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24 April 2012

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Green tape reform – dangers but also opportunities

By Stephen Garnett, Charles Darwin University

The last few weeks have seen an extraordinary cross party agreement that environmental regulation of development needs reform. The Prime Minister wants coordination with the states streamlined; the Leader…

19 March 2012

The numbers are in: Australia must do more to protect migratory birds

By Stephen Garnett, Charles Darwin University; Hugh Possingham, University of Queensland, and Judit Szabo, Charles Darwin University

Australia is a signed up member of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and a strong supporter of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Both these global programs are trying to reduce the rate…

17 February 2012

What happened to brave leaders? A look at the life of Rick Farley

By Andrew Campbell, Charles Darwin University

When was the last time the head of a national lobby group led a national initiative in the national interest, way beyond the comfort zone of the majority of their constituency? Where are the national…

1 February 2012

Insuring the environment – who pays when mining goes wrong?

3 November 2011

It’s not all bad news: conservation success should be celebrated

14 July 2011

What does the carbon price package mean for biodiversity?

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30 September 2011

Tree frogs quench thirst by chilling out

Charles Darwin University

Australian green tree frogs survive the dry season by harnessing the same phenomenon that fogs up eyeglasses in winter…

9 August 2011

Australians back paying Indigenous people to manage land

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Australians are willing to pay up to 50 times what they currently do for Indigenous people to manage their traditional land…

5 August 2011

Spend more on conservation in Sao Tome, Kyrgyzstan, despite corruption

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Sustaining conservation funding to Third World countries could help to preserve some of the world’s rarest species, a new…

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