National Biodiversity Month 2023

Celebrating Biodiversity Month

Key dates and activities:

• 1 September – National Wattle Day
  • Visit wattle in your local area and share a photo of it on social media – tag with #GetIntoNature, #ConnectingWithNature and/or #ConnectingWithCountry or
  • Make wattle seed damper, but buy the wattle seed rather than harvesting it yourself as some wattles can be toxic.
• 7 September – National Threatened Species Day
  • Join the annual #Threatened Species Bake Off to raise the profile of your local threatened species

Any day in Biodiversity Month

• Follow the Threatened Species Commissioner on social media to learn more about the actions being taken to protect threatened species
• Keep a nature journal by recording the animals and plants you have seen over the month and illustrate with drawings and photos.
• Go on a Bush Blitz expedition to your backyard or a local park (please check your local COVID-19 restrictions first). Learn more about your neighbours – the local species in the nature areas near you!
• Connect with nature and connect with a community:
  • share your observations of nature with the iNaturalistAU community and get help with identification.
  • download the iNaturalist app and make it easy to name that plant or animal and contribute to citizen science!
  • find out the names of your local plants and animals in the local Indigenous language.
• Share your experience of connecting with nature on social media by uploading photos, videos and stories with the hashtags #GetIntoNature, #ConnectingWithNature and/or #ConnectingWithCountry
• Follow our social media channels – there will be lots of Biodiversity Month content to help immerse yourself in nature! Look for: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Parks Australia and the Office of the Threatened Species Commissioner on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn
• Learn from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples about how to deeply experience and look after Country.
  • Listen to Dr Miriam Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann, an elder, member of the Ngangiwumirr language group and Senior Australian of the Year 2021 and learn dadirri ‘deep listening’.