Ant Plant
An ant, a plant and a butterfly
The Ant Plant (Myrmecodia beccarii) is regarded as ‘Vulnerable’ under both Queensland’s Nature Conservation Act 1992 and the Commonwealth’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
It is an unusual epiphytic species growing on the trunks of coastal trees including mangroves and paperbark swamps in northern Queensland.
The species is threatened by habitat loss, invasive weeds, and removal of plants by plant and butterfly collectors.
QTFN has guaranteed the perpetual protection of these threatened species through our Revolving Fund the Wet Tropics.
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The right kind of fire: building our landscapes’ resilience
Feathery-soft cool ash sits in my palm, disintegrating as it falls through my fingers. It was part of the lantana (Lantana camara) on fire not long ago, but now as it returns to the ground it will become a cover for regenerating species. Around me, a haze rises through the canopy, thin, pale clouds that […]
New plantings will help form a continuous habitat corridor from the creek to the ridges
Great to see the final plantings for round 2 of our Koala Habitat Restoration Partnership Program (KHRPP) in the ground! In the first photo you can see the new plantings in the foreground, previous KHRPP revegetation in the middle, and Queensland Blue Gum regional ecosystems 12.3.7 and the endangered 12.3.3. in the back. This picture, […]
Hosting NBRUC at Aroona
There’s real value when you look on-ground and ask honest questions about what environmental markets in action really takes, sharing with a group of graziers, researchers, policy makers and knowledge brokers. On 13 March, QTFN opened the gates of Aroona Station to attendees of the Northern Beef Research Update Conference. We had some insightful discussions […]
Action & Insight
Action & Insight
The right kind of fire: building our landscapes’ resilience
Feathery-soft cool ash sits in my palm, disintegrating as it falls through my fingers. It was part of the lantana (Lantana camara) on fire not long ago, but now as it returns to the ground it will become a cover for regenerating species. Around me, a haze rises through the canopy, thin, pale clouds that […]
New plantings will help form a continuous habitat corridor from the creek to the ridges
Great to see the final plantings for round 2 of our Koala Habitat Restoration Partnership Program (KHRPP) in the ground! In the first photo you can see the new plantings in the foreground, previous KHRPP revegetation in the middle, and Queensland Blue Gum regional ecosystems 12.3.7 and the endangered 12.3.3. in the back. This picture, […]
Hosting NBRUC at Aroona
There’s real value when you look on-ground and ask honest questions about what environmental markets in action really takes, sharing with a group of graziers, researchers, policy makers and knowledge brokers. On 13 March, QTFN opened the gates of Aroona Station to attendees of the Northern Beef Research Update Conference. We had some insightful discussions […]