`The Australian government is amending laws to push Adani's coal mine project'
The Adani Group's US$ 16.5 billion Carmichael coal mine project in Queensland is mired in a controversy as it not only threatens the Great …
"Industry must invest in clean projects "
Brian Robinson , chairperson, Australian Environment Protection Authority (epa) has enabled the Australian environmental enforcement system to …
Peta's Pet
UK-based animal welfare group People for Ethical Treatment of Animals has been campaigning against Indian leather, alleging ill-treatment of …
Secretive tribunals, hidden damages
Canadian academic Gus Van Harten is well known for his efforts to reform the global investment treaty regime through his research papers, …
India’s many investment treaties make it vulnerable
Senior international lawyer Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder, who heads the investment programme of the International Institute on Sustainable …
‘Jewel of nature’: Scientists fight to save a glittering green bee after the summer fires
Last summer’s catastrophic bushfires significantly increased the risk of local extinctions of this magnificent species
As dingoes grow in size, should we blame pesticides?
Sodium fluoroacetate — popularly known as Compound 1080 — was identified as one of the reasons behind the growth in dingoes, a dog …
‘I felt immense grief’: A year on from bushfires, Australian scientists need mental health support
The fires destroyed almost everything on the western half of Kangaroo Island. Most of Kangaroo Island’s glossy black cockatoo population …
How to reverse global wildlife declines by 2050
Biodiversity loss is a disturbing threat with few parallels. Of the nine greatest threats to the world ranked by the World Economic Forum, six …
‘Painting with fire’: How northern Australia developed one of the world’s best bushfire management programmes
From April to June each year, fire managers aim to create small, ‘cool’ fires with care and precision to reduce fuel loads before …
It’s official: Australia is set for a hot, dry El Nino. Here’s what that means for the flammable continent
Australia, with its wealth of scientific knowledge and long history of Indigenous land management, should be well placed to manage fire …
Don’t use power for 2 hours every evening, if you have a choice, Oz energy minister to citizens
The minister made the remarks during a televised address as Australia, the world's largest coal importer, is in the throes of an energy crisis
Government inquiry takes aim at green charities that ‘get political’
The inquiry is seen as part of a trend towards quieting the environment movement. It is forcing poorly funded groups to spend resources on making …
How Australian aborigines read the weather
The Aboriginal people of Australia have been around for at least 50,000 years, overcoming the most adverse conditions. During this period they …
Summer bushfires: How are the plant and animal survivors 6 months on? We mapped their recovery
Australia roared into 2020 as a land on fire. The human and property loss was staggering, but the damage to nature was equally hard to fathom
Nearly 3 bln animals perished in Australian bushfires: WWF study
An estimated 143 million mammals, 180 million birds, 51 million frogs and 2.5 billion reptiles affected
New research reveals these 20 Australian reptiles are set to disappear by 2040
Australia is home to about 10 per cent of all known reptile species — the largest number of any country in the world
How the size and shape of dried leaves can turn small flames into colossal bushfires
At the beginning of a fire or under mild conditions, differences in litter characteristics may strongly influence how that fire spreads
Will the gift of GAB be wasted?
Worried about the state of the world's largest underground source of freshwater, Australia gears up to save the Great Artesian Basin from …
Biocontrol Backfires
South American cane toads introduced into Australia to check sugarcane pests have become a menace
Trouble for Adani’s Carmichael project continues as locals go to court
The Carmichael mining project in Australia faces another legal challenge as aboriginal group claims ownership of land
How climate change has pushed the koala towards ‘Endangered’ status
The Australian bushfire season of 2019-20 killed thousands of the marsupials and could have hastened the drop in their numbers
Australia heatwave: 61 fires recorded across New South Wales till September 19
The heatwave is expected to continue till September 20. The prevailing weather conditions can have an impact on the country’s wheat production
New DNA testing shatters ‘wild dog’ myth: Most dingoes are pure
While dingoes can pose a threat to some livestock, as apex predators, they play an essential role in maintaining healthy ecosystems
Flood crisis cuts off communities in Western Australia
The floods have created an emergency situation in Kimberly, an area in the state of Western Australia which is about the size of California