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Macquarie University NSW 2109
Protection and restoration goals
The site of our campus in Sydney’s northern suburbs has a dynamic history of land use, including both agriculture and urbanisation in the recent past. Despite this, our campus still contains excellent examples of the local ecology, setting us apart from many other educational institutions.
Much of our attention is currently on various means of habitat restoration. Macquarie’s goals and activities relating to the natural environment include:
- bushland restoration and tree replenishment
- collaboration with Science, Planning and Indigenous studies in providing many outdoor learning opportunities
- opportunities for community engagement, such as volunteering in our bushcare program and on planting days
- rehabilitation of our urban creeks and improving their incoming storm water quality
- utilising the teaching gardens, planted and natural landscapes of the campus as an Arboretum, with feature walks open to the broader community.
Learn more about our efforts to preserve and restore natural environments on our campus:
Arboretum
Our Arboretum provides habitat for native birds and contains remnant areas of endangered forests.
Learn about our Arboretum
Bushcare
Our dedicated group of volunteers is helping to preserve the biodiversity of our beautiful campus.
Join the Bushcare@MQ team
Campus ecology
We are working to regenerate the rare and valuable natural habitats found on our campus.
See our restoration efforts
Creating a water-sensitive campus
Our 126 hectare campus interacts with water in many different ways.
Learn more
Improving resilience using nature's templates
Resilience against environmental impacts is a key consideration in how we shape the campus environment.
Learn more