earth care

THREATENED SPECIES DAY

When the Greater Blue Mountains Area was granted World Heritage status by the United Nations nearly 20 years ago, the nomination was accepted because of two outstanding features of the Blue Mountains region - its eucalypt/sclerophyll (hard leaved) ecosystems and its biodiversity.

Last month, Blue Mountains City Council celebrated the vast array of native plants and animals that call the Greater Blue Mountains region home.

The aim was to highlight the crucial role that Council and the broader community plays in helping to protect this biodiversity.

They also used National Threatened Species Day, to shine a spotlight on threatened species like the Blue Mountains Dwarf Mountain Pine, which like its better known Gondwanan cousin, the Wollemi Pine, has inhibited the Blue Mountains region for over 200 million years.

HELPING NATIVE WILDLIFE

WIRES has announced a collaboration