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11yo ‘eco-warrior’ receives government grant to fight litter
A young environmentalist from Lake Cathie, NSW, is taking on the world’s plastic waste problems, one confident step at a time.
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Wild and wilder: The Nature Conservancy’s 2017 Photo Competition
Amazing shots of wildlife and wilderness abound among The Nature Conservancy’s 2017 Photo Competition winners and runners up entries.
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Wet Tropics “Snap the Tropics” 2017 Photo Competition
The Wet Tropics Management Authority is pleased to announce its Snap the Tropics photograph competition winners. The competition attracted more than 150 entries from local photographers across the Wet Tropics region, featuring everything from creek and waterfall scenes to cassowary and orchid snaps. Entries were independently judged by acclaimed Cairns nature photographer Mike Prociv. The Read More
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10 Pieces: Fighting plastic pollution in the Himalaya
Mountaineer Tim Macartney-Snape explains another kind of pioneering effort: to take on plastic litter in Nepal and beyond.
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Concerns raised for logging plans in NSW State Forest
News of logging activities in nearby State Parks is causing local residents to take notice and action against the destruction of critical native habitat.
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Call to protect culturally significant ‘brumbies’
Former Monaro MP and horseman Peter Cochran is calling for feral horses in the Snowy Mountains to receive protected status.
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Adani gives the nod for megamine
In the ongoing saga to break ground on the $21 billion Carmichael coal mine, the Adani board has given the ‘green light’ for the project to go ahead.
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Half of platypus population destroyed by yabby nets
Declining platypus populations have caused researchers to raise the alarm, but figuring out how direthe problem is – or how to solve it – isn’t going to be simple.
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Tasmania’s walking clubs divided by South Coast Track proposal
Bob Brown says it’s a “nightmare come true”, but some of Tasmania’s walking club members believe private development in National Parks is inevitable, such as the private hut development proposed for the South Coast Track.
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Joyce threatens Leadbeater’s possum and Great Forest NP plans
This Monday, it was revealed that deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce had asked the environment minister, Josh Frydenberg, to reconsider the protected status of the Leadbeater’s possum. Risking Victoria’s faunal emblem to extinction is a move Joyce has made in an attempt to save the Heyfield timber mill. Joyce went on to say in parliament Read More