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Friday, 1st February 2013
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The Little Penguin that has dominated Granite Island and attracted thousands of visitors to the region is on the verge of extinction, according to City of Victor Harbor mayor Graham Philp and he wants action now.
Oil drillers are trying to set up in one of the most remarkable marine hotspots for orcas and sperm whales in Australia.

Indiana James is a contrarian on the issue of oil exploration off Kangaroo Island. More than 20 years ago he worked for the company which mapped the whole area and he believes the chances of finding oil are extremely remote. His opinion is based on his intimate knowledge of the sea floor in the area which Bight Petroleum is proposing to explore with seismic testing and possible later drilling.

Grave concerns are held for the welfare of local dolphin population groups after a spate of unfortunate incidents, which clearly demonstrate widespread ignorance with respect to the Marine Mammals Interaction Policy of 2010, according to Tony Bartram of KI Dolphin Watch.

Humans alone were responsible for the demise of Australia's extinct native predator, the Tasmanian Tiger, or thylacine, a new study has found. Led by the University of Adelaide, the study has used new modelling to contradict a widespread belief that disease must have been a factor in the thylacine's demise.

A mob of feral goats in the Mid-Murray region of South Australia will be shot and fed to the lions at the Monarto Zoo.

The world still has a chance to stop catastrophic climate change -- but only if Australia, China, the US and other act fast to stop the expansion of dirty energy projects.

The Olympic Dam uranium mine is emitting lots of nasty stuff ... this is on top of the massive fossil fuel use ... and the obscene waste of precious Great Artesian Basin water in this driest state of Australia. Look at the list of emissions.

A new uranium mine near the Arkaroola protected area in South Australia's north is expected to start operating by the middle of the year. The planned start-up of Australia's fifth uranium mine is outlined in the latest quarterly report from Alliance Resources.

South Australia’s roadside native vegetation is a valuable but dwindling asset, providing habitat for native species, stabilising soil, acting as shelter belts for agriculture, and providing diversity in the landscape.

THIRTY brown and red-bellied black snakes have been spotted along River Torrens Linear Park in the past week. Tea Tree Gully Council staff found the snakes while working in a section of the park in Dernancourt and Highbury.
Grants ranging between $5000 and $50 000 are available to support local sustainable agriculture and community engagement projects, as part of the Australian Government’s $2.2 billion Caring for our Country initiative.

CCSA is organising a grant 'bootcamp' for anyone wishing to improve their grant writing skills from any sector. Whether you're in arts or social services, conservation or health, this workshop will be a one day intensive for anyone writing grants.

Teenagers who care about the environment are being invited to register for the River Murray Youth Council (RMYC) – Upper Murray. Education Coordinator Cindy Kakoschke said joining the council is a fun opportunity for students to work together and take action on local environment issues. 

FREE FIELD DAY. Rabbit control. PORT ELLIOT, Sat. 23rd. This workshop gives landholders information they require to make sound decisions about rabbit control on their property.

In February the Arid Recovery annual trapping event will be taking place, filling the week with small mammals and reptiles of the arid zone.


AUSTRALIA
Flood and Fire coverage from ABC Environment
www.abc.net.au

Sea foam or spume forms when seawater with high concentrations of organic matter is churned. The proteins and fatty lipids act as foaming agents (surfactants), giving the water a frothy surface. The phenomenon was seen earlier this week in the Sunshine Coast in Australia.

The Federal Environment Minister is progressing plans to expand Tasmania's Wilderness World Heritage Area. Tony Burke has asked the International World Heritage Committee to protect an extra 170,000 hectares of forest, including parts of the Styx, Picton, Weld and Florentine.

The Signatories to the Tasmanian Forests Agreement have reached an agreement over the initial implementation of various elements of the Agreement whilst the Legislative Council process of reviewing the Forests Agreement Bill progresses.

Fortescue Metals Group chairman Andrew Forrest faces the prospect of other miners moving in on his ancestral land, after the mining magnate lost the latest round of a running fight to prevent a sand mining company operating on his family cattle station.

A far west pastoralist says hundreds of perch are dead in the Darling River because of recent releases from the Menindee Lakes.

Living off-the-grid is possible, but it’s not enough to fix climate change.

A new research project in north-west Victoria will examine the environmental benefits of wild dogs. Deakin University will lead the research in the Big Desert National Park over the next 12 months.

Ecologists are introducing dozens of reef balls into a north Canberra pond to encourage native fish to breed.

Biodynamic farming could hold some answers for long term fire prevention in the Australian landscape.

Quoll Seekers Network "Quoll Discovery Experience" at Boonah QLD on Sunday 24 February.


INTERNATIONAL
The Sea Shepherd Ship Brigette Bardot is stopping the harpoon vessel Yushin Maru #3 from whaling, and the Sea Shepherd Ship Steve Irwin is stopping the harpoon vessel Yushin Maru #1 from whaling.
seashepherd.ezearth.tv

McDonald’s USA announced it would become the first national restaurant chain to adopt the Marine Stewardship Council’s blue ecolabel on its fish packaging in restaurants nationwide.www.msc.org

 Cruelty Free International announced today that after campaigning against animal testing within the cosmetic industry since 1983, the import and sale of animal tested cosmetic products and ingredients is to be banned in the European Union (EU) beginning on March 11, 2013

Solomon Islands' tourism minister, Samuel Manetoali, says his government will step in to resolve a dispute around dolphin slaughtering on one of the country's islands.

New Fabric Absorbs 340% of Its Weight in Water from Fog or Mist.

The physical characteristics of the bright iridescent blue tropical fruit known as bastard hogberry inspired researchers to develop a new type of fabric that changes colours when stretched.www.eurekalert.org

 While studying green-rumped parrotlets in Venezuela, National Geographic explorer Karl Berg discovered an incredibly rare behavior—the adults appear to "name" their young.

The first commercial wave-power project in the U.S., is a power-packed buoy that mechanically captures energy as it rides up and down on the waves.

'Flying Wing' Uses Half the Fuel of a Standard Airplane.

Tesla's Vehicle Factory Reaches 20,000 Model S Per Year Run Rate.


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Thursday, 31st January 2013
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The Department of Environment and Water says it is hard to tell whether the Queensland floods will affect River Murray flows in South Australia.

A study monitoring woodland birds in the Clare Valley has found destruction of understory plants is contributing to a decline in many species, but the news isn’t all bad.

Meet Sonia the wombat. She was rescued just a few days ago as she was slowly starving to death. She may not be very pretty right now but in 6 months, she will be a blooming beauty!
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 A marine mammal expert says the population of a fur seal colony on Kangaroo Island may have peaked after a study revealed a decline in the number of pups.

A new study by the CSIRO shows that fish around the world are shrinking in size. Commercial fishing and climate change are believed to be the main culprits behind the decrease, but CSIRO scientists say the shrinking size is also leading to a drop in fish populations, with smaller fish more susceptible to predators.
The beautiful wetlands of South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria should be safe havens for wildlife; instead every year in Autumn and early Winter they become killing fields.

Trees For Life President David Mitchell has been named a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours for his "significant service to conservation and the environment as a volunteer and volunteer advocate".

Chilly weather in summer is a little out of the ordinary for Adelaide, which is in the midst of a cold stretch not seen since 2004, the Bureau of Meteorology says.

The official opening of Robert Laidlaw’s photographic exhibition ‘A Day at the Zoo’ at the Gawler Gallery was a huge success. Travel writer and photographer Barry O’Brien spoke on the day about the plight of the orangutans in Borneo.

