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Does planting trees offset fossil fuel emissions?

Avoiding emissions from land carbon stocks and refilling depleted stocks reduces atmospheric CO2 concentration, but the maximum amount of this reduction is...

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Who determines the demand for food and who manages water?

What’s the role of the demand for food on whether society can sustainably manage the water resources on which food security depends? Food consumers...

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New $9000 Honours Year Student Scholarship - Applications Open

The National Parks Association, A.C.T., is offering a $9000 Honours Year Scholarship in Biodiversity Management in National Parks and Nature Reserves. The aim...

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AUDIO Recording: Improving public preparedness through awareness campaigns

Preparing for and responding to floods, fires and other hazards is not just a matter for government but is a responsibility shared across all levels of the...

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Saving homes, saving lives

Bushfires are a natural part of the environment. They have a positive impact on many ecosystems, with plants having evolved to regenerate and reproduce around...

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Rising from the ashes

The Black Saturday bushfires of February 2009 were devastating for Victoria and its people – the worst in the nation’s history in terms of loss of...

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Professor Mike Hutchinson holding the Award

Frank Fenner Building finalist in the ACT Sustainable Cities Awards

Congratulations to The Australian National University Frank Fenner Building, a finalist in the 2012 Keep Australia Beautiful ACT Sustainable Cities Awards, and...

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The Fenner School of Environment & Society is unique in Australia. There are very few places in the world where economists and hydrologists, historians and ecologists, foresters, geographers and climatologists work together on the big environmental problems facing contemporary society.

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