Biodiversity
OPINION: Private landholders key to conservation
Carbon and biodiversity markets will help unlock the potential of privately owned properties, writes ecologist Dr Kate Dodds.
Category: Sustainability
Science & Environment
Regional innovations: On the snail trail
In Western Australia’s Esperance region, an Estonian migrant is solving an age-old pest problem in farming.
Nature & Wildlife
Reef revival
The Reef Sanctuary Pontoon on Lady Musgrave Island lagoon is revolutionising marine education.
Climate
New interactive heat map to help Darwin residents stay cool in a warming world
Darwinians have a new online resource to make life more ‘liveable’ as the impacts of rising temperatures linked to climate change begin to bite.
Opinion & Analysis
OPINION: Doing the right thing
With waste piling up and ecosystems under threat, Australia’s waste crisis demands bold leadership, argues Keep Australia Beautiful’s Laura Carrazza.
Land
A $13 billion, 30-year flop: Landmark report argues stark failure to halt Murray-Darling river system decline
Some A$13 billion in taxpayer dollars and 30 years of policy reform have failed to arrest the devastating decline in the health of Australia’s most important river system, researchers argue.
Nature & Wildlife
Clear-cutting koala country
More than 3000sq.km of forests on NSW’s Mid North Coast have been earmarked for the Great Koala National Park. But there’s still work to be done before this proposed reserve becomes the safe haven koalas desperately need.
Science & Environment
A beautiful disaster
Does last summer’s mass coral bleaching event sound a death knell for Australia’s beloved Great Barrier Reef? “Not on my watch!” is the message coming from the army of heartbroken, but resolute, marine scientists who’ve responded to the crisis by doubling down on their research.
News
What it would be like to live permanently in Antarctica
It’s not only the physical challenges, but also the mental side of living in Antarctica that would make a permanent human settlement there difficult.
Science & Environment
Create your own sustainability adventure
To encourage people to change things, you have to engage them. And the way to do that comes down to creativity.