Webinar: A Jewel in the Crown of a Global Biodiversity Hotspot

Webinar: A Jewel in the Crown of a Global Biodiversity Hotspot: Yule Brook and the Greater Brixton Street Wetlands

Webinar Summary:

South-western Australia is a global biodiversity hotspot, where the greatest plant species diversity is found on the most severely nutrient-impoverished soils. Three National Parks and Greater Perth harbour the greatest plant species diversity in south-western Australia. Within Greater Perth, the Greater Brixton Street Wetlands are notorious for their enormous plant species richness, and home to numerous plant species that have special conservation value as well as several threatened ecological communities. If we do not mitigate climate change and continue to develop Perth based on out-of-date principles that ignore the sensitive hydrology of our region, many threatened species and ecological communities will be pushed towards extinction. We have a choice, and can prevent at least some of this, but we have to act, and act now.

Webinar – 7-9-2023