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NSW government gives retrospective nod to land clearing for a fence
The NSW government intervened to downgrade the status of an important wildlife corridor near Jervis Bay four months after a developer had cleared a swath of the forest to put in a new fence.
- by Peter Hannam
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Sunken cargo ship off Sri Lanka risks oil spill on top of plastic pellets
The Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl, carrying 1486 containers, including 25 tonnes of nitric acid, was anchored off Sri Lanka when a fire erupted.
- by Waruna Karunatilake and Alasdair Pal
Climate change drives down oxygen levels in lakes worldwide
The world’s freshwater lakes have lost as much as a fifth of their oxygen levels in four decades, a new study says, with climate change being blamed.
- by Peter Hannam
Race against time to name every Australian species in next 25 years
A new report has found every dollar spent on finding undiscovered species could return up to $35 for the economy for every dollar spent, and help preserve species before they disappear.
- by Stuart Layt
Kiwi hedgehogs face cull after experts spike UK repatriation idea
The New Zealand government is currently running an ambitious campaign to eradicate all introduced predators by 2050.
- by Gabriella Swerling
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Endangered species
‘Real sense of achievement’: The next step to preserve the Wollemi pine
The remarkable efforts to save the famous ‘dinosaur tree’ have now moved to replanting the conifer at two secret locations deep within the Wollemi wilderness.
- by Peter Hannam
An environmental worker was shot dead: so why do locals say the murderer was the real victim?
The shooting of an environment officer by a landowner who’d repeatedly – and illegally – cleared his properties underlined the often bitter gulf between rural development and wildlife preservation.
- by Kate Holden
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Endangered species
‘Just fantastic’: Wollemi pine replanting effort wins global gong
A secret project to increase the odds of the Wollemi pine surviving in the wild has won international recognition from conservation groups hoping the lessons learnt will help pull other threatened species back from the brink of extinction.
- by Peter Hannam
Researchers using simple measure to stop wallabies being cat ‘snacks’
Researchers say a simple measure can have huge benefits to endangered species populations by protecting young animals when they’re vulnerable to feral cats.
- by Stuart Layt
‘Not just dropping off a twig’: How climate impacts may be underestimated
The potential underestimation of the likely effects of a warming world is a key finding by an international team of scientists who examined 43 species of flies for tolerance to extreme heat.
- by Peter Hannam
‘Leave the forests alone’: Swift action needed to save endangered parrots
In Tasmania, the swift parrots’ plight has become emblematic of campaigns against old-growth logging.
- by Miki Perkins