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Path to prosperity for planet and people if Earth’s critical resources are better shared: report.
Cities and businesses have the power to play a crucial role and become the “stewards” of critical Earth systems by demonstrating how they can reduce their environmental impact on the planet.
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Professor Jamie Pittock spoke with ABC Radio National about a new review of Australia's Environmental laws - and finding that they have largely failed in their mission.
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You might associate the Australian Alps with skiing, Snowy Hydro-Electric or the Man from Snowy River. But few know of the region’s history of exploitation, and of those who fought to save this precious wilderness. A new book, tells that important story.
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A novel approach to fumigating the nests of the 40-spotted pardalote has proven to be highly effective.
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A new technical guideline provides direction on how to think about and implement connectivity conservation in ecological management. How nature is inter-connected - and that includes us humans - is crucial for its ability to survive and thrive.
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A new project is open to Honours and Masters students to apply a new food systems model study the link between food production, food processing, and nutritional density across range of food stuffs from the horticulture, aquaculture and the live stock industries.
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As city populations soar, it might seem like there isn't much room for trees. But ecologists say these climatic powerhouses are an often overlooked solution to the health and environmental issues greater density brings.
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As climate models predict even worse outcomes for the planet, some scientists believe the way to change what is happening is for people to “feel” the emotion of it.
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Dr Matt Colloff was interviewed by Phillip Adams on Late NIght Live, Radio National, about his new book, Landscapes of Our Hearts: Reconciling People and Environment.
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Recovered camera footage from fire-destroyed regions in Kosciuszko National Park revealed an incredible story of what the rare corroboree frogs had endured this summer.