ACT Offsets Policy and Delivery Framework – Position Paper
FoMM have lodged a submission to the ACT Government’s ACT Offsets Policy and Delivery Framework – Position Paper
Category: Reports & Submissions
“The trouble with offsets” from Background Briefing on Radio National
You may remember a recent article in the Canberra Times about conservation offsets which we posted on this website here. Today Radio National had a lengthy and informative piece on the way some companies which plan to trash an area with significant biodiversity get permission for the trashing on the…
Successful Bush Clean-Up on Sunday, 2 March
Sunday was a perfect day for a serious bush clean-up in the Mount Majura Nature Reserve behind The Fair in North Watson. Within 2 hours over 30 registered cleaners collected 10 bags of land-fill rubbish, 6 bags of recyclables, 7 car tires, a large amount of metal scrap too big…
It’s becoming harder to see the trees for the revenue
We like to think of Canberra as Australia’s Bush Capital, so it is ironic that the ACT Government has adopted a policy whereby conserving our biodiversity is becoming dependent on its destruction. Dr Philip Gibbons a Senior Lecturer in biodiversity conservation at the Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU…
National Tree Day Planting on Mount Majura (28.07.2013)
National Tree Day 2013 has been a terrific success. More than 200 people came out into the bush to help. Plus we had wonderful coverage of the event on the local ABC news program in the evening – view Plantings galore mark National Tree Day – and the Canberra Times…
FoMM Submission: Section 64 Block 9 North Watson (EPBC 20126418)
The ACT Land Development Agency proposes a medium dense residential development in North Watson abutting Justice Robert Hope Park (Watson Woodlands) in the north. The proposal was referred to the Commonwealth Department of the Environment under the Environment Protection and Biodeversity Conservation Act (Reference Number 20126418). FoMM submitted the following…
Friends of Mount Majura – Draft Constitution (01.05.2013)
FoMM celebrates its 10th birthday this year. They have been years of removing weeds, planting trees and shrubs, and of advocacy for the bush environment of Mt Majura. The “Before” and “After” photos are stunning. We have made a big difference! It is time now to put FoMM as an…
Bring them back. Request to return land into nature reserve.
Letter to Shane Rattenbury, Minister for Municipal and Territory Services requesting the return of land into nature reserve; click here. The Variation to the Territory Plan No 182 (April 2002) moved an area north of the Hackett water reservoir from nature reserve to special purpose reserve, horse grazing. The area contains…
Inquiry Cat Containment at The Fair.
A cat was observed hunting woodland birds in the nature reserve that abuts the new residential development The Fair in North Watson. The Fair is a declared cat containment area. FoMM wrote to Simon Corbell, Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development and Shane Rattenbury, Minister for Territory and Municipal…
ACT Election 2012. Issues Concerning Mt Majura and Canberra Nature Park
FoMM wrote to the three major parties – the Australian Labor Party, the Greens and the Canberra Liberals – about Issues concerning Mt Majura Nature Reserve and Canberra Nature Park; click on pdf file ACT Election 2012. Find below the response from Katy Gallagher on behalf of the Labor Party…
