Does It Work?

Particularly following the 2019-2020 bushfire season, various techniques to lessen the severity of bushfires have been discussed in great...
Watch the final showcase of the Bushfire Risk Management Research Hub as their initial works draw to a close....
How a NCC community workshop in Kangaroo Valley connected people through nature

We are all familiar with the severe and extensive bushfires of 2019-20 which impacted the lives of so many...
We’ve all seen the current effects of climate change. As bushfires become larger, more sever and more frequent the...
Watch – Signs of Fauna: what’s living in your bushland?

Ever wondered who your fury, scaly and feathered neighbours are? What lives in your local bush or your backyard?...
Watch – Monitoring bushland: using photo points

Have you ever wanted to know more about your environment and how it is changing? Monitoring is a powerful...
The Bushfire and Natural Hazards Co-operative Research Centre (CRC) has developed a booklet on cultural burning, collating Aboriginal stories...
The NSW Department of Planning and Environment have released an app for android users that allows you to explore...
Watch – Ecological burns: a Council perspective

Martin Roberts from Macedon Ranges Shire Council explores ecological burns from a Local Government perspective in a presentation for...
Book Review – A Wide & Open Land: Walking The Last Of Western Sydney’s Woodlands by Peter A. Ridgeway

As one who enjoys long bushwalks and studying nature, I was very keen to grab hold of a copy...
‘Business as usual won’t cut it’: The Conversation

Two years on from the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires, this Conversation article analyses the current state of fire management...
Understanding fuel… and why we need to manage it

The Hotspots Fire Project, jointly delivered by the Nature Conservation Council and the NSW Rural Fire Service, has released...