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WEDNESDAY, 13TH MARCH 2013

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Protect sea lions, sharks, dolphins and whales off Kangaroo Island.

A group of dedicated wildlife volunteers in South Australia has taken on the huge task of rescuing and caring for a growing number of sick and injured koalas.

Tiger Pipefish (Filicampus tigris) recorded in False Bay by Cuttlefish Country crew.

A bus powered by electricity and diesel fuel is on trial in the Adelaide CBD.

Nature Foundation SA welcomes Ian Atkinson as their new Chief Executive Officer. Ian Atkinson has over thirty years’ experience in agriculture and natural resource management.

Combining chicken poo with biochar could be the next up and coming alternative fertiliser for farmers. Biochar is a type of charcoal which is made out of agricultural residue or organic waste and can be used as a slow release fertiliser.

Biosecurity SA is urging South Australian sheep and cattle owners or managers to make their opinions known on improved national on-farm animal welfare standards which were released yesterday for consultation.

SARDI Sustainable Systems has received funding to look at ways to reduce sheep and cow "burps," the source of much of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions.

Mount Gambier City Council has flagged the immediate removal of 23 towering mature trees in the Valley Lake and Vansittart Park playground recreational areas to reduce the risk of heavy limbs falling on children or vehicles.

PIRSA Fisheries and Aquaculture is urging fishers to brush up on the rules related to Rocklobster fishing, after Limestone Coast Fisheries Officers detected several serious offences in recent weeks.

A report has been released into an assessment of four River Murray sites considered to be at high risk of riverbank collapse.

The Alwin Clements Prize in Natural History grant is available for students wishing to undertake PhD studies in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Adelaide in research directly related to the conservation, preservation or ecology of Australian native flora or fauna.

Eyre Peninsula’s land, water, coast and marine managers are now being invited to submit NRM project proposals to access funding opportunities should they become available. This includes individuals as well as local government, community, volunteer and agricultural groups.

Upper Eyre Peninsula farmers have reported an outbreak of one of agriculture's worst noxious weeds.

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AUSTRALIA


About a dozen objections to Tasmania's World Heritage Area nomination have been sent to the UNESCO committee in Paris.

The chairman of a Central West Farmers Association council has told the Premier Barry O'Farrell to stay out of pest management issues. The state government has put on a hold a plan to allow hunting in nearly 80 parks across New South Wales.

Vaccine for Tasmanian Devil facial tumour one step closer.

Australia could be fuelling aeroplanes with waste from crops and plantation timber within three to five years according to a key research institute.

Senator Waters spoke to the media in response to Minister Burke's announcement for reforms to the environment laws around CSG.

THE federal government's expert scientific panel has raised the alarm about the cumulative impact of Queensland's $40 billion coal-seam gas developments on underground water supplies.

Right now, all around this mighty continent, the people are rising. We have united together in the greatest social movement this country has ever seen, and we are ready to stand up and fight for the future of this great big backyard of ours.

Upper Plenty (Victoria) residents offer reward in hunt for hillbilly kangaroo killers.

A watering hole in the Murray Sunset National Park has been restored several months after environmental authorities filled it in.

Rare plants and sea-birds are starting to re-establish on a remote island off the coast of Port Stephens NSW, after a successful long-term pest eradication program.

A risk assessment of erosion-control measures in Byron Bay has identified privately constructed walls on the Belongil Spit as having the greatest impact on coastal processes.

Turtles are among the most endangered vertebrates on Earth: roughly half of the world's 300 species are threatened with extinction.

The Rainbow Warrior is an icon of non-violent direct action for a green and peaceful future -- a beacon of hope for millions of people around the world. She’ll be here within days to help save the Great Barrier Reef from the reckless expansion of the coal industry.

Why Do People Commit To Behavior Which Consistently Lacks Moral or Ethical Principles

A giant exotic snail has been humanely destroyed after being found crawling across the concrete at a Brisbane container yard.

South west Queensland graziers taking part in a new pig baiting trial say they have had disappointing results.
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INTERNATIONAL


Scientists say they have discovered one of the wonders of the natural world in Papua New Guinea. The scientists spent four weeks surveying the Hindenburg Wall - a 50-kilometre stretch of spectacular limestone escarpments in the far west.

Lemon sharks are able to make and maintain social networks, despite the lack of Facebook and Twitter—and learn from their interactions, according to recent research.

Five shark species win protection against finning trade

Radiation from the Fukushima Nuclear Plant disaster in Japan is now actively in the ecosystem all along the North American west coast.

Indian coal power plants kill 120,000 people a year and could cause a staggering 20 million new asthma cases.

The Associated Press has a breaking investigative story out today revealing that the Obama Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency censored a smoking gun scientific report in March 2012 that ... would have explicitly linked methane migration to hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) in Weatherford, a city with 25,000+ citizens.

The atmospheric observation station at Mauna Loa in Hawaii has recorded the highest ever amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, and the evidence suggests that the rate of CO2 input is increasing

Japan says it has successfully extracted methane hydrate, known as "fire ice", from its seabed, possibly unlocking many years worth of gas for the country.

The small, landlocked country of Bhutan is aiming to increase its national happiness by becoming the first country in the world to completely shift to organic farming. About 80 per cent of Bhutan's 800,000 residents depend on agriculture for their livelihoods.

The United States government's US Agency for International Development has launched a series of climate change projects in the Pacific.

A UK cycling expert says city planners need to consider more than car commuters when solving transport problems.

Experts from the University of Lincoln and the University of Exeter have warned that climate change could cause dozens of lizard species to become extinct within the next 50 years.




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