Volunteering with The Wilderness Society South Australia is a wonderful opportunity to learn new skills, gain valuable experience, meet new people, and make a positive contribution to nature conservation in SA.
AUSTRALIA
Flood reports from ABC Environment
www.abc.net.au

Masses of dead fish, including carp, mullet and eels, washed up dead in pools next to Botany Bay on Tuesday, possibly because of a blue-green algal bloom.

The Australian Conservation Foundation has today welcomed the West Australian government’s announcement that it will create new marine and national parks at Talbot Bay near the renowned Horizontal Falls – warning however that any proposed gas hub development at James Price Point still threatens to undermine the environmental values of the region.

About 800 people have rallied at the remote Arnhem Land town of Nhulunbuy over the threat by global mining giant Rio Tinto to shut its nearby alumina refinery.

China and Australia top a global list of planned oil, gas and coal projects that will act as "carbon bombs" and push the planet towards catastrophic climate change, a Greenpeace report warned on Tuesday.

Lock the Gate Alliance has today called on Federal Environment Minister, Tony Burke to step in to protect Central Queensland communities and the environment from toxic mine waste water currently being pumped from flooded mines in the Bowen Basin.

As a result of ex-tropical cyclone Oswald there are a number of mines in central Queensland discharging mines water into receiving rivers and creeks. 

WA's top environment defender says he could be powerless to stop a bid to process gas offshore from Woodside's $40 billion Browse project, potentially undermining Premier Colin Barnett's campaign against the plan.

Residents in Sydney's south-west say recent flooding has exposed a bubbling, coal seam gas leak.

In less than 48 hours, our government will respond to world leaders at UNESCO on how it plans to stop surging coal exports in Queensland from destroying the Great Barrier Reef.

Lynas Corporation says the High Court in Malaysia has denied an application by a protest group to prevent it from operating its rare earths plant.

The Cairns Regional Council has voted to stop fluoridating its water supplies by early next month.

Weeds are threatening the very existence of a small community in north-west Queensland, by choking parts of the river which runs through it.

A bat conservation group says it is concerned many farmers may be continuing to kill flying foxes illegally, even though a legal avenue is now available to them.

The Department of Fisheries is gearing up to start enforcing the rules at the first of six marine reserves planned for the Kimberley.

The Western Australian Greens want the State Government to cancel dozens of mining exploration tenements on the site of the proposed Horizontal Falls Marine Park.

The secret life of southern brown bandicoots living on the Port Campbell headland has been exposed, thanks to a generous community grant.

There is a new addition to an animal tourist attraction in the New South Wales south east. A baby giraffe weighing 120kg was born at Mogo Zoo, south of Batemans Bay, last week.

In this video four young numbats bask, play and interact at the entrance of their home burrow.
INTERNATIONAL
Authorities in Beijing have stepped up their health warnings to residents, as thick smog blanketed the city and large parts of the country for a third consecutive day.

Sea Shepherd’s ship the SSS Bob Barker found the Nisshin Maru last night and proceeded to pursue the factory ship.
www.seashepherd.org.au

 Quietly, globally, billions of bees are dying, threatening our crops and food. But in 24 hours the European Union could move to ban the most poisonous pesticides, and pave the way to a global ban that would save bees from extinction.

Deep in the vast rainforest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, chainsaws are buzzing. Heavy machinery rumbles and growls, as loggers slice their way through the forest. Three newly published investigations have confirmed that much of this logging work is illegal - and all of the biggest players in the industry are behind it.

They are well known by the locals and operate big shops in town. They sponsor young men to kill elephants and rhinos but they are never arrested. They are well equipped and meticulous in their work. These are the dangerous lords of poaching in Samburu.

Entrepreneur Chen Guangbiao sells canned air to make a point about toll on environment.
Smithsonian study shows cats kill far more animals than previously thought.

Voters elected Shell as the worst company of the year in the Public Eye People’s Award for wanting to drill in the Arctic, for its recent mishaps in the region and for dropping renewable from its long term strategy.

Green coal city on sustainable road.

