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We're going on a beetle hunt
This is a story about what it's like to tackle an entirely new problem, so nothing is easy. Not even catching some beetles.
Let the hunt begin!
Disability advocate Marcus Dadd: ‘I hope I can inspire people to chase their dreams’
Fenner graduate and disability advocate Marcus Dadd has a passion for inclusive and sustainable practices in agriculture.
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Australia’s summer weather heats up
Professor Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick gives us the run down of what is expected to be Australia's hottest hummer on record.
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We are offering an exciting opportunity to undertake a PhD program at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at The Australian National University. The scope of potential research is broad, but must have a clear focus on the reintroduction biology of threatened mammals in south-eastern Australia.
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Logging in Melbourne's largest water catchment is reducing the local water supply by the equivalent of 250,000 people's annual water use, according to a new study from the Australian National University.
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The Federal Environment Department approved the clearing of more than 75 hectares of critical koala habitat west of Brisbane in breach of its own policy. Environmental scientist Dr Philip Gibbons, from the Australian National University, thinks the department is not doing its job.
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Last month Professor of Urban Environment and Human Ecology Xuemei Bai travelled to Brisbane for the Climate Reality Project training conference for several days of talks and learning about how to tackle what is arguably the biggest crisis of our time.
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In this emotive piece, Award-winning climate scientist and Fenner professor Joëlle Gergis outlines the dire state of the climate crisis with a thought-provoking article in The Monthly.
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Master of Environment student Yulia Cuthbertson writes about her experience at the Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting for International Forestry Student Association in South Korea .
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About 92,000 kilograms of kangaroo carcass has ended up at the tip after the most recent cull wrapped up on Friday. Fenner academics Dr George Wilson and Dr David Lindenmayer offer their expert opinions to the Canberra Times, stating more needs to be done to prevent such a waste of viable meat.
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Kristi Lee, a Githabul Bundjalung woman and ANU graduate, has received the ‘Caring for Country’ award at the 2019 ACT NAIDOC Awards.