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Category Archives: ecosystems
Audit exposes multiple flaws & failures of Australia’s weak environment laws
Australia’s environment protection laws are not effective, are poorly administered and lack appropriate measures to monitor compliance, a report by the federal auditor general says. The Australian National Audit Office – a federal agency which acts as a watchdog for … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, biodiversity, conservation, development, ecosystems, environment, EPBC referrals, federal politics, Uncategorized, wildlife
Tagged audit, Australia, biodiversity, ecosystems, environment, EPBC, government, Greens, wildlife
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Games can be ‘game changers’ to break deadlock of stalled eco-policy debate says research paper
Board games designed to breakdown stubbornly entrenched roles and conflicts over conservation issues such as climate change and land clearing can break deadlocks and drive urgently-needed policy change, according to a journal paper by 23 researchers from 13 countries in … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, climate change, conservation, Ecologists, ecosystems, environment, forests, land clearing, nature, policy, policy debate, Uncategorized
Tagged climate change, conservation, environment, forests, land clearing, policy
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Toucans among hundreds of Amazon bird species at risk from climate change
Climate change will significantly reduce habitat and food sources for many of the Amazon’s most spectacular birds species, including toucans, parrots and tanagers, according to research by Brazilian scientists. A study led by Leonardo de Sousa Miranda, an ecologist at … Continue reading
Posted in Amazon, biodiversity, birds, climate change, conservation, data, ecosystems, forests, parrots, pollinators, toucan, Uncategorized, wildlife
Tagged Amazon, biodiversity, birds, Brazil, climate change, conservation, toucan, wildlife
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Australia’s insects overlooked in conservation plans says Senate submission by leading scientists
A group of 15 scientists from Australian universities and research agencies have called for a new approach to insect conservation that will put greater emphasis on education and public participation. In a review published in the journal Austral Entomology they … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, butterflies, climate change, conservation, ecosystems, environment, insects, pollinators, Senate, threatened species, Uncategorized
Tagged biodiversity, butterflies, Christmas beetles, environment, insects, moths, Senate, threatened species
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Australia’s native grasses may not cope with extreme heat and water scarcity of changing climate
Climate change is likely to affect the distribution, abundance and survival of common Australian grass species, a University of Wollongong study has found. Researchers looked at the combined impact of extreme heat waves and drought on six native grasses from … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, biodiversity, birds, butterflies, climate change, conservation, drought, ecosystems, environment, heatwave, native grasses, plants, Uncategorized, warming
Tagged biodiversity, climate change, environment, native plants, water
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Climate change impacting US national parks at “twice the rate” of rest of country
Climate change is affecting national parks across the United States at “double the rate” of the country as a whole, according to a study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters. It is the first spatial analysis of historical data … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, conservation, ecosystems, emissions, environment, Hawaii, national parks, Research, Uncategorized, warming
Tagged climate, conservation, environment, national parks, rainfall, temperatures
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Melbourne garden survey finds puzzling attitudes to backyard biodiversity
Australia’s local councils could play a more active role in changing public attitudes to using native plants in urban gardens, according to a study by environmental scientists at Deakin University in Victoria. And it looks like change is needed, judging … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, birds, conservation, ecosystems, nature, parrots, plants, Uncategorized, urban gardens, wildlife
Tagged Australia, biodiversity, Deakin University, environment, insects, landscape design, local councils, native plants, urban gardens
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Traffic fumes, agri-chemicals changing “odour landscapes” for bees & other pollinators
Air pollution, urban sprawl, freeways and agribusiness monocultures are disrupting and scrambling the chemical scent clues used by plants to attract pollinators. A study published in the January edition of Functional Ecology says these pollutants act like “background noise”, drowning … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, bees, biodiversity, butterflies, ecosystems, emissions, environment, fumes, pollinators, pollution, roads, scent, Uncategorized
Tagged air pollution, bees, environment, monoculture, moths, Odour masking, plants, pollination, scent cues
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Australia’s trapdoor spider decline may be due to habitat loss & climate
Trapdoor spiders are rapidly disappearing across areas of southern and western Australia, possibly due to land clearing and the impacts of climate change, according to a study based on more than 60 years of data. A group of eight scientists, … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, conservation, ecosystems, environment, land clearing, Research, threatened species, trapdoor spiders, Uncategorized
Tagged environment, land clearing, science, threatened species, trapdoor spiders
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