NATURAL OUTBACK
Australia
's unique outback environment is becoming one of the key attractions for
people from all walks of life. The outback landscape is varied, and plant
and animal life totally unique, and the eco-systems fragile and fascinating.
This vital section of OUTBACK gives readers an opportunity to visit and understand the outback environment,
why it is so important and what is being done to preserve it and the wildlife
that depends on it.
The secret life of eels
Issue 37 Oct/Nov 2004
Nest time you see a mature eel in a dam or river, spare a thought
for the journey it embarked upon to the South Pacific – just to reproduce.
Reclaiming Nature
Issue 36 Aug/Sept 2004
Newhaven is one of the world’s largest privately-owned
wildlife sanctuaries and the site of the last confirmed sighting of the
elusive night
parrot.
Betting
on the bettong
Issue 35 June/July 2004
The bettong, better known as the ‘rat kangaroo’, once proliferated in eastern
Australia. A program in northern NSW is helping to save the endangered rufous
bettong, a macropod that plays an important part in forest ecosystems.
Riverland
refuge
Issue 34 April/May 2004
In its effort to save a critically endangered bird species, a community conservation
group has transformed a marginal sheep station in South Australia's Riverland
into an internationally recognised model for biodiversity conservation and
ecotourism.
Benevolent
land barons
Issue 33, Feb - Mar 2004
The Australian Wildlife Conservancy is fast becoming one of the nation's
substantial private landholders, but, as the name suggests, the organisation
is not using its land for farming.
Back
by a whisker
Issue 32, Dec 2003 - Jan 2004
The rare bridled nailtail wallaby, once thought to be extinct, is making
a resurgence in Qld thanks to the efforts of private citizens, government
and industry.
Trading
off at Wamberra Station
Issue 30 Aug/Sept 2003
A novel land scheme pioneered by frustrated farmers in south-western NSW
is turning Mallee country into conservation reserves.
