Tagged with Biodiversity and Conservation

Wild weather forces LEAF Festival cancellation

A tree in a field
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
Published AuthorContributed
UPDATE Saturday, June 3: Due to the wild weather hitting southeast Queensland this weekend, the 2016 LEAF Festival has been cancelled. Logan City Council has inspected the area and deemed it unsafe in current conditions to hold such a large event. LEAF will return in 2017. ………………………………. Native beauty and technology will come together this […]

Weirs, stream condition affect fish diversity

Dr Rob Rolls holds a Sea Mullet by a river
Australian Rivers Institute
Published AuthorMichael Jacobson
A new study reveals fish passage facilities can reduce the impact of weirs on fish migration, but benefits depend on the condition of habitat upstream. Commissioned by Queensland water business Seqwater through its partnership with Griffith University, the study found that two impassable weirs in the Logan-Albert river network in southeast Queensland contributed to the […]