Seven Reasons to Consider Off-the-Grid Independent Living.

Snake X-ray.

BOLIVIA PASSES THE LAW WHICH DECLARES MOTHER EARTH HAS RIGHTS.



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Wednesday, 30th January 2013
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Identifying and helping our starving wombats.

An engineering company hopes to expand its facility at Whyalla if it gets approval to construct wind towers.

Fishermen are enjoying the best southern bluefin tuna catches for 30 years around the South Australian coast following a dramatic recovery of the species.

The Murray Mallee Local Government Association says it will continue to lobby the South Australian Government for a catfish season in the River Murray.

A survey has found many businesses believe the carbon tax has increased their costs by far more than it actually has.

Food businesses are being asked to register to be included in South Australia’s Food Users’ Guide – a comprehensive guide that’s being developed to help chefs, the general food service market and retailers source, prepare and make the most of South Australia’s premium food.

Simon Bryant, Paul Henry and Maggie Beer to spearhead Tasting Australia festival.

Trees are like old friends to the people of Adelaide - we love the time spent together but wish we could see more of them. Adelaide residents want trees, gardens and parks more than their interstate counterparts, according to Newspoll research commissioned by the Nursery and Garden Industry and Smart Approved WaterMark.

Teaching the environmental watchdog (EPA) to use its teeth is one of the new chief executive's achievements in his first "exciting" year on the job.

Can environmental protesters step it up and use company law against energy corporations?

Australia has always been a land of extreme weather conditions, and it makes it hard to make that final call: this bushfire, this heatwave, that cyclone, is a marker of climate change. But now it’s happened, according to the Climate Commission of Australia.

South Australia’s Northern Spencer Gulf is home to a unique marine wildlife phenomenon. Each winter, Giant Australian Cuttlefish gather along the rocky reef at Point Lowly to breed and make way for the next generation. In the past decade, the aggregation has attracted documentary filmmakers, scientists and tourists from around the world… but all is not well in Cuttlefish Country. In recent years, the population has crashed from 250,000 animals to just 6,000 and despite cries from the Whyalla community and the conservation sector, no recovery plan or intervention is in place.

The Natural History Society of SA has taken delivery of 800g of Austrostipa nitida for their Habitat Rehabilitation Project. They also have some Danthonia seeds promised and if you know of anyone who has appropriate seed they may be willing to donate, please let them know.

Protecting Threatened Flora from Rabbits on Eyre Peninsula.

Free workshop. Testing for healthy soils. Victor Harbor, 7 Feb. The workshop gives rural landholders information to make sound decisions about soil management on their property.

The Adelaide Activist Skillshare 2013 held in March will offer interactive workshops and seminars. There will be group team building activities, film screenings, bush walks, the beach at our doorstep and of course an incredible mix of people to learn and grow with.
adelaideskillshare.weebly.com

 Free recycling of TVs and computers from 30 January 2013 at the Yankalilla Waste & Recycling Depot.


AUSTRALIA
Some of the worst floods on record.
www.abc.net.au

Sea Shepherd Has Intercepted the Whale Poachers Before a Single Whale is Killed.

Today’s announcement by the Western Australian Government to create a marine park at 80 Mile Beach presents a big win for the Kimberley’s marine environment. WWF-Australia spokesperson Paul Gamblin said the new park between Port Hedland and Broome would form a key piece in the puzzle for a future network of marine protected areas that the Kimberley’s marine life so desperately needs. “80 Mile Beach provides vital habitat for threatened species like turtles, dugong and sawfish.” 

A local Nationals MP says Menindee is being damaged by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority taking over management of the Menindee Lakes.

The WA Conservation Council says it's 'baffled' by an incident in which the crew of two helicopters landed on a protected island to have a barbeque. Staff from the council spotted the helicopters on Lancelin Island yesterday morning. It is believed the crew of the privately-owned helicopters intended to have a barbecue at the protected site.

