Bruce
Farmer,
Jericho, QLD
Ecologist, Darwin, NT
Published 5th October 2021
I feel a sense of responsibility to look after it so future generations can enjoy it the way I have.
Being in a healthy environment makes me truly happy. I love walking through the bush and looking at all the plants and animals, especially the birds, and learning about why things are growing in certain places.
Brittany Hayward-Brown
Ecologist, Darwin, NT
One of the most important ones is sea-level rise which is about 6mm per year, three times higher than the global average.
That means huge risk to the world heritage-listed Kakadu freshwater wetlands … the entire ecosystem is changing as mangroves push into the wetlands with the incoming saltwater.
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