News

Fol­low­ing the Kan­ga­roo Island sum­mer bush­fires, vol­un­teer online eco-war­riors from across the globe have been count­ing endan­gered Dun­narts from their home com­put­ers in a bid to help save the species, the program’s pop­u­lar­i­ty prompt­ing the Depart­ment for Envi­ron­ment and Water to launch a new dig­i­tal vol­un­teer­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties portal.

Threat­ened species recov­ery in the Flinders Ranges has received a boost with a new $600,000 fund­ing part­ner­ship for the Bounce­back pro­gram – on the eve of its 30^th year of operation.

South Aus­tralia could soon be home to the largest nation­al park in Aus­tralia, with the pro­pos­al to cre­ate the Munga-Thirri – Simp­son Desert Nation­al Park.

South Australia’s beau­ti­ful Mur­ray­lands region will be cel­e­brat­ed by Nation­al Parks and Wildlife Ser­vice (NPWS) as our Parks of the Month in May.

The Board of the Botan­ic Gar­dens and State Herbar­i­um is pleased to announce the appoint­ment of Michael Har­vey as Direc­tor of this much loved, icon­ic South Aus­tralian institution.