Ep 7: How can we care for our coastal creatures
02/09/22 • 33 min
The beaches and our river systems are a popular place for recreation. But they're also home to some of our threatened and endangered native wildlife. So as we head into summer with people gathering along the NSW coastline, we’re taking a look at our native marine wildlife, the people who care for them when they get sick or injured and how we can do our bit.
Guests featured in this episode
Olly Pitt - General Manager of Australian Seabird Rescue
Holly West - Turtle Watch
citizen-science.seed.nsw.gov.au/project/nsw-turtlewatch
Stephen Van Mil - Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital
www.byronbaywildlifehospital.org
www.oceanwarriorsaustralia.org
Saving our Species Program
www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/threatened-species/saving-our-species-program
The beaches and our river systems are a popular place for recreation. But they're also home to some of our threatened and endangered native wildlife. So as we head into summer with people gathering along the NSW coastline, we’re taking a look at our native marine wildlife, the people who care for them when they get sick or injured and how we can do our bit.
Guests featured in this episode
Olly Pitt - General Manager of Australian Seabird Rescue
Holly West - Turtle Watch
citizen-science.seed.nsw.gov.au/project/nsw-turtlewatch
Stephen Van Mil - Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital
www.byronbaywildlifehospital.org
www.oceanwarriorsaustralia.org
Saving our Species Program
www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/threatened-species/saving-our-species-program
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Ep 6: Taking to the sky with conservation drone technology
In this episode we take to the skies to see how drone technology is saving time and money for threatened species. We talk to 3 conservationists turned tech heads about a range of projects from monitoring remote threatened species and bird migration to rapid fire reforestation. We’ll hear about their challenges, solutions and vision for the future and its a bright one.
With thanks to those featured:
Blaise Porter, Fujitsu
https://www.fujitsu.com/au/about/local/sustainability/digital-owl/index.html
Aymeric Maudous, Lord of the Trees
https://lordofthetrees.org/pages/team
Dr. Debbie Saunders, Wildlife Drones
https://wildlifedrones.net/
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Ep 8: Twitcher Tales - The beautiful benefits of birds
Birds are an iconic species of our Australian environment. And whether you’re in the bush or the backyard, they play an important role with things like keeping pesky insects at bay, pollinating plants and they can even increase your property values. But sadly loss of habitat across both urban and agricultural landscapes has impacted many species of birds with some becoming endangered or threatened. So in this episode we’re talking to a bunch of passionate twitchers who are creating habitat for some threatened species to help nurture the birds and ensure they have a future.
We would like to thank all the guests featured in this episode:
Lea-Ann Ledden - urban bird lover
To see her backyard bird oasis visit - https://youtu.be/IDyJESLD22k
Dr. Holly Parsons, Birdlife Australia, Urban Bird Program Manager
Jan and Neville Lubke, farmers and birdlife habitat creators
Ben Humphries, Birdlife Australia, Southern NSW Woodland Bird Project Officer
Birds on Farms project - birdlife.org.au/projects/woodland-birds-for-biodiversity/southern-nsw-bof
Saving our Species Program
www.savingourspecies.online/helpsos
Produced by Grow Love Project www.growloveproject.com
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