Revegetation on the Edge

Traditional Custodians have recorded sea level changes, volcanic shifts and meteoric events for over 10,000 years through story, song, dance and art.

Our planet is getting hotter and deserts are on the frontline. What will the scorching temperatures mean for the people and species that live there?

When nature is destroyed and removed, can we ever truly restore it? Across Australia, scientists and communities are sharing powerful stories of ecological restoration – from city rivers to deep-sea reefs.

Bush Heritage’s most recent reserve acquisitions share two key features: unusual names – Dodgey Downs and Nil Desperandum – and crucial links to existing reserves.

Tiahni explores tree conservation with Bob Brown, Pakana Elder Hank Horton and arboriculturist Dr Gregory Moore. Without trees, humans can’t exist.

For Kelly Price, Tarcutta Hills Reserve Manager, healthy Country is something you can hear and see. “When you drive into the reserve suddenly everything comes to life,”

Eleanor Hetharia, Bush Heritage’s Head of Region South-East, will never forget what she saw at Nardoo Hills Reserve in early 2014.

Bush Heritage's Phil Palmer and Kim Jarvis, are working alongside our wonderful volunteers on a mammoth revegetation project to restore ecosystems and connectivity at Scottsdale.

An ambitious project, jointly managed by Bush Heritage Australia and Greening Australia, will help wildlife move across a globally recognised biodiversity hotspot by restoring a critical piece of habitat between the Fitzgerald River and the Stirling Range National Parks in southern Western Australia.

Bush Heritage Australia has made a significant purchase of the quirkily named Dodgey Downs, creating nearly 4,000 hectares of connected bushland in this globally significant biodiversity hotspot for threatened species such as Noolbenger (Honey Possum), Gnow (Malleefowl) and Ngoolark (Carnaby’s Cockatoo).

‘Generation Restoration’ is this year’s World Environmental Day theme, and it couldn’t be more aptly timed alongside our campaign to purchase and restore Dodgey Downs.

The first seeds of a world-class restoration project are planted and set the bar for future carbon projects.

On Eurardy Reserve, Nanda Country, Western Australia, a project began four years ago to plant one million trees and shrubs - the largest revegetation project in Bush Heritage's history.

A weekend of tree planting at Scottsdale Reserve restores the land and soul. Explore how Bush Heritage volunteers and supporters are planting seeds of change.

At Nardoo Hills Reserve in central Victoria climate change is causing extensive dieback of Grey Box and Yellow Box trees.