Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
The Peninsula is not just one of Australia's most beautiful environments, home to around 175,000 residents, and visited by hundreds of thousands of tourists each year.
It is:
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The most biodiverse region of comparable size in Victoria
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Home to a wide range of threatened species, including: 59 birds, 11 mammals, 3 fish, 4 reptiles, 2 amphibians, and 1 invertebrate
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Part of the UNESCO Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere
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Part of the RAMSAR area of Westernport - an international pact to protect areas utilised during international bird migrations. These birds include our tiny Red-necked Stints, that weigh about the same as a Tim Tam, and fly a 25,000 km round trip every year to breed in Siberia and spend summers on the Peninsula!
These aspects combined with us having 10% of the entire Victorian coastline, makes the Peninsula especially vulnerable to climate change.
The PCA is dedicated to protecting and enhancing this wonderful place, through doing our share of reducing climate emissions, and protecting us, and our environment from the climate change that has already occurred.
