Tackling Britain's 'green xenophobia' over alien plants and animals: Our...
Alien species are taking over nature. Rogue rats are running amok on remote islands, predatory crayfish are cruising English rivers, Japanese knotweed is strangling South Wales, water hyacinth is...
View ArticleMitigating the risk of drought in Central and Eastern Europe (WMO - World...
(Source: WMO - World Meteorological Organization) South East Europe meeting on climate services Posted 24 November 2014 A regional consultation in South East Europe has discussed how to pool knowledge...
View ArticleCSU ecologist to study impact of Indigenous burning (Charles Sturt University)
(Source: Charles Sturt University) A Charles Sturt University (CSU) ecologist will extend international knowledge about the impact of Indigenous burning on Australian mammals and its potential to...
View ArticleIndigenous research boosted by ARC grants (Charles Sturt University)
(Source: Charles Sturt University) A Charles Sturt University (CSU) research project examining Indigenous political participation and another examining the potential for Indigenous knowledge to aid...
View ArticleTom Uren, AC - a truly distinguished Australian (Charles Sturt University)
(Source: Charles Sturt University) Following the death of Mr Tom Uren, AC, on Monday 26 January, the nation reflected on his contribution as a parliamentarian, patriot and a truly distinguished...
View ArticleInterest in natural resources projects grows among farmers (NSW Local Land...
(Source: NSW Local Land Services) 22 September 2016 The call for applications for natural resources projects has generated plenty of interest among Northern Tablelands farmers, attracting almost 200...
View ArticleNative vegetation bill a seed of contention
Farmers have vowed to be "unyielding" in their lobbying on controversial native vegetation laws, with the Baird cabinet expected to discuss a bill that green groups fear will gut the protection for...
View ArticleNSW government promises biodiversity win from land clearing laws
NSW "is not Queensland" when it comes to a controversial overhaul of land clearing laws, the state government has insisted, while promising to reverse decades of biodiversity decline. Announcing laws...
View ArticleReproductive mysteries of the dusky flathead (Charles Sturt University)
(Source: Charles Sturt University) A Charles Sturt University (CSU) research student aims to help sustainably manage a popular angling fish species in Victoria. Bachelor of Science (Honours) student Ms...
View ArticleAre you a landholder looking to make money from offsets? (Commodities Group Ltd)
(Source: Commodities Group Ltd) Tuesday, February 24, 2015 Protecting your bush and managing it for nature conservation can pay financial rewards. All over Australia developers of everything from...
View ArticleClearing the way for conflict over farm land use
Photo: Fairfax Graphics The irony might escape the uninitiated, but Bronwyn Petrie says thick clumps of eucalypts thriving on her Tenterfield farm do not mean the land is in rude health. To the...
View ArticleNSW land-clearing laws 'a failure' after even farmers come out in opposition
The Baird government's plan to loosen land-clearing laws in the state may struggle to get through Parliament, with the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party indicating they will heed opposition to the...
View ArticleNSW state election 2015: Extend native vegetation laws, WWF says
Koala in Bradbury on Sydney's south-western edge. Photo: Cambelltown Advertiser Pressure is mounting on the Baird government to support the retention of key elements of anti land-clearing laws, with...
View Article'Bombshell': Just one-sixth of rural land-clearing tracked in NSW, ANU's...
Farmers are clearing land six times faster than detected by the NSW government, and most offsets used to compensate for vegetation destruction merely preserve existing conservation areas, according to...
View ArticleSouthern bell frogs breed again (Charles Sturt University)
(Source: Charles Sturt University) The low-growling call of the southern bell frog in a lagoon in the mid-Murrumbidgee River has Charles Sturt University (CSU) researchers excited. Monitoring by the...
View ArticlePaddock trees - restoring the missing link (NSW Local Land Services)
(Source: NSW Local Land Services) 20 October 2016 Over the past two years, landholders, Landcare, researchers and government have worked together on a unique project to protect and restore paddock...
View ArticleFears proposed land clearing changes put threatened species at risk
Under threat: The red-tailed black cockatoo. Photo: Shannon Morris Environmental laws that protect threatened species and limit how farmers clear native bush will be rewritten, prompting fears from...
View ArticleLooking for pollinators (Charles Sturt University)
(Source: Charles Sturt University) Monday 13 Apr 2015 A Charles Sturt University (CSU) scientist is urging people to spend ten minutes in the garden or bush this week looking out for native pollinator...
View ArticleFunding available for trees on farms and healthy rivers (NSW Local Land...
(Source: NSW Local Land Services) 27 July 2016 The 2016 'Trees on Farms' and 'Healthy Rivers' projects have been launched today by Northern Tablelands Local Land Services through funding from the...
View ArticleNew era in land management and conservation [PDF] (NSW Department of Primary...
(Source: NSW Department of Primary Industries) New era in land management and conservation Troy Grant Deputy Premier Mark Speakman Minister for the Environment Niall Blair Minister for Primary...
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