2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1555+ words) The Albanese government approved a proposal allowing the park to create carbon credits worth hundreds of millions of dollars, sparking a schism among environmentalists What qualifies as a win in environmental campaigning? Is it when a huge forest area that…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (652+ words) Decline in clearