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Urban nature articles in the latest issue of Decision Point magazine
The September issue of Decision Point looks at the lot of the suburban frog and many other issues to do with urban nature. How much is an old tree in the local park worth, and what are our options for …
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High Country Urban Biodiversity Project (HiCUB) video and final report
The High Country Urban Biodiversity Project (HiCUB) in the NSW New England area was completed in June 2012. Find out more about the successes of HiCUB in the documentary video and final report and photos.
Biofresh project – Biodiversity of Freshwater Ecosystems: Status, Trends, Pressures, and Conservation Priorities
BioFresh is an EU-funded international project that aims to build a global information platform for scientists and ecosystem managers with access to all available databases describing the distribution, status and trends of global freshwater biodiversity. BioFresh is continually integrating metadatabases …
Pannell Discussions – Ideas in economics, environment, policy and more
Pannell Discussions are brief pieces on issues and ideas in economics, science, the environment, natural resource management, politics, agriculture and whatever else. In 2012, Pannell Discussions received the Quality of Research Communication Award from the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics …
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Framework to help Natural Resource Management (NRM) groups build resilience
A framework to help Natural Resource Management (NRM) groups build resilience in rural and regional communities has been developed by a team from The University of Queensland (UQ). Professor Helen Ross, from UQ’s School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, says …
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Green City Indexes
The Economist Intelligence Unit has prepared four Green City Indexes to help cities learn from each other in order to better address the common environmental challenges they face: US and Canada Green City Index Asian Green City Index Latin American …
National Biodiversity Month 2012
Biodiversity Month is held in September each year and aims to promote the importance of protecting, conserving and improving biodiversity both within Australia and across the world.
Sustainable House Day Sunday 9 September 2012
Visit a Sustainable House in your neighbourhood this Sunday. Sustainable House Day gives people the chance to get a real-life look inside houses that have been designed, built or fitted out with sustainability in mind and talk to owners, receiving …
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 16 September 2012
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 16 September the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, commemorating the date, in 1987, on which the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was signed. States are invited …
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