Help

Make Space For Our Wildlife

* Build a birdfeeder and establish a birdbath for the neighborhood

birds.

* Plant a tree and build a birdhouse in your backyard.

* Start composting in your backyard garden or on your balcony. It

eliminates the need for chemical fertilizers which are harmful to
animals and humans, and it benefits your plants!

* Ask your parents not to use harmful chemicals in your garden or

home.

Conserve Habitats

* One of the most important ways to help threatened plants and animals

survive is to protect their habitats permanently in national parks, nature
reserves or wilderness areas. There they can live without too much
interference from humans. It is also important to protect habitats outside
reserves such as on farms and along roadsides.

* You can visit a nearby national park or nature reserve. Some national

parks have special guided tours and walks for kids. Talk to the rangers to
find out whether there are any threatened species and how they are being
protected. You and your friends might be able to help the rangers in their
conservation work.

* When you visit a national park, make sure you obey the wildlife code:

follow fire regulations; leave your pets at home; leave flowers, birdsÕ eggs,
logs and bush rocks where you find them; put your rubbish in a bin or,
better still, take it home.

* If you have friends who live on farms, encourage them to keep patches of

bush as wildlife habitats and to leave old trees standing, especially those
with hollows suitable for nesting animals.

* Some areas have groups which look after local lands and nature reserves.

They do this by removing weeds and planting local native species in their
place. You could join one of these groups, or even start a new one with
your parents and friends. Ask your local parks authority or council for
information.

* By removing rubbish and weeds and replanting with natives you will allow

the native bush to gradually regenerate. This will also encourage native
animals to return.