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  • Peaks to Points Festival - Brisbane/Ipswich
    July 19, 2008 (1:00 am) - August 02, 2008 (11:59 pm)
    (Sustainability Info)

    Peaks to Points Festival - Communities caring for their Catchments

    The Peaks to Points Festival celebrates the diverse natural environment of greater Brisbane’s southern region, from the dramatic heights of Flinders Peak near Ipswich, to the...

  • Biosphere Workshop - The Gap, Brisbane
    July 26, 2008 (9:30 am - 1:00 pm)
    (Conferences)

    Discover why Queenslanders are advocating that over 1.5 million hectares of the state should become Biosphere Reserves

    In November 2007 the whole of the Noosa Shire (150,000ha) was listed by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve

    The Burnett Mary...

  • Peter Garrett at the Qld Press Club - Brisbane
    July 28, 2008 (12:00 pm)
    (Conferences)

    From the sand hills to the suburbs... steps towards a sustainable Australia
    Your invitation to hear from the Hon Peter Garrett AM, MP, Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts

    The Queensland Media Club, representing the Queensland...

  • Feedback for draft SEQ Water Strategy ends
    July 31, 2008 (12:00 am)
    (Consultations)

    The Queensland Water Commission invites feedback on it's draft SEQ Water Strategy .

    Queensland Conservation will be preparing our response in due course and will post a link to it here.

    Meanwhile you'll find our first impressions here.

  • Ethics in Environmental Decision-making - Brisbane
    July 31, 2008 (1:30 pm)
    (Conferences)

    A half day forum by the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand South East Queensland Division (EIANZ-SEQ)

     Environmental practice is fraught with ethical dilemmas in balancing the demands of clients, the expectations of agencies and...

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Native Frogs

Froggy facts

  • Frogs have been around since long before Australia existed as an independent land mass.
  • Australia has some of the smallest and largest frogs in the world
  • The are currently about 210 species of frog in Australia. There are approximately 4000 frog species in the world
  • Australia's frogs occupy a wide range of habitats, from the deserts to the highest mountains.
  • Frogs have a body surrounded by a skin that is porous, allowing both air and water to pass directly through it.
  • Frogs do not drink water through their mouths at all - it is absorbed through the skin on their lower abdomen.
  • Because frogs are so sensitive to changes in environmental conditions they can act as 'environmental indicators'. This means that by looking at the status and health of frogs we can tell something about the status and health of the ecosystem, in other words frogs can tell us when there is something wrong in our environment.
  • In Australia in the last 30 years 27 frog species have become threatened, 14 species have declined and eight have disappeared. Find out why
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