Protecting the Parma Wallaby

The creation of more fox-free safe havens and greater collaboration between government and landowners is needed to ensure the survival of the threatened Parma Wallaby.

Firebugs

Arson, rather than climate change, is the direct cause of around 40% of Australia’s bushfires,but prevention of deliberately lit conflagrations is mostly absent from emergency, public health and climate action plans.

Watching the clothes go round

We buy – and throw away – more clothing than ever, but even the clothes you donate to a roadside bin are usually thrown away or dumped rather than reused or recycled.

Cod in a log

Researchers are trialling the use of artificial ‘cod logs’ to create new nesting habitats for the endangered Mary River cod in Queensland.

Saving the Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat

The northern hairy-nosed wombat is one of the rarest land mammals in the world and was thought extinct before 30 individuals were discovered in a tiny patch of Epping Forest National Park in Queensland. Populations have risen from just 113 twenty years ago to over 400 today, but understanding these animals better is vital if they are to be saved.

A new approach to bushfire management

Australia’s escalating bushfire crisis calls for an urgent, comprehensive national reset, according to a new report entitled ‘Pathways for Sustainable Coexistence with Wildfires’.

Nature positive legislation required

A team of Australian researchers is calling for urgent reforms to the nation’s environmental laws to meet the Federal government’s ambitious nature-positive commitments.

After the rain

Researchers from the University of Adelaide, University of Melbourne, Australian National University and One Basin CRC will soon pilot a new strategy for assessing the risk climate change poses to water resources.

The dirty side of greenwashing

There can be a fine line between green marketing and greenwashing but some businesses practices are clearly dishonest and deliberately misleading.

Friend or foe?

Artificial intelligence is a double-edged sword which can help both enhance transparency or perpetuate false claims on sustainability efforts.

On the QT

“Greenhushing” is the growing practice of companies keeping their sustainability credentials secret, but it’s not always because they have something to hide.

How brands exploit green certification

Greenwashing, free-riding, and institutional inertia can undermine the value of environmental certifications, posing challenges for businesses and consumers alike.