Protecting Biodiversity
La Trobe is committed to the protection and restoration of biodiversity and healthy ecosystems.
Monitoring Biodiversity
La Trobe conducts a series of assessments aimed at enhancing our understanding of vegetation and biodiversity.
This includes an annual review of trees at our Bundoora, Bendigo, Albury-Wodonga, Mildura, and Shepparton campuses.
Additional canopy cover, biodiversity and flora and fauna surveys have also been undertaken at our Bundoora campus. This work helps us protect the most significant vegetation and landscapes, ensuring that future developments carefully consider these essential environmental factors.
Some data available include:
Protecting the endangered Matted Flax-lily
La Trobe has been working with the Federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water to salvage the Matted Flax-lily (Dianella amoena) in the Sports Park project area for propagation and then re-establishment in a dedicated and protected area in the Nangak Tamboree. View the following reports:
- Offset Management Plan
- Salvage and Translocation Plan
- Offset Site Year 1 ecological monitoring report
- Offset Site Year 2 ecological monitoring report
- Offset Site Year 3 ecological monitoring report
- Offset Site Year 4 ecological monitoring report
Nangak Tamboree
Nangak Tamboree (nan-nyack tam-bor-ee) means respecting/sharing/looking after the waterway in Woiwurrung language of the Wurundjeri people.
Nangak Tamboree is a biodiverse waterway corridor which links La Trobe University to the wider community and environment. Connecting with Darebin Creek in the south, it runs through the Bundoora campus to the Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary and beyond to the north. A long-term project as part of the University’s Master Plan will see this neighbourhood enhanced and protected over the coming years for the benefit of the University and its neighbours.
Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary
The La Trobe University Melbourne campus is home to the Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary, established for education and research of restored indigenous flora and fauna. More than 250 species of indigenous plants are grown on-site and planted within the Sanctuary and surrounding University grounds.
Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) 2018/8434