INTERESTING BITS IN BRIEF: A summary of recent plant conservation news and articles

We've been sharing plant conservation news and articles of interest almost daily through our social media channels Twitter, Facebook and Google +. We're now also sharing images of our events and activities via Instagram.

{Participants at our recent Plant ID for Grassy Ecosystems Workshop practicing their plant identification skills}

Here's a sample of what we have shared recently:

Lowland Grassy Woodland in the South East Corner Bioregion - New EPBC Act critically endangered listing. 

ANPC Committee member Noushka Reiter on translocation of endangered orchids. 

Genetic diversity in seed is vital for restoration efforts says CSIRO scientist Linda Broadhurst (listen)

Horticulture Crops Conservation Officer assignment available with Australian Red Cross. Help conserve Bhutan's crop diversity. 

Research suggests land managers reintroduce native flora to safeguard against effects of fire and climate change. 

Do environmental impact assessments protect Australia's environment.

What is killing gum trees in the high country?

Charles Darwin University investigating how biodiversity conservation may generate income for NT pastoralists (listen). 

Australia’s tropical savannas are largest least-degraded on Earth. Sadly they are threatened by Gamba Grass. 

Private land managed by NGOs is an important piece of the conservation jigsaw.  

New theory: 'forests are the heart of the earth, driving atmospheric pressure, pumping wind & moving rain'. 

New population of Critically Endangered plant Spiny Daisy discovered.