In the article Plan to drill 150 gas wells across water catchment The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the NSW government is considering a plan that would lead to hundreds of coal seam gas wells being drilled in near-pristine bushland …
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Canberra has set an Australian benchmark for low-cost large-scale solar generation with the announcement of the largest solar power facility to be built in Australia to date. When completed in 2014 it will produce enough renewable energy each year to …
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Short courses, TAFE and university courses can all provide skills and knowledge in renewable technologies. With enrolment time for next year approaching, the updated ReNew 2012 Renewable energy courses guide shows the many options available around Australia.
CSIRO’s new assessment The implications of climate change for Australia’s biodiversity conservation and protected areas will inform future management. Researchers analysed the impacts of climate change on native species and ecosystems across Australia, and in four priority biomes (regional-scale ecosystems …
In the report Spineless prepared by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) in conjunction with IUCN and the IUCN Species Survival Commission more than 12,000 invertebrates from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species were reviewed by conservation scientists. Freshwater species …
We are now in the United Nations Decade of Biodiversity 2011-2020. Under the Convention on Biological Diversity there is a Strategic Plan with the number one target “By 2020, at the latest, people are aware of the values of biodiversity …
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The National Atlas of Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems (GDE Atlas) presents the current knowledge of GDEs across Australia, and shows known GDEs as well as ecosystems that potentially use groundwater. The GDE Atlas is a tool to assist the consideration of …
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In 2009, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and IUCN released Water for Business – the first online guide specifically designed for businesses to help them manage water more sustainably by providing them with an overview of water …
Jeremy Irons stands on a beach beside the ancient Lebanese city of Sidon. Above him towers a mountain of rubbish — a pullulating eyesore of medical waste, household trash, toxic fluids and dead animals — the result of thirty years …
Do Something Near You! is an Australian community directory and volunteer portal. The website provides vital links between charities, councils and communities. The aim of the project is to encourage and assist members of the public and the business community …