The National Parks Association of New South Wales in partnership with BirdLife Australia’s Birds in Backyards Program and The University of Sydney invite participation in the citizen science initiative: Bathing Birds, exploring which birds are using bird baths and how …
ConservationDrones.org seeks to share knowledge of building and using low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles for conservation-related applications with conservation workers and researchers worldwide. Drone applications include vegetation and fauna monitoring and anti-poaching surveillance.
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The Australian Government is seeking applications from community organisations for potential Green Army Projects. Projects involve teams of 10 engaged for a period of 20-26 weeks to deliver a suite of activities that support community environmental and heritage conservation outcomes …
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The Australian Government released the Emissions Reduction Fund White Paper. The Emissions Reduction Fund is the centrepiece of the Australian Government’s Direct Action Plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and will provide incentives for emissions reduction activities across the Australian …
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The Australian Government has asked the Productivity Commission to undertake a public inquiry into the efficacy of current national natural disaster funding arrangements, taking into account the priority of effective natural disaster mitigation and the reduction in the impact of …
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The City of Melbourne has been selected to be an inaugural member of the Rockefeller Foundation 100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge. 100 Resilient Cities is supporting cities from around the world to better address the increasing shocks and stresses of …
The City of Sydney has adopted the first ever green roofs and walls policy for Australia, which sets out a commitment to increase the number of high quality green roofs and walls in the City. It is accompanied by a …
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Mitigating summertime overheating is increasingly viewed as a key issue in urban planning – a warming climate and increasing urbanisation will exacerbate the problem. The research paper The effectiveness of retrofitted green and cool roofs at reducing overheating in a …
Strategic approaches to biodiversity conservation can mitigate the cumulative impacts of development on biodiversity. For two perspectives on strategic approaches see Strategic approaches to planning for conservation and development on page 12 of the latest issue of Decision Point magazine, and …
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