Mine expansion a risk to Sydney’s drinking water (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The national environment group has joined with local residents to oppose the plan and call on the Federal Environment Minister to intervene....
View ArticleACF statement on the Palaszczuk govt’s 100 days (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) "ACF welcomes the Palaszczuk Government's re-engagement with civil society and the environment movement," said ACF's Andrew Picone. "We commend the...
View ArticleQueensland land clearing project halted amid concerns over threatened species
Owners of property in Cape York agree to refer the project for commonwealth assessment following complaints from environmental groups ...
View ArticleQueensland government calls on Greg Hunt to stop Cape York land clearing
An investigation says the former Newman government wrongly applied its own relaxed tree clearing laws when it approved the razing of more than 300 sq km ...
View ArticleEndangered quail may be threatened by controversial Queensland land clearing
Cape York property, which won approval to clear 330 sq km in dying days of Newman government, is ‘in core habitat’ for buff-breasted button-quail ...
View ArticleOn World Environment Day – who will protect the buff-breasted button-quail?...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) In January this year, the former LNP government approved the clearing of over 30,000 hectares of prime buff-breasted button-quail habitat at Olive...
View ArticleConocoPhillips SPIRIT of Conservation and Innovation 2015 Request for...
(Source: NFWF - National Fish and Wildlife Foundation) Full Proposal Due Date: August 20, 2015 by 5:00 PM Eastern Time OVERVIEW The ConocoPhillips SPIRIT of Conservation and Innovation program is...
View ArticleOlive Vale Queensland Government asks Commonwealth to stop bulldozers...
The Queensland Government refers the clearing of tens of thousands of hectares of bushland on Cape York to the Commonwealth, calling on it to stop the ......
View ArticleAustralia To Kill Koalas? Ecological ‘Catastrophe’ Sparks Cull
The koala population has exploded at Cape Otway, a popular tourist destination in Australia known for the animals, according to the Washington Post. Unfortunately, Manna gum leaves, a staple food...
View ArticleTime to move? A new plan for Cape Otways' koalas
Koala pics attached. Taken in Otways and showing manna gums stripped of their leaves. Please credit: Desley Whisson. Photo: Desley Whisson It's hard to think of anything much more emotive than the...
View ArticleZoos Victoria spot on with letter to VicForests (Australian Greens)
(Source: Australian Greens) Zoos Victoria spot on with letter to VicForests The Greens have applauded Zoos Victoria's stand on destructive logging in Victoria's Central Highlands, backing their...
View ArticleStart of Earth’s mass extinction ‘already triggered’
Humans have already triggered the start of Earth’s sixth mass extinction, thereby threatening their own future as a species, a hard-hitting new study has claimed. The window of opportunity to prevent...
View ArticleMass extinction 'already triggered'
Humans have already triggered the start of Earth's sixth mass extinction, thereby threatening their own future as a species, a hard-hitting new study has claimed. The window of opportunity to prevent...
View ArticleHere's proof that Earth is entering its sixth mass extinction
Diverse animals across the globe are slipping away and dying, as Earth enters its sixth mass extinction, a new study finds. Over the last century, species of vertebrates are dying out up to 114 times...
View ArticleSierra Club Brings Suit to Protect Vital Habitat for Drought-Stricken Species...
(Source: Sierra Club) HOLLISTER, Calif. - Today the Sierra Club and Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society challenged the County of San Benito's certification of its final environmental impact report for...
View ArticleStanford researcher declares that the sixth mass extinction is here (Stanford...
(Source: Stanford University) Stanford Report, June 19, 2015 Paul Ehrlich and others use highly conservative estimates to prove that species are disappearing faster than at any time since the...
View ArticleIs the Planet Headed for an Extinction Crisis? (University of Florida)
(Source: University of Florida) GAINESVILLE, Fla. - In the movie "Avatar," so many magnificent animals have gone extinct that scientists can only study them virtually. This environmentally ravaged...
View ArticleSixth mass extinction on Earth already underway: Study
The world is undergoing a sixth mass extinction of its biodiversity even by using “extremely conservative assumptions,” scientists say. In an article published in the journal Science Advances on...
View ArticleParramatta River catchment study reveals surprising biodiversity hotspots
Kayaks and canoes from the Parramatta River Catchment Group at Armory Wharf, Homebush. Photo: James Alcock The 10,000 people to thank for Sydney's improving rivers It may be counterintuitive, but the...
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