The City of Sydney commissioned the Urban Ecology Strategic Action Plan as one of many initiatives aimed at achieving the Sustainable Sydney 2030 vision of a green, global and connected city. The plan is based on a survey of the …
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The Draft NSW Biodiversity Offsets Policy for Major Projects aims to clarify, standardise and improve biodiversity offsetting for major project approvals. The policy will apply to state significant development and state significant infrastructure under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act …
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The first Master Plan in the almost 200 year history of the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney and Domain has been released for community feedback. The draft Master Plan proposes more than 25 key proposals and ideas. You are invited to …
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The City of Hobart has developed a new Draft Bushfire Management Strategy to direct all aspects of bushfire risk management in the Hobart City Council area. The draft strategy is open for comment until 14 May 2014.
Integrating biodiversity into local plans and actions offers many opportunities for local sustainable development. The main goal of the EU Local Skills for Biodiversity Project is to improve the knowledge, skills and competences of local staff to integrate conservation and …
ALERT is a unique kind of scientific organisation – one that helps world-class researchers have a concerted, highly credible voice on key environmental issues. It also helps journalists to connect with top scientists who can comment on environmental stories. ALERT …
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The SURF Framework for a Sustainable Economy moves beyond the triple-bottom-line approach to sustainable development to place emphasis on the quadruple bottom line. As a result of analyzing the on-the-ground reality of attempting to transform products and services for sustainable …
The Sustainability labels on food products: Consumer motivation, understanding and use study investigates the relationship between consumer motivation, understanding and use of sustainability labels on food products (both environmental and ethical labels). The results imply that sustainability labels currently do …
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change. Thousands of scientists from all over the world contribute to the work of the IPCC, and review is an essential part of …
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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Statement on the Status of the Global Climate in 2013 provides a snapshot of global and regional trends in weather and climate over the past year and highlights some of the year’s most significant extreme …
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