SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Stop closure of warrawong sanctuary; Facebook page.
Petition: Stop the closure of Warrawong Wildlife Sanctuary in South Australia.
IronClad Mining's changes to the Lucky Bay port are set to take place sooner than expected. The company announced on Monday the state government had endorsed a 'fast track' amendment process for project.
At the Adelaide Convention Centre today, everybody's talking grains. It's the Grains Research and Development Corporation's South Australia update.
Right now the Government is deciding how to look after these new marine parks. They want to know what we think about their draft management plans which will set the rules and regulations within the marine parks. Key bits are missing the protection they deserve - places that science shows are important - like Kangaroo Island where oil and seismic activities still threaten endangered blue whale feeding grounds.I
The Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges NRM board is funding efforts by SARDI, DEWNR and Flinders Uni to work out practical ways to restore seagrass off our coast.
The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) says South Australian growers are seeing different pests and weeds than in previous years.
Bitten fingers and jigged geckoes; Annual Trapping at Arid Recovery, Olympic Dam.
Great photo; Swimming with the sea lion pups in Baird Bay.
Australia's Foreign Minister Bob Carr has recorded a video message that he says is intended as a call to action at the United Nations. He says that climate change is now a matter of security. Senator Carr recorded his message in the low-lying Pacific nation of Kiribati, and warned that rising sea levels will make the place uninhabitable within 10 to 20 years and force the mass migration of its population.
In the article, Mr Hartcher tells the Telegraph’s State Political Reporter: “There are two million gas extraction wells throughout the world now, and it’s difficult for the anti-gas protesters to point to one that is causing problems. The challenge for them is to find a single example where the water has been tainted or the ground has been damaged. But they don’t have a single example – anywhere in the world."
The lawyer representing anti-coal seam gas protesters in northern New South Wales believes more people will be arrested, and has likened the movement to the anti-Vietnam protests of the sixties and seventies.
Former NSW Mining Minister Ian Macdonald has told the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) in Sydney that he had no idea a mining tenement was over land owned by the Obeid family, until he read it in a newspaper.
The company building a mine at Tomingley says care will be taken to protect significant trees in the path of a water pipeline to the site.
Recfishwest says the public deserves more time to comment on plans for 30 marine parks along the Western Australian coast.
Western Australia has been identified as one of two world shark attack hotspots in an international report.
Huge amounts of sediment, debris and fresh water pushed into Hervey Bay by the floods are believed to have killed up to 80 per cent of coral in some areas.
PETITION: Protect dugong paradise in Australia's north.
Ballina Shire Council is getting in early before illegal becomes a major problem in the shire. The council has posted a notice on its website about illegal camping and the fines which can be issued. Kerri Watts, council's senior environmental health officer, said illegal camping is a problem generally in all coastal towns.
Lake Macquarie Council has voted to rezone a parcel of land at Eleebana to better protect local fauna and flora. The majority of the 13-hectare site will be rezoned conservation.
A little over 30 years ago, a teenager named Jadav “Molai” Payeng began burying seeds along a barren sandbar near his birthplace in northern India’s Assam region to grow a refuge for wildlife. Incredibly, the spot today hosts a sprawling 1,360 acre of jungle that Payeng planted single-handedly.
Failure to protect seagrass may cost Australia $45b. Seagrass stores carbon 35 times faster than rainforests, preventing billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases escaping every year, but its crucial role in slowing climate change has been largely overlooked, experts said today.
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Recycling For Oceans in Adelaide.
With support from an NRM grant, the Natural History Society of SA are setting up an exclosure to help us all learn how we can restore some of our degraded land into native grasslands.
Try your luck spotting one of the notoriously shy creatures on the Platypus Waterholes Walk at Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island.
Check out this cute Eastern Grey Kangaroo who came in at just 420 grams, very battered with gravel rash and serious bruising 11 days on and she's still going strong!
Natural History Society of South Australia Inc added 15 photos from 2012 to the album Volunteer Days.
AUSTRALIA
URGENT, PLEASE HELP THESE DINGOES IN A SYDNEY POUND
A specialised job for specialised carers. There are 4 Dingoes in a Sydney pound who are release to rescue only. These Dingoes are unsocialised, scared, and require the help of a specialist sanctuary or society. If you know of a place, or people who specialise in these great creatures then please don't hesitate to email us. contact@awdri.com.au
URGENT, PLEASE HELP THESE DINGOES IN A SYDNEY POUND
A specialised job for specialised carers. There are 4 Dingoes in a Sydney pound who are release to rescue only. These Dingoes are unsocialised, scared, and require the help of a specialist sanctuary or society. If you know of a place, or people who specialise in these great creatures then please don't hesitate to email us. contact@awdri.com.au
The Supreme Court has begun hearing a challenge by the Wilderness Society and a traditional landowner to the environmental approvals granted for the $30 billion Kimberley gas hub.
Our big chance for environmental protection now! NSW Gov wants your ideas on future of our natural areas. This is a NEW submission. So even if you've sent one before, this is the one that will make the difference.
The Sea Shepherd conservation group asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to lift an order forcing it to steer clear of Japan's whalers, who are seeking legal reprisals over harassment at sea.
The town of Gloucester, about 100 kilometres north of Newcastle, in NSW is the latest community to be told it could see a major coal seem gas development. Independent MP Rob Oakeshott described the development on the ABC's Lateline last night.
A clutch of big coal and coal seam gas projects, including the controversial Whitehaven mine near Narrabri in NSW, have been approved by the federal Environment Minister, Tony Burke.
Sea Shepherd’s Red Hot Big Day Out. Red Hot Chili Peppers Show Big Love for Sea Shepherd at Big Day Out Music Festival.
The Federal Government's under increasing pressure over its failing mining tax. The Opposition has spent Question Time seeking a guarantee from the Prime Minister that the tax won't be changed, despite it only raising just over $120 million in its first six months. Julia Gillard insists she has no plans to alter the design of the tax, but she's under pressure from the Greens and the crossbench to do something to increase its revenue.
The Federal Environment Minister has written to Premier Barry O'Farrell, giving him until tomorrow to spell out how he plans to deal with coal seam gas projects in urban areas and near regional centers. So far there's been no response.
Australia has no shortage of big mines -- but a new monster coal mine moving through the planning process in Queensland is set to dwarf all others. Here are some things you should know about the Carmichael coal mine.
A group of coal seam gas companies working in Queensland's central-west say a new study should help to improve future water management.
WA Greens' Senator Scott Ludlam says the state's Goldfields continuous sunshine makes it a solid region for large-scale solar power. The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has $2 billion in Federal Government funding each year to invest in renewable energy projects.
PETITION: Mandatory labelling of palm oil in Australia. Palm oil production is the single biggest threat to South East Asian rainforests. Palm oil is found in over 40% of the food products on our shelves. Palm oil isn't even labeled in Australia. The average Australian consumes 10kg of Palm Oil every year.
A wild dog expert claims Townsville is home to some of the state's most pure dingoes. Mark Goullet of Ferals Out, a company specialising in feral animal management for government agencies and private customers, said he was "100 per cent certain" the wild dogs roaming the city's suburbs were dingoes.
Pity the pangolin: little-known mammal most common victim of the wildlife trade.
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