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Protected reefs help shark numbers recover
Emma Chadwick | March 28, 2018While shark populations around the world are in decline, ground-breaking research has revealed why reef shark numbers are returning to a coral reef off Australia.
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Will Queensland’s new land clearing bill save the state’s trees?
Anita Cosgrove | March 22, 2018Will new legislation in Queensland slow rampant land clearing or will farmers and landowners continue to ignore the law or exploit loopholes to raze more of Australia’s fast disappearing forests?
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Nine ways to fix Australia’s draft ‘strategy for nature’
Bek Christensen | March 18, 2018Despite its ‘green’ image, Australia has a woeful environmental record and the Federal Government’s draft conservation strategy will do little to protect our fragile natural environment. Australia’s Ecological Society offers 9 ways to improve the proposed policy before it is too late.
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Yes, kangaroos are endangered – but not the species you think
Karl Vernes | March 17, 2018While our iconic large kangeroos are safe from extinction, many smaller and lesser known species are threatened by cats, foxes and mass scale habitat destruction.