Conservation
Review Into Australia’s Environmental Protection Laws
Yesterday, an interim review into Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 was released. According to the Independent review,......
Koalas: are they treated like national treasures?
A recent year-long parliamentary inquiry into New South Whales koalas has revealed the species are on track for extinction by 2050. Advocates......
Environmental scientists advocate for more optimism on climate change
Among the dire statistics and shock headlines, climate change science has a positive side. New research from scientists in South......
Saving Endangered Species Won’t Come Cheap – Experts
With the report on the extinction of the Bramble Cay Melomy, the first mammal to go extinct due to human-induced......
Indigenous Rangers play key role in surveying sawfish
The CSIRO has enlisted the help of Indigenous rangers to document sawfish and shark populations in the Northern Territory, over......
Puppy in training to sniff down elusive owls
The Masked Owl is the second largest nocturnal bird in Australia, and notoriously elusive. There’s a dearth of research on......
The Future is Nuclear for South Australia
The Federal Government has a plan to solve Australia’s nuclear waste problem – send it to South Australia. Two regional......
Borneo’s orangutan population plummets
New studies into Borneo’s endangered orangutan population suggest that numbers have plummeted by more than 100’00 since 1999. The species......
Australia’s failing biodiversity effort
Governments around the world have long been skeptical about investing in conservation efforts. A new study published by Nature has proven......
Coral going deeper as the climate changes
A team of researchers led by the Museum of Tropical Queensland has found that corals living in deeper reefs could......