In a move that's going to make the fishing fanatics of northern Western Australia very excited, tens of thousands of barramundi fingerlings have been released into Lake Kununurra.

The Pastoralists and Graziers' Association (PGA) of Western Australia says it is delighted the State Government has pledged to review land clearing laws, which it says place a "ridiculous" restraint on farmers.

A leading economist has called into question aspects of Yancoal’s plans to expand the Stratford mine, saying the project would be unviable if the price of coal dips any further.

Jerry's Plains residents will meet tonight to discuss the threat that mining poses to their community.

Australian scientists may soon be able to make better weather predictions. A new forecasting model is being developed in Tasmania based on information collected by satellites and floating robots from oceans around the world.

Stage two of the multi-million dollar Three Capes walking track has begun, creating new jobs on the fire-ravaged Tasman Peninsula.

‎"It takes about 7 million gallons of water, to frack a single well..." This, and other facts about fracking, in this concise and informative video.


INTERNATIONAL
Why confiscated bloody-ivory should be burnt.

With the Vietnamese new year Tet celebrations due to start on February 10, the country's Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has warned that the appetites of the rich are a major driver of wildlife smuggling.

Transnational Environmental Crime – a common crime in need of better enforcement.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced plans to study radioactivity associated with oil and gas drilling.

On a farm in North Dakota ambient air testing by a certified environmental consultant detected elevated levels of benzene, methane, chloroform, butane, propane, toluene and xylene—compounds associated with drilling and fracking, and also with cancers, birth defects and organ damage. The water supply tested high for sulfates, chromium, chloride and strontium; the land owners blood tested positive for acetone, plus the heavy metals arsenic and germanium.

The Tongan Government says it is aiming to have half all the country's energy needs come from renewable sources by 2020.

The Crisis of Civilization is a documentary feature film investigating how global crises like ecological disaster, financial meltdown, dwindling oil reserves, terrorism and food shortages are converging symptoms of a single, failed global system.

Caveman ethics? The rights and wrongs of cloning Neanderthals.

The velella (Velella Velella), a small free floating hydrozoan, also known as sea-rafts or by-the-wind-sailors, for the reason that it uses its "sail" you can see in this image for locomotion. Because of this, they are often found washed up on beaches.

Turritopsis nutricula is an immortal jellyfish. That isn’t hyperbole – it really is immortal.

Aloe Vera, known as the ‘elixer of youth’ in Russia, held a legendary status in ancient times for its miraculous healing properties. Fighting deadly cancers and curing diseases from Aids to baldness to insomnia are all in a days work for this magical gift from nature.


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Tuesday, 29th January 2013
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The announcement of a significant shale oil resource in the Arckaringa Basin, in South Australia's far north, has seen a flurry of activity on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX).

Wind turbine installations will probably stall in 2013 as policy uncertainty, financing difficulties and delayed grid connections weigh down on projects, Suzlon Energy Chairman Tulsi Tanti said.

University of Adelaide geologists have shed new light on the origin of Australia's largest delta, the Ceduna Delta, and the river systems which drained the continent millions of years before the Murray-Darling system came into existence.

New research has shed light on the landscape around the Nullarbor some 80 million years ago.

Historian and author Rob Linn has been working on documenting the history of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia, organiser of the Royal Adelaide Show, for the past four years.

Australians appear reluctant to pay more for fuel efficient vehicles, despite hybrid and electric vehicles become more accessible. More than 98 per cent of private new car buyers chose conventionally powered cars in 2012, with 96 per cent of fleet vehicle sales going to petrol, diesel or LPG fuelled vehicles.

Photographs of Babblers, Quailthrushes and Whipbirds, Wedgebills now online.


AUSTRALIA
Floods and fires, ABC Environment
www.abc.net.au


A fundraising appeal has been launched to help farmers repair fences damaged by recent fires across NSW. More than 3,500 kilometres of fencing has been destroyed.

