Campaigns
Federal Election and your Bushland
Advocate for Your Bushland this Federal Election 2022 The Urban Bushland Council encourages our members and supporters to meet their federal election candidates to discuss local environmental issues and their […]
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Local Government Reform
Reform to Development Assessment Panel (DAP) system – 2022 Following on from the ‘Planning Reform’ consultation in 2021 – 2022, the State Government is now making changes to WA’s Development […]
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Native Vegetation Policy
Consultation is open for the Native Vegetation Policy. This is now a critical time for conservation action in Western Australia. We have recently seen the announcement of the closure of […]
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Science and Conservation Jobs Stimulus
The Urban Bushland Council WA advocates for a science and conservation job stimulus to build a better future. Ahead of us is a great opportunity to transform the recent events […]
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Celebrating Tuart Woodlands
Around Perth on the Swan Coastal Plain there are only seven common trees. Three are eucalypts, (Tuart, Jarrah and Marri); three are Banksias (B. attenuata, B. grandis and B. menziesii) […]
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Threat to centre of biodiversity in Perth
The Swan Coastal Plain is known as a biodiversity hotspot, but some believe an area in Kenwick called the Greater Brixton Street Wetlands (GBSW) is the hottest spot of all. Unfortunately, […]
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The UBC Bush Forever Campaign
Bush Forever is a world class plan in Australia’s only global biodiversity hotspot but its implementation is incomplete. This unfinished business is putting our irreplaceable natural assets of unique flora, […]
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Campaigning proudly since 1993
2018 marks the 25th anniversary of the formation of the Urban Bushland Council; 25 years of strong support and continued advocacy for the protection of bushland. Its work continues still! […]
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Save Underwood Avenue Bushland
Bushland in Shenton Park, endowed to the University of Western Australia in 1904, continues to be threatened by a proposal by the University of Western Australia for housing. The Banksia, […]
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Anstey-Keane Dampland – Threats and Responses
The Anstey-Keane Dampland is the second most floristically diverse Bush Forever site on the Swan Coastal Plain and its vegetation is in excellent to pristine condition. Despite being well recognised […]
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Secure Black Cockatoo Habitat
The 2018 Great Cocky Count was released on 3 December 2018. The Great Cocky Count is a long-term citizen science survey and the biggest single survey for black-cockatoos in Western […]
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End Clearing of Banksia Woodlands
Banksia Woodlands listed as an endangered Threatened Ecological Community The Urban Bushland Council and the Wildflower Society of WA nominated Perth’s Banksia woodlands as a Threatened Ecological Community under the […]
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