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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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It's Canberra's most magical season, where tree fluff that falls and settles like snow. While you're sipping a coffee on campus, you might find yourself asking - what *is* the fluff? Here's Dr Matthew Brookhouse - our resident tree expert - to explain the current influx of snowy white matter in Canberra.
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Tim Flannery is in conversation with David Lindenmayer about Tim's new book, Europe: A Natural History.
- Research story
No single intervention will make smallholder irrigation schemes in Africa work; rather, multiple complementary interventions are needed for farmers to use their irrigation schemes to generate good livelihoods sustainably.
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Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) could be a step closer to saving the critically endangered swift parrot, after showing it's possible to predict where the parrots will settle to breed.
- Student profile
When Dominique Holani started her Bachelor of Environment and Sustainability/Bachelor of Development Studies at Fenner School, she knew she wanted to go on exchange at one point - it was part of the reason why she chose to study at ANU.
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Fenner School PhD Scholar Catherine Ross signed up to compete in the 2018 Three Minute Thesis competition (3MT) at ANU, and aside from winning People's Choice and Runner Up in the Science heats, also achieved a position in the competition final, held next Wednesday evening at Llewellyn Hall.
- Education story
This year, The Fenner School for Environment and Society is trial holding its first HDR Seminar Symposium.
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Coordinators of the Fenner School Local Committee for the International Forestry Students’ Association, Jia Yi Chew and Karen Khoo, have received a SEEF grant to attend the 2018 International Forestry Students’ Symposium (IFSS), held from 6th- 21st August in Mexico City.
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Australia’s population is projected to double in 50 years, so our suburbs will continue to infill and expand.