We have added a new "Category" ,called Climate Change, to our "Information" section . The first article in this new category is
"The Answers to Global Warming Scepticism" by Heather Hughes.

The CEN has produced a number of fact sheets about important issues in the Draft Gosford LEP. The fact sheets are designed to inform community members about issues of concern and assist in the preparation of submissions.

 Fact Sheets include:

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 CEN_factsheet_2_E_zones  365.68 Kb

 CEN_factsheet_3_biodiversity_clause_and_map  561.64 Kb

 CEN_factsheet_4_biodiversity_strategy_385.75 Kb

 CE_factsheet_5_native_vegetation_ 464.99 Kb

The Central Coast ‘Land for Wildlife’ program is now offering free, and low-cost, bush regeneration services in specific corridors of rural land in Gosford and Wyong Council areas. See maps below.

  The offer is part of a project funded by the NSW Environmental Trust named ‘Regeneration of Wildlife Corridors through Land for Wildlife’. The project hopes to persuade landholders in the corridors to join Land for Wildlife and receive one free day of bush regeneration and up to three further days at low cost. Land for Wildlife (LfW) is an Australia-wide program supporting landholders who provide habitat for native wildlife on their land. The Community Environment Network (CEN) is the NSW state coordinator of LfW, as well as running the Central Coast regional program. Gosford and Wyong Councils are currently funding the local LfW program. 

The local population of the endangered Bush Stone-curlew is declining in numbers. The data gathered at each census is very important as it allows us to estimate the number of individual birds in the population.

The  census was conducted in the Davistown area on the evening of Wednesday 5th August 2009.

To learn more about the  Bush Stone-curlew download fact_sheet(PDF_536Kb)

To learn about the Bush Stone-curlew Recovery Plan download RecoveryPlanBushstonecurlew(PDF_1MB)

To read the "Curlew Crier" newsletter go to: Information/CEN Publications/Curlew Crier

Seagrass meadows are disappearing at an accelerating pace, according to a new report, which is the first to look at the problem on a global scale.

While marine ecologists have been measuring localized seagrass loss for decades, they had never before pooled their information to get a global perspective. So a team led by Michelle Waycott of James Cook University in Townsville, Queensland, Australia pooled data from 215 regional studies, from 1879 to 2006.

To read the full article go to  New Scientist  

This months "Environmental Group of the month"  is:
Food Integrity Group (FIG)
Environmental Group of the Month is a new CEN initiative to help promote community based environmental groups.

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