2021

This project is a continuation of the LGA-wide koala monitoring program as per the Campbelltown CKPoM (also prepared by Biolink). This component of the project included extensive community engagement aiming to increase landholder commitment for surveys and consideration of the views of wildlife carers, university researchers and state government (DPE) in implementation of the monitoring

This project, run in collaboration with Natura Pacific, represented a field assessment of koala populations and habitat use across the City of Gold Coast using SAT survey and strip-transects at permanent monitoring points established by previous Biolink reporting. The outcomes of survey confirmed the widespread persistence of koalas on publicly held lands across the City

Biolink was engaged by Ipswich City Council to produce a conservation tool for systematically assessing Black Breasted Button Quail presence across Council’s network of Reserves. We became absorbed in the task of developing a field method for objectively assessing Black Breasted Button Quail presence, as well tools for identifying suitable habitat and determining associations with

The Kiwarrak Area of Regional Koala Significance (ARKS) was heavily impacted by the 2019 – 2020 bushfire season with post-fire surveys of koala activity indicating substantive losses of koalas across this area and measurable impacts to habitat (WWF funded project – Biolink 2020). MidCoast Council was successful in securing a Bushfire Recovery for Wildlife and

Liverpool City Council considered the establishment of a koala-specific or wildlife-general hospital to serve a conservation function for the Liverpool Local Government Area and south-west Sydney more broadly, in line with recommendations stemming from the Koala Population and Habitat in NSW Parlimentary Inquiry (2019). Biolink was engaged to prepare a business case for such a

Following advice previously provided to DPIE / OEH in 2018 on the development of a survey program for Red-lored Whistlers which utilised passive acoustic sampling, Biolink reviewed and analysed call data from song meters, in addition to a further examination of historical Red-lored Whistler records and associated ecological information including vegetation and fire mapping. Outputs

The concept of Areas of Regional Koala Significance (ARKS) was developed by the Office of Environment and Heritage (now DPE) to meet the objective of identifying the locations and extent of important koala populations across NSW, further enabling the management of such areas by way of an objective assessment of threats to population persistence. Following