Adventure
Desert channels: heart of Australia
The desert channel country of western Queensland is a region of historical geography and great beauty.
Tag: conservation
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Koalas to feel the heat with climate change
A Senate inquiry has been told that the koala needs national protection to help shield it from climate change.
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Kimberley could lose 45 species in 20 years
A staggering number of species in this Western Australian wilderness are at threat if action is not taken.
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Bob Brown gives away his green sanctuary
Greens leader and defender of Australian wilderness donates property he’s owned for 38 years to conservation charity.
Nature & Wildlife
Genetically pure dingoes face extinction
Dingoes are often reviled by farmers, but their interbreeding with domestic dogs could send them to extinction.
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Say goodbye to Sydney’s colony of bats
A huge colony of 22,000 flying foxes will be evicted from Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens after a lost court appeal.
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Cassowaries hit hard by cyclone aftermath
Endangered cassowaries are struggling to find food in the wake of last week’s Cyclone Yasi.
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Value of national parks confirmed
National parks are one of few strategies actively helping to save species from extinction, says a new study.
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Aboriginal knowledge helps Kokoda rangers
Rangers from PNG’s Kokoda Track visited Australia to learn more about indigenous management of parks.
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Wildlife hit hard by Queensland floods
As rescue workers struggle to save possums, kangaroos and koalas, a confusing picture is building of the final toll on animals.