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Burke backs down on national park powers

June 19, 2013

Environment Minister Tony Burke has been forced to back down on attempts to extend federal powers over national parks after cabinet rejected the move on Monday night. Mr Burke had been considering ways to extend oversight of parks under national environment law after his vocal attacks on Coalition state government-led grazing, shooting and logging projects in national parks. One option had been to back or replicate a Greens amendment in the Senate to create a national parks ”trigger” under federal…

Article from The Guardian UK

June 19, 2013

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‘Parks are our natural heritage, our “biological bank. We should not play Russian roulette with Australia’s national parks’ | Open letter | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk. Recent laws allowing hunting and logging in our parks are misguided. Our reserves protect biological diversity and shouldn’t be used otherwise Emma Johnston, Corey J A Bradshaw and others guardian.co.uk, Monday 17 June 2013 11.23 AEST Nambung national park, Australia. Photograph: Robert Essel/Corbis The Commonwealth environment minister has recently suggested that the federal…

Updating the state of Australia’s climate

June 19, 2013

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Climate chnge, conservation issues

by Leslie Hughes http://theconversation.com/updating-the-state-of-australias-climate-15233 Two years ago the Climate Commission released its first major report, The Critical Decade: Climate Science Risks and Responses. The report synthesised the most recent climate change science. The phrase, “The Critical Decade”, has become the defining mantra for the Climate Commission: the climate needs significant Australian and global action this decade. Two years on, and one quarter of the way through the decade, we have systematically updated the report. One quarter of the way through…

Great potential for interpretive displays!

June 19, 2013

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interpretation

Imagine what we could make with these to show people what lives in trees, the soils, the water…all the small forgotten creatures that are part of the fabric of our world. Giant 3D printed bugs shed light on insect anatomy | CSIRO.

Wildlife crime- a new crisis in an old problem

June 17, 2013

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conservation issues

African Development Bank and WWF call for urgent action to combat wildlife crime: the Marrakech declaration = a 10 point action plan to combat illicit wildlife trafficking The African Development Bank (AfDB) and WWF have launched (on the 31st May 2013) a joint global call for action to combat the rampant illicit wildlife trafficking scourge that is robbing Africa of precious natural resources and posing a major threat to the development of the continent. See the June newsletter about African…

Environmentalist of the Year – Don Henry

June 17, 2013

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conservation issues, people

Congratulations to Don – a Queenslander at heart who was instrumental in getting Moreton Island declared as a national park. Without the efforts of environmental heroes like this, so many of our prime natural areas would be mined or cleared today. Good to see ACF is advocating for protected areas again – we can’t take anything for granted! June 7, 2013 FROM http://www.acfonline.org.au/news-media/news-features/environmentalist-year-%E2%80%93-don-henry We are delighted to announce our own Don Henry as winner of the United Nations Association of…