Modern ecological symbolism

Contemporary conservation symbolism

Living symbols indexed under this named context. This page gathers catalog references; it does not define the whole tradition or erase differences among communities and practitioners.

2 symbols

Mammal · Marsupial

Koala

Phascolarctos cinereus

An Australian tree-dwelling marsupial whose contemporary symbolism centers on native wildlife, habitat, and care for country.

Contemporary Australian civic symbolismNative wildlife and national identity

2 contextual readings

Mammal · Feline

Snow Leopard

Panthera uncia

A high-mountain cat associated in contemporary Himalayan imagery with elusive wilderness, guardianship, and the vulnerability of mountain ecosystems.

Contemporary conservation symbolismResilience and threatened mountain life

1 contextual reading