Protect northern Australia’s natural strengths, don’t repeat mistakes of the...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) A previous Federal Government Northern Australian Land and Water Taskforce, which relied on extensive CSIRO research, found that "Contrary to popular...
View ArticleNational legal protection to stop national parks being turned into paddocks...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) At present potentially damaging projects proposed for national parks may be assessed by the federal government, but only if they might affect 'matters...
View ArticleQld govt gives OK to Carmichael coal mine; ACF Federal Court challenge still...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) 'If it goes ahead, the Carmichael coal mine would create billions of tonnes of pollution, making climate change worse and irreversibly damaging the...
View ArticleLand Court decision leaves Palaszczuk government with crucial coal test (ACF...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) 'Just days after the historic Paris climate agreement was signed by 196 nations the Queensland Government faces a crucial test,' said Australian...
View ArticlePledge to review environment laws and fund environmental defenders welcome...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) Labor has pledged to explore options to set up a federal environmental oversight body and reverse the current government's attempts to transfer...
View ArticleACF statement on Malcolm Fraser (ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation)
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) Mr Fraser was an early member of ACF's governing council in the mid-1960s. "Malcolm Fraser was a committed conservationist and played an important...
View ArticleMore info required: no go for mine expansion in Sydney water catchment (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The PAC today chose not to approve or reject the company's application, which would see an expansion of the Russell Vale mine in the catchment area...
View ArticleCarmichael coal mine conditions are not ‘strict’ (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) When he re-approved Adani's Carmichael coal mine last week Environment Minister Greg Hunt said the project had been approved 'subject to 36 of the...
View ArticleFlaws in plan to hand over assessment powers to states (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) on the draft assessment agreement shows NSW policy allows for companies to double count sites as biodiversity and carbon offsets, even though this...
View ArticleHabitat destruction a dire threat to Australia’s wildlife, scientists warn...
(Source: UNSW - The University of New South Wales) Hundreds of scientists have expressed alarm at Australia's increasing rate of destruction of native vegetation and called for governments to take...
View ArticleScience in Australia's environmental policy (Department of the Environment -...
(Source: Department of the Environment - Australian Government) Presentation to the Australian Academy of Science Dr Gordon de Brouwer Friday 12 June 2015 Science in environmental decision-making Good...
View ArticleNational Landcare grants start to flow across Peel-Harvey region (Department...
(Source: Department of the Environment - Australian Government) Minister for the Environment The Hon. Barnaby Joyce MP Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Andrew Hastie MP Federal Member for...
View ArticleAustralia quietly adds 49 species to threatened and endangered lists
Brush-tailed bettong, three-toed snake-tooth skink, swift parrot and types of orchid and albatross listed...
View ArticleQueensland’s tree-clearing “map of shame” (WWF-Australia)
(Source: WWF-Australia) Queensland's tree-clearing "map of shame" Posted on 17 September 2015 WWF-Australia today called on the Queensland Government to honour its election commitment to protect...
View ArticleEvery Episode of David Attenborough’s Life Series, Ranked
BBC / Anton_Ivanov / Rich Carey / Neirfy / Resul Muslu / Starcea Gheorghe Silviu / Georgia Evans / Tanawat Ariya / Shutterstock / Paul Spella / The Atlantic This Sunday, Sir David Attenborough,...
View ArticleGreens to double Perth tree canopy by 2040 (Australian Greens)
(Source: Australian Greens) Perth's tree canopy will double across the city by 2040 with every resident living within five minutes of a greenway under the Greens Urban Forest plan announced today....
View ArticleAnnex: LIFE programme: 2015 projects (European Commission -...
(Source: European Commission - Directorate-General for Environment) The European Commission has approved an investment package of €222.7 million from the EU budget to support Europe's transition to a...
View ArticleDeforestation surges in Queensland ahead of crackdown on land clearing
WWF reports landholders ‘panic clearing’ under the new Labor government in anticipation of protections being restored...
View Article03/03/2016: Rocklands Feasibility Study (CuDeco Limited)
(Source: CuDeco Limited) Feasibility Study ACN. 000 317 251 MARKET RELEASE 3rd March 2016 ROCKLANDS GROUP COPPER PROJECT (CDU 100%) ROCKLANDS FEASIBILITY STUDY Cloncurry mining company CuDeco Limited...
View ArticleAbbott/Turnbull government’s environmental record ‘more bad than good’ (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) 'It is very disappointing to look back at this government's environmental record and see so many poor choices, short-sighted decisions and missed...
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