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23 Apr 2019
Logged native forests mostly end up in landfill, not in buildings and furniture
It’s time to recognise logging for short-lived wood products is a poor use of native forests.
18 Apr 2019
Why climate change will dull autumn leaf displays
Recent temperature trends and extremes have changed the growing conditions experienced by trees and are placing autumn displays at risk.
15 Apr 2019
STEM is worth investing in, but Australia's major parties offer scant details on policy and funding
Evidence from around the world shows that public investment in STEM can advance a strong economy, a healthy population and a sustainable environment.
8 Apr 2019
Australia’s 2018 environmental scorecard: a dreadful year that demands action
Environmental news is rarely good. But even by those low standards, 2018 was especially bad.
4 Feb 2019
Damning royal commission report leaves no doubt that we all lose if the Murray-Darling Basin Plan fails
Evidence uncovered by the Royal Commission has shown systemic failures in the implementation of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
21 Jan 2019
Cotton and rice have an important place in the Murray Darling Basin
The situation is a little more complicated than it may appear.
21 Dec 2018
Elephants and economics: how to ensure we value wildlife properly
Ensuring the economic health of nations is one of the biggest tasks expected of governments. The elephant in the room has long been the health of the environmen
21 Dec 2018
For the first time we've looked at every threatened bird in Australia side-by-side
Glossy Black-Cockatoos used to be common on South Australia’s Kangaroo Island until possums started eating their eggs and chicks.
21 Dec 2018
Comic explainer: forest giants house thousands of animals (so why do we keep cutting them down?)
David Lindenmayer explains how these trees form, the role they play – and how very hard they are to replace.