AUSTRALIAN BIRDS AND BIODIVERSITY ARE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE

I often say don’t become an environmentalist unless you want to spend most of your time angry or upset. With 5% of Cumberland Plain Woodland (the original bushland of western Sydney) left, much of it heavily degraded and STILL being lost to urban development fuelled by population growth, the 21st century isn’t looking good for our unique wildlife.

If people aren’t aware of the birds, they won’t miss them when they’re gone. Helping with bird surveys to inform restoration work conducted by Green Army teams  managed by Conservation Volunteers Australia was great, until the program was terminated.

As a founder member, the Cumberland Land Conservancy was established to manage strategic properties within the Cumberland Conservation Corridor for conservation in perpetuity. Ongoing restoration includes monthly fauna surveys, vertebrate pest control, producing bi-monthly newsletters and social media.