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Protecting the natural environment
""Brisbane’s beautiful, natural environment makes our city one of Australia's best places to live and work.
However, with our rising population, there is a greater pressure on the natural environment and resources. Some important native vegetation is already close to extinction.
We must work together to protect the natural environment so future generations can continue to enjoy our healthy, outdoors lifestyle.
Council measures
Some of the ways that Brisbane City Council helps to preserve and protect our natural environment include:
street tree planting initiative
Invasive Species Management Plan
Wildlife Conservation Partnership Program
Land for Wildlife Program
Natural Assets Local Law 2003
Voluntary Conservation Agreement programs
Bushland Preservation Levy
Creek Catchment Program
participation in the federal government's Green Army Program
Habitat Brisbane
Environment centres.
Your involvement
Help preserve Brisbane’s precious natural environment and:
identify and remove weeds in your garden
make a conservation agreement if your property has remnant native bushland
collect two free native plants from Council for gardening
come along to green events
find out about design, conservation and composting in the Green Gardening in Brisbane guide.
visit Councils' Environment centres at Boondall Wetlands and Downfall Creek.
To get a complete copy of the guide, either:
phone Council on 07 3403 8888
visit Council
visit a library
go to a ward office.
Environment Centres' School Learning Program
Council's Environment Centres' School Learning Program provides lessons for Prep to year 12 students in different locations around Brisbane, covering a variety of topics including:
biodiversity and ecosystems
waterway health and catchments
conservation and reserve management
history and indigenous culture.
Green Army Program
Council has received approval to deliver fifteen projects aimed to protect Brisbane’s diverse flora, fauna and wildlife habitat under the federal government's Green Army initiative. Restoration projects have started at a number of local sites including Banks Street Reserve and Salisbury Recreation Reserve. Find out more.
Local community involvement
There are a range of initiatives and projects you can join:
an environmental group, including a catchment group or Habitat Brisbane
one of Council’s Green Choice Gardening Expos; events are advertised in community paper's
Land for Wildlife Program
or become a volunteer guide.
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Last updated: 08 January 2016
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