This year, a group of Macquarie University Masters students developed a Biodiversity plan for Mirvac’s Rhodes Shopping Centre.

Intended to help Mirvac support healthy ecosystems, the final Biodiversity Plan covers habitat creation, ecological landscaping, weed management, biodiversity corridors, rain gardens, remnant bush land and even community engagement.

Intended to help Mirvac support healthy ecosystems, the final Biodiversity Plan covers habitat creation, ecological landscaping, weed management, biodiversity corridors, rain gardens, remnant bush land and even community engagement.

A number of interesting suggestions were made–for example, introducing Living Walls and Roofs and introducing more native flora into the development (complete with signage to educate people about each species).

As with the Green Travel Plan developed this year, the Biodiversity Plan has been piloted at Rhodes and will be rolled out across our portfolios.