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Easter in Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

Easter commemorates the resurrection (return to life) of Jesus Christ following his death by crucifixion. Easter eggs are traditionally eaten on Easter Sunday, however stores start stocking Easter treats well before the Easter holiday period. Early on Ea...

Fiona Hall - Australia's Culture Portal

Image courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney. Fiona Hall, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2005. Fiona Hall, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 2005....

Fiona Hall - Australia's Culture Portal

Image courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney. Fiona Hall, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2005. Fiona Hall, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 2005....

National parks - Australia's Culture Portal

Blue Lake, Kosciuszko National Park. Australia has over 500 national parks. Most of our national parks are managed by the States and Territories of Australia; however the Commonwealth of Australia manages six national parks and a further 13 marine parks...

Zoos in Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

However, the first zoo in Australia, Melbourne Zoo, wasn't established until 1862. Taronga Zoo and Western Plains Zoo are jointly administered New South Wales public zoos. The zoo features both Australian native species and exotic species of mammals, bi...

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Mogo Zoo   (more info)

Mogo Zoo is a privately owned zoo situated 10km south of Batemans Bay in the historic goldmining village of Mogo. The website provides in depth detail about the zoo's commitment to endangered species and information about visiting the zoo.

Eagles Heritage   (more info)

Eagle's Heritage specialise in education of the public, rehabilitation and endangered species breeding of raptors (birds of prey). Their website provides information about the wildlife centre and includes links to associated organisations such as the Soci

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Australian Governments' Interactive Functions Thesaurus - Endangered species protection   (website National Archives of Australia (NAA) )

Endangered species protection (Level 3) Identifying groups of plants or animals that are under threat or at risk of extinction. See also ENVIRONMENT - Natural heritage protection - Wilderness area management: for the removal of feral animals and plants. ...

Reimbursing The Future: Table 2.1.1 Distributions of Rare and Endangered Flora Species   (website Environment Australia - Australian Biodiversity )

An evaluation of motivational, voluntary, price-based, property-right, and regulatory incentives for the conservation of biodiversity A report by M.D. Young, N. Gunningham, J. Elix, J. Lambert, B. Howard, P. Grabosky and E. McCrone> Prepared by CSIRO Divi...

National recovery plan for the Endangered Native Jute Species, Corchorus cunninghamii F. Muell. in Queensland (2001-2006) - 2. Background   (website Environment Australia - Australian Biodiversity )

National recovery plan for the Endangered Native Jute Species, Corchorus cunninghamii F. Muell. However, since 1983 populations of C. cunninghamii have been located in a limited area around south-east Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales. Other p...

National recovery plan for the Endangered Native Jute Species, Corchorus cunninghamii F. Muell. in Queensland (2001-2006) - 1. Summary   (website Environment Australia - Australian Biodiversity )

National recovery plan for the Endangered Native Jute Species, Corchorus cunninghamii F. Muell. Corchorus cunninghamii is a herbaceous plant species with a restricted distribution occurring naturally within a 120 km region between Brisbane (Queensland) a...

Alternatives to the Use of Endangered Species in Chinese Medicine: Healthy people - healthy wildlife   (website(s) Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts    Environment Australia - Australian Biodiversity )

This paper summarises emerging issues related to the use of endangered species of animals and plants in Chinese medicine. Newly identified substitutes for endangered species which have reliable and similar therapeutic effects (for example, buffalo horn i...

The Current Situation in China on the Use of Endangered Species in Chinese Medicine: Healthy people - healthy wildlife   (website(s) Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts    Environment Australia - Australian Biodiversity )

Chinese medication is chiefly composed of three types, ie plants, animals and mineral sources. For example, The Great Chinese Medication Dictionary (1985) lists a total of 5,767 Chinese medicines. The Chinese Pharmaceutics Code - Part One (1995) lists 5...

Trade in Traditional Medicine Using Endangered Species â~" an International Context: Healthy people - healthy wildlife   (website(s) Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts    Environment Australia - Australian Biodiversity )

In addition, the presentation also touches upon the gradual change in focus of international wildlife conservation, with an increasing concern for conserving medicinal plants. Table 1 provides a chronicle of those events addressing medicinal wildlife cons...

National recovery plan for the Endangered Native Jute Species, Corchorus cunninghamii F. Muell. in Queensland (2001-2006) - 3. Recovery Objectives, Criteria and Actions   (website Environment Australia - Australian Biodiversity )

Action 1: Investigate population dynamics by tagging and monitoring the life history of individual plants in existing populations of C. cunninghamii. Action 3: Implement management programs (e.g. fire and weed disturbance regimes) that improve the habitat...

National recovery plan for the Endangered Native Jute Species, Corchorus cunninghamii F. Muell. in Queensland (2001-2006) - 4. Acknowledgements   (website Environment Australia - Australian Biodiversity )

National recovery plan for the Endangered Native Jute Species, Corchorus cunninghamii F. Muell. The original conservation statement and draft recovery plan for C. cunninghamii, prepared by David Halford in 1995, provided the basis for the current recover...

National recovery plan for the Endangered Native Jute Species, Corchorus cunninghamii F. Muell. in Queensland (2001-2006) - 5. References   (website Environment Australia - Australian Biodiversity )

National recovery plan for the Endangered Native Jute Species, Corchorus cunninghamii F. Muell. Halford, D.A. (1995a). Conservation statement and draft recovery plan for Corchorus cunninghamii F. Muell. Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Endangered S...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) - wildlife trade fact sheet   (website(s) Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts    Environment Australia - Australian Biodiversity )

The scale of over-exploitation of wildlife for trade led to an international treaty being drafted in 1973 to prevent international trade from threatening species with extinction. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna an...

National recovery plan for the Endangered Native Jute Species, Corchorus cunninghamii F. Muell. in Queensland (2001-2006) - Contents   (website Environment Australia - Australian Biodiversity )

National recovery plan for the Endangered Native Jute Species, Corchorus cunninghamii F. Muell. This recovery plan and its appendix are available as PDF files. Download Recovery Plan for the Endangered Native Jute Species, Corchorus cunninghamii F. Muel...

Beak and feather disease affecting endangered psittacine species - Threat abatement plan ( http://www.environment.gov.au/ )   (website(s) Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts    Environment Australia - Australian Biodiversity )

Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease (BFD) is a common and potentially deadly disease of parrots caused by a circovirus named Beak and Feather Disease virus. BFD affecting endangered psittacine species (parrots and related species) was listed in April 200...