Articles
B&B Highway
-
Putting Insects On The Political Agenda
‘The truth is that we need invertebrates but they don't need us.’ An important quote from the famous American naturalist and ecologist, Edward O. Wilson, from his article ‘The Little Things That Run the World’, published in Conservation Biology in 1987. Wilson went on to say: ‘If human beings were to disappear tomorrow, the world would go on with little […]
-
New Australian Butterfly Discovery
For all those budding B&B Highway biologists – the discovery last week of a completely new species of Australian butterfly makes the heart go flutter! Taxonomists – that unique species of human beings who identify and name new organisms – are not the only ones to be excited by this new discovery. The identification of […]
-
An Ode To Flies
From chocolate to mangoes, chillies and onions, the humble fly is key to many of our favourite food dishes. Now that many of you have bitten into that chocolate egg and bunny, say a thank-you to the midge and hover fly. Hover flies are second only to bees in their value as commercial pollinators. The […]
-
Climate Policy In The Spotlight
While PlantingSeeds focuses on biodiversity issues, the issue of climate change has enormous implications for all species’ welfare and survival. Of significance is the recent Australian deal to strengthen a key climate policy, the safeguard mechanism (SGM), by introducing a hard cap on industrial sector emissions. With the Labor/Greens’ deal not implementing a touted ban […]
-
UN Biodiversity Summit Update
As we previously wrote about, the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15), held in December 2022 in Montreal Canada, passed with a landmark agreement across a total of 188 governments (including Australia). It was labelled a “once-in-a-decade agreement” on biodiversity and stated its aim to pave the way for humanity and nature to live in harmony by […]
-
B&B Highway Making An Impact In The City Of Melbourne
PlantingSeeds and its flagship program, the B&B Highway (Bed and Breakfasts for Bees, Birds and Biodiversity), which received funding from the City of Melbourne for the 2022 Connected Communities Grant, allowed PlantingSeeds to work with three diverse school communities to create habitats to foster regenerative corridors of biodiversity, learnings and social connections. Habitats for birds, […]