Since it was first established in 1925, Teneriffe Park has been a popular habitat refuge, walking trail and community space tucked away atop a hill in the densely-populated suburb of Teneriffe in inner-Brisbane. Unfortunately, the park’s popularity has had some unintended environmental consequences. At some point, a slope on the southern side of the park […]
The Lockyer Valley is ground zero for sediment pollution in South East Queensland. Since European settlement, the Lockyer Valley has been synonymous with farming and agricultural pursuits because of the region’s fertile lands and rich soils. As the region grew, increasing amounts of land and vegetation was cleared particularly along waterways like Laidley Creek. Trees […]
For thousands of years, shellfish reefs have been synonymous with Indigenous culture and the Moreton Bay region. Since European settlement, these once thriving marine communities have lost 95% of their habitat in the Pumicestone Passage due to unsustainable harvesting, disease, poor water quality, urbanisation and industrial pollution. In 2015, Healthy Land and Water began coordinating […]
