The 2007 Westonia BioBlitz was conducted in the Westonia Town Common - a magnificent patch of bush that surrounds the Westonia townsite - on the 15th and 16th of September, 2007. The BioBlitz was organised by WWF through its Threatened Species Network (TSN) program as a special event during Australia's annual Biodiversity Month.

BAPC: Balancing Agricultural Production and Conservation in Wetlands of the Gingin Shire, Western Australia

BAPC Wetlands was a field-based project which explored innovative ways to engage agricultural landholders in conserving the high-value remnant wetlands on their properties.

The pastoral estate accounts for over 600 000km² (46%) of the Northern Territory. The Northern Territory Pastoral Land Act 1992 is the principal legislation for natural resource management on the pastoral estate, and is therefore one of the most critical pieces of legislation governing natural resources in the Northern Territory.

This fact sheet is a summary of WWF-Australia's (WWF) recommended changes to the legislation that it believes would result in improvements to the ecological sustainability of the pastoral estate, for the benefit of biodiversity, building resilience to climate change, and ultimately to the increased profitability to land managers. WWF considers that the recommendations outlined below are both affordable and workable within the Northern Territory's geographic context. The recommendations have been grouped under five broad themes.

The focus in this report on Northern Australia is appropriate in an era where climate change is now accepted as a reality, but is leading some to advocate greater exploitation of the Australian tropical environment. This attention on Northern Australia is both an opportunity and a threat. Any move to further “develop” the north must be balanced by careful consideration of the natural balance of nature and how this may be disturbed by human actions.