Mercury was washed down drains into Botany Bay and released into the air on the site of Orica's Botany chemical plants, its former managers said.

The WA State Government has announced a fifth marine park and a new national park on the Kimberley coast.

The Wilderness Society has warmly congratulated Geoff Law on his receipt of an Order of Australia in today’s Honours list. “Geoff Law is an icon of the Australian conservation movement. His selfless and life long commitment to conservation in Tasmania, outstanding record of environmental protection, and abiding passion for wild places has and continues to be of great benefit to Tasmania and Australia.” 

The Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre is investigating the ecological role dingoes and free-ranging crossbreed dogs play in Australia, so they can be effectively managed.

Conservationists have accused the Baillieu government of locking the community out of more than 200 public wetlands across Victoria by giving priority to duck hunters.

Last year the state government implemented new laws in a bid to head off clashes between animal rights protesters and hunters during this year's duck shooting season.
Tasmania could become home to Australia's first commercial plant converting trees into the biofuel, ethanol.

CSIRO scientists are tracking disused fishing nets to understand how they are affecting marine life.

Two pygmy sperm whales have died after being washed ashore in wild weather on the New South Wales mid-north coast.

Residents living near Orica's former chemical plant at Port Botany in southern Sydney say an independent review of mercury contamination around the site does not go far enough.

Gemma Lee Steere has had a gutful of being stereotyped, misrepresented and tarred with the same brush, by animal activists and in mainstream media, as someone who doesn’t care about animals, and is doing something about it.

The horse plays a significant part in our national story. In this discussion we follow the horse through time, and around the world, in a celebration of the special relationships forged between humans and the noble equus.

Storm Stanford has some very peculiar room-mates. They are noisy, smelly and are taking up valuable space in her Petersham apartment. But it's not the noise and the smell that make them different to any other room-mates in the heart of Sydney, it is that Ms Stanford's room-mates are flying foxes.

A Canberra Times reader has provided this photograph of a brushtail possum joining in the celebrations for the nation's special day.


INTERNATIONAL
Solar power cheaper than coal: One company says it’s cracked the code.

Nélida Barajas restored a prairie on a 46,000-acre ranch in Mexico. In the end, she brought back a whole lot.

The energy big cities burn - mostly coal and oil to power buildings, cars and other devices - produces excess heat that can get into atmospheric currents and influence temperatures thousands of miles away, a new study found.

Perhaps the most interesting of the new vehicles unveiled at this year'sNorth American International Auto Show (NAIAS) is a new midsize SUV from Volkswagen that merges VW diesel with electric hybrid drive called the Cross Blue.

There seems to be no singular reason explaining why marine mammals such as the Gowanus dolphin and Queens' finback whale wander up New York city's rivers or strand on beaches. Each case is unique. But not all the city's marine mammal visitors suffer terrible fates.

A prominent Malaysian biologist on Saturday was named first chief of a UN scientific panel which aims to turn the world's spotlight on species loss, as a Nobel-winning counterpart has done for climate change.

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Sunday, 27th January 2013
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Study finds more frequent heatwaves 'will kill hundreds' in Adelaide.

"We can’t prevent wildfires but we can manage their impact and the damage they cause. The conflagration we have just witnessed across three Australian states is not the effect of global warming. What we are seeing is the long-term effect of ignorance, and a failure to implement well-established and proven land management practices."

A city councillor is calling for an investigation into the best way to remove a colony of bats from the North Adelaide parklands.

Carbon price - what does it mean for the South Australian food industry? 

Fodder shrub options and using temporary electric fencing are the focus for the February field day at Buckleboo. ‘Fodder shrub options for low rainfall environments were limited to mainly Old man Saltbush, but recent trials on eastern Eyre Peninsula have found at least five other alternatives’.

Exotic tree seedlings are much more competitive than natives but show underyielding when growing together.

A stunning collection of thousands of images of Australia cataloguing the growth of the colonies has been found after more than 150 years locked away in archives in London.

Water, land and nutrients for food production are in increasingly short supply as our population grows, and farmers are looking to integrated production methods to increase yields. In this video seminar, we will look at a method called “aquaponics.

Contrary to recent science about fish not feeling pain comes news that crabs given electric shocks didn't much like it. This means they may in fact feel pain and, as such, the seafood industry might need to rethink its game.

More exciting new environmental courses on offer at Gluepot for the new season.

Volunteers needed for shop work and for bird rescue and rehabilitation. Wildlife Welfare Organisation (SA) Inc. Rescue Group Goolwa


AUSTRALIA
The Terrible Threat Faced by Tasmanian Devils.

"A growing mound of soil contaminated with every chemical used to drill oil wells" "dumped in a very careless and non-environmentally friendly way at Wilga Park."

NEW South Wales Resources Minister Chris Hartcher has been accused of hypocrisy after a speech he made to the NSW parliament in 2005 on the dangers of coal seam gas re-emerged following his speech to a petroleum industry conference at Brisbane yesterday.

The WA State government has given permission for Woodside's proposed gas plant to disturb ancient burial grounds in the dunes near James Price Point (Walmadany) without giving any rationale, and despite findings by a previous State Government that these sites must be protected for environmental and cultural heritage reasons.

The world is quickly reaching a Point of No Return for preventing the worst impacts of climate change.

"Woven Image understands the value and importance of being a responsible company, which consistently delivers environmentally improved products and services. Whether it's about natural fibres or synthetic fibres, Woven Image is constantly looking to adopt environmentally improved processes and products."

It was a pregnancy of somewhere between 400-460 days, but it was well worth the long wait. Mogo Zoo welcomed its fifth giraffe on Thursday with the healthy delivery of a yet-to-be-named baby girl.

Grants between $5000 to $50 000 (GST exclusive) are available to help local community-based organisations and groups take on-ground action as well as build their capacity and skills to manage their natural environment and productive lands, while contributing towards program outcomes.

Two photographers wait near Hobart for the southern lights, and the rewards are spectacular.


INTERNATIONAL 
Authorities in Indonesia will use generators and cloud-seeding measures to defuse and push away rain-laden clouds to avoid more flooding that has paralysed Jakarta.

Neptune's Navy is now in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. The illegal whalers should arrive any minute and we have zero tolerance for poaching! Our fleet is stronger than ever with four ships, one helicopter, drones and more than 120 volunteer crew from around the world. We are ready to put a stop to the barbaric killing of these magnificient sentient beings forever!

Nepalese authorities seized seven tiger skins, hundreds of tiger bones and arrested seven people in connection with an alleged smuggling ring during recent operations in the country.

Poachers have slaughtered 32 South African rhinos in the first three weeks of 2013.

The United States said Friday it would support proposals to curb the trade of five shark species and manta rays, whose numbers are declining because of demand for fins and gills.

The first complete ice cores drilled from the Greenland ice sheet that extend back more than 120,000 years to the Earth’s last great warming period reveal the ice sheet experienced surface temperatures about 8 degrees hotter than today and was 400 metres thinner.

Apple has released its 2013 Supplier Responsibility Progress Report which unveils its 2012 audits and findings. And the results are not terribly encouraging as it reveals a long string of serious environmental screw-ups.

The Cheonggyecheon stream was described by The Economist as a 'dream achieved' by the city of Seoul, South Korea’s bright, shining capital.

Nissan to Launch 15 Hybrids by 2016

Amazing Animal Bridges Around the World.

Scientists have observed a group of dolphins in the Sea of Japan using their bodies as a life raft to buoy up a dying friend. The pod of dolphins was seen to hold a struggling female up at the surface of the water in order to help her breathe.

Butterfly takeoff at 2,000 frames per second.


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