Parklands have been protecting, connecting and restoring nature in the regional public parks for decades. Now climate change is upon us. Extremes of nature like excessive rainfall, out-of-season frosts, fires, heatwaves and drought are stressing our natural landscapes, pushing their resilience to the edge.

Already under stress from the pressures of human land-use, our local ecosystems really need our help to adapt to the changing climate.

We need to scale up our biodiversity plantings to provide greater resources to sustain local ecosystems. More biodiversity will support natural adaptation and provide resilience in the face of climate shocks.

With your help, Parklands will extend our biodiversity plantings to provide greater connectivity, planting more native plants in more areas and including diverse plant genetics by sourcing seeds from provenances already adapted to hotter, dryer areas.