After more than 160 Clarence Valley homes were tragically lost during the devastating Black Summer bushfires,…
Tag: Bushfire Recovery
Where CVC is spending its $18.5m Bushfire Local Economic Recovery funding
Maclean Community Precinct (Phase 1): $4,997,000: The main component of the project is focused on the…
Bush tucker supporting resilience and reconciliation
One hundred native and bush tucker plants have been delivered to the remote Aboriginal communities of…
Mother’s Day in the Garden
You are warmly invited to join local Woombah residents Robyn Mitchell, ‘seed whisperer’ and artist educator…
Landcare welcomes $14million for post-Black Summer bushfire recovery grants
Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley today announced a landmark $14million for Landcare led bushfire recovery projects…
Bushfire recovery still front and centre, with new grants program to open soon
Communities still recovering from the 2019-20 bushfires will soon have access to a new Black Summer…
Bushfire video series shows community recovery
The recovery of all Australians affected by the Black Summer bushfires remains a high priority for…
Bushfire Community Recovery and Resilience Fund Deadline Extended
Resilience NSW has announced the extension of the $25 million Bushfire Community Recovery and Resilience Fund…
Bushfire recovery program hitting the ground in Doubleduke State Forest
The $46 million bushfire recovery program from the NSW Government is seeing work happening now to…
Mullumbimby landholders and conservationists tackling ‘highly-flammable’ exotic bamboo species to protect koalas
After 5,000 hectares in the Nightcap and surrounding National Parks were devastated in the Black Summer…
New holistic approach to monitoring climate will help fight bushfires
A study during last season’s bushfires provides vital insights into the multiple interplays between weather extremes…
Saving koalas requires a bold new vision
The Nature Conservation Council welcomes Environment Minister Matt Kean’s pledge to double the state’s koala population…
Fire training to facilitate increased traditional burning in State forests
Representatives from the Bunya, Coffs and Biripi Local Aboriginal Land Councils completed basic fire training with…
EPA issues second ‘stop work’
In last week’s Independent it was reported that The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) issued the…
Government authority issues ‘stop work’ to government corporation
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) issued the Forestry Corporation of NSW with a stop work…
Potential for active Australian bushfire season
Australians should be prepared for more fire risks, according to the Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook: July…
Peak strata body issues fire risk warning
A fire risk warning has been issued for New South Wales residents living in apartments, units…
Will new private logging rules fail Koalas again?
New rules proposed for private land logging will result in continued decline of koala populations, particularly…
Koala report release must be a game changer for more habitat protection or koalas on track for extinction
The Report from the NSW Upper House Inquiry into the State’s Koala Populations and their Habitat…