The Mornington Peninsula is the most biodiverse 750 sq km in the state of Victoria
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Almost all native wildlife and many plants on the Mornington Peninsula are declining in range and number. The animals are in an advanced stage of creeping local extinction

This can be partly due to a process known as extinction debt, where the effects of long past destructive practices may only now be becoming obvious

We promote a scientific approach to biodiversity conservation and support the preservation of existing habitat and the systematic restoration of environmental values, habitat and biodiversity on both public and private lands through encouraging consultation and providing information, education and training

The famed SPIFFA links page has over 300 environmental, land management and other sites

The downloads page has a selection of natural systems and restoration related PDFs, ebooks and some handy software

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About SPIFFA 

Kadwell's Gully crossing, 2-Bays Track, Greens Bush National Park

SPIFFA was convened in October 1990, incorporated in 1991 and continues to contribute to community education and public debate with the aim of helping to retain the last remaining, greatly diminished, biodiversity of Victoria's Mornington Peninsula region and the Nepean Peninsula, all part of Victoria's Westernport UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

SPIFFA hosts the Peninsula Habitat Management Course and provides a program of free environmental/ecological community workshops funded by the Fouress Foundation

This site is an ecological information, education and networking resource for individuals, students, friends groups, land care groups, students and private and public land managers with lots of content for the general browser too

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SPIFFA is a good friend of Hooded Plovers

This is a Hooded Plover chick on a Nepean Peninsula back beach

Listen to a short interview with Malcolm Brown about baby Hooded Plovers and dogs on ocean beaches

Read or download the latest Friends of the Hooded Plover newsletter

See the Fauna & Flora Guarantee Act Action Statement listing the threats to these little birds

See more of Glenn Ehmke's wildlife photographs

We like Bandicoots too...

Rye Back Beach calcareous dune vegetation - Mornington Peninsula National Park

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