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Getting the $13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan back on track

 Saturday, 18 May 2019

Five years in, the $13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan (2012–2026) to improve the health of….... Read more

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Demise of the dingo

 Thursday, 28 March 2019

Dingoes are persecuted for similar reasons to the extinct Tasmanian tiger. Dingoes are controlled to….... Read more

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Fire-driven loss of obligate seeder forests in the Alps

 Thursday, 18 October 2018

Since 2003, multiple high-severity wildfires in short succession have locally eliminated obligate-seeding alpine ash forests….... Read more

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Full ecological impacts of resource development

 Tuesday, 27 March 2018

Resource development is expanding worldwide with far-reaching consequences for native ecosystems. Some ecological impacts tend….... Read more