Another five Australian species are at risk of immediate extinction with a further forty-one species on course to be declared critically endangered in 2023, according to the Threatened Species Scientific Committee.
This “demonstrates the very serious and increasing extinction risks to Australia’s biota.”
At Merici we are taking this threat seriously and have taken action to restore a section of the grounds on the Wise Street side of the oval. Evidence has shown that restoring native, pre-settlement vegetation is beneficial to supporting wildlife by providing corridors and fragments of food sources for travelling wildlife.
You will notice the area now has the sign below to indicate the area and how you can help to protect it.
We have noticed damage to a number of plants and evidence that is due to dogs…enough said!
Please keep yourselves and your lovely dogs off the area to help support local species.
Felicity Maher
Sustainability Officer
