The West Australian27 October 2008 More than 80 per cent of Perth’s most prominent native birds face extinction if land clearing continues at current rates, according to alarming new research that puts the spotlight on the State’s planning practices… Read …
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The WetlandCare National Art Competition 2009 is still open for submissions, with entries closing on Friday, December 5. The competition is offering a fantastic range of prizes, including the $1250 Sydney Metropolitan CMA Open Art prize, and the NSW Department …
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This new CSIRO report investigates the skills, innovation and workforce dimensions of the transition to a more environmentally sustainable society, with a particular focus on the challenges involved in achieving deep cuts in greenhouse emissions.
ABC News24 October 2008 Leaders of 40 of the world’s major cities pledged action to fight climate change, taking measures ranging from promoting solar energy to tracking genetically modified food. Warning that crowded urban areas were especially susceptible to the …
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The Courier Mail21 October 2008 A KOALA habitat is set to be bulldozed to make way for a multimillion-dollar housing estate despite Government promises to protect the species. The controversial Collingwood Park development in Ipswich has been given the green …
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Sydney Morning Herald15 October 2008 Years ago it was decided to tame the Cooks River’s unruly banks with concrete, but now the reverse is happening, writes Jennie Curtin. Poor old Cooks River – such a sadly chequered history: polluted, degraded …
Sydney Morning Herald12 October 2008 AUSTRALIAN cities must join a global network in which urban farmers grow produce on rooftops, a leading science commentator says. Professor Julian Cribb, author of The Coming Famine, said the global food crisis was a …
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Media releaseHon Peter Garrett MP, Australian Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the ArtsHon Tony Burke MP, Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry20 October 2008 PROJECTS TO PROTECT SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WETLANDS AND WINE DISTRICT South Australia’s fragile wetlands and …
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Media ReleaseSenator Rachel Siewert, The Australian Greens22 October 2008 The Australian Greens said today they remain very concerned about the future of regional Natural Resource Management (NRM) organisations and that of NRM in Australia. “While the Government has moved to …
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Brisbane Times15 October 2008 All new homes in Queensland should have the option of a roof-top solar energy system covered by a gross feed-in tariff, the Liberal National Party has said. The LNP’s climate change spokesman, David Gibson, called on …
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