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NEWS 9 AUG 2020
Habitats and their Dependent Species: marine-dependent birds
As part of our campaign to celebrate Victoria’s marine environment, this week we share some insights on marine-dependent birds in the ecosystems of Port Phillip Bay and Western Port from the …
NEWS 20 JUL 2020
Habitats and their Dependent Species: Seagrass
In week seven of our 11-week campaign to celebrate Victoria’s marine environment, we are exploring the fascinating seagrasses of Port Phillip and Western Port Bays, sharing insights from the…
NEWS 11 JUL 2020
Habitats and their Dependent Species: Intertidal
As part of our campaign to celebrate Victoria’s marine environment, this week we share some background on the intertidal habitats and dependent species of Port Phillip Bay and Western Port from the…
NEWS 8 JUN 2020
Happy World Oceans Day
Today is #WorldOceansDay and a perfect time to begin our campaign that reflects on the insights and images from Victoria’s first State of Bays (SotB) report released by the…
NEWS 2 DEC 2019
What the biodiversity indicators tell us
As we end the year, the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability is highlighting the Biodiversity chapter of the SoE 2018 Report that includes detailed information on the health of Victoria…
NEWS 16 SEP 2019
International Day of the Preservation of the Ozone Layer: 13 Themes in 13 Weeks Series
Today is International Day of the Preservation of the Ozone Layer and marks 32 years since the Montreal Protocol. The Montreal Protocol has led to the phase-out of 99 per cent of ozone-depleting…
NEWS 4 FEB 2019
Holistic Marine Spatial Planning for Victoria’s Marine Waters
Members of the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability attend Victoria’s first Marine Spatial Planning Summit on 1 February 2019 organised by DELWP. By Senior Science Writer…
NEWS 14 AUG 2018
Take a journey up the Yarra River, by drone!
To celebrate National Science Week, our Office has released ‘The Birrarung is alive’, a film that takes a spectacular journey up the Yarra River. Happy National Science Week Australia…
STORY 2 JUL 2018
The particulars of plastic
All plastic breaks down into microplastics; every bit of plastic that is manufactured has the potential to end up in our environment. At the moment we know there’s a huge amount of plastic in the…
NEWS 27 JUN 2018
A Yarra expedition, citizen scientists and precious platypus data
The Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability (OCES) team enjoyed a sunny, wintry field trip up the Yarra River – ahead of the release of the State of the Yarra and its…