Environment
Conservation
‘The New Katoomba’: MPs join push for protection of ‘lost city’
Four members of the Parliamentary Friends of Nature this week toured an area north-east of Lithgow where conservation groups have been campaigning to become a state conservation area.
- by Peter Hannam
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‘Living giants’: Conservationists urge government to protect oldest and largest trees
Forest areas close to some of the largest trees in Australia will be logged by VicForests and conservationists say these changes could damage or kill the trees.
- by Miki Perkins
As koalas fight for life in NSW, volunteers are replanting their burnt forests
With new funding, Friends of the Koala in Lismore will nurture, distribute and plant 240,000 trees for koala feed and habitat over the next three years.
- by Nick O'Malley
Australian fritillary butterflies join unenviable list of those facing extinction
The 26 Australian butterflies at greatest risk of extinction have been revealed in new research.
- by Miki Perkins
Feral species move on unburnt ‘refuges’ after fires
Parks Victoria has noticed that feral animals - like pigs and deer - are moving across the burnt landscape looking for places to live and feed, and coming into “refuge” areas that didn’t burn.
- by Miki Perkins
GPS tracker on wedgies gives us a bird’s eye view
When Dr James Pay began researching Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagles six years ago, little was known about these charismatic birds. So he used a GPS tracking system attached to their backs to create mesmerising videos of their flight.
- by Miki Perkins
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Tim Flannery
Tim Flannery follows in footsteps of Greta Thunberg, David Attenborough
The Australian conservationist has received one of the world’s top environmental awards, recognising his efforts to spread the words some do not want to hear.
- by Nick O'Malley
Big inland flows to fill Menindee Lakes for first time in five years
Residents of far-western NSW are gearing up for the arrival of floodwaters down the Barwon-Darling, giving Menindee Lakes its first big fill in five years.
- by Peter Hannam
Missile tech and microbats, using thermal imagery in wildlife rescue
What do you do when the subject you’re trying to count is both tiny and elusive? Answer: call in the military, or at least its technology.
- by Peter Hannam
Outcry as duck hunt numbers increase
Animal welfare advocates have been upset by an Andrews government decision to increase the number and type of ducks that can be killed this hunting season.
- by Miki Perkins
Timber industry advocates forced to apologise to high-profile scientist
David Lindenmayer, an ecologist who specialises in forest conservation, sued the men for defamation after they made personal attacks on him on social media.
- by Miki Perkins