Win for people power as Belair National Park trees saved
The state’s peak environment body is delighted with the decision by Environment Minister David Speirs to reject the proposal to develop a section of the Belair National Park with seven soccer pitches, risking hundreds of ancient trees.
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Draft South Australian State Bushfire Management Plan
The Conservation Council South Australia welcomes the opportunity to comment on the draft South Australian State Bushfire Management Plan.
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Ancient trees at risk in ‘bizarre’ Belair National Park soccer plan
A new expert report reveals that hundreds of trees, many of them over 200 years old, are set to be cut down in the Belair National Park if a controversial proposal to build soccer fields in the Park gets the...
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A Call to Action: Protecting Adelaide's Tree Canopy (2021)
Adelaide needs a bolder vision to integrate our planning system with the preservation of our big trees and the tree canopy they create. Visionaries in the past have done this. Now it’s our turn to meet this challenge on behalf...
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A call to action to protect Adelaide's big trees
Adelaide is losing its urban trees at an alarming rate, but a new action plan released today shows how we could turn this damaging trend around.
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New report reveals St Kilda poisoning ‘ticking time bomb’
The St Kilda Mangroves Alliance is a powerful coalition of local, national and international organisations and individuals representing environment, industry, science and community formed to ensure a best practice remediation plan is urgently put in place for the recovery and...
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State Bushfire Coordinating Committee role open
As the state’s peak environment body The Conservation Council of SA provides nominations to key Board, Committee and Advisory groups within the State Government's Charter.
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