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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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Fenner's Cris Brack gives his thoughts about this year’s Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year Competition.
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Are you interested in the role of biodiversity in supporting agriculture? Here is an opportunity to conduct research on aspects of crop pollination by bees in Australian agriculture, at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University.
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The Fenner School of Environment and Society is offering a couple of PhD programs (Ecologist and Social scientist) working with the interdisciplinary team of researchers at the Sustainable Farms initiative. The program focuses on investigating the biodiversity and sustainability of farmland ecosystems.
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If you're out and about, it's the time of the year to look out. Magpie swooping season is upon us and the dive-bombing has begun in Canberra, with pedestrians, cyclists and even buses in the birds' sights.
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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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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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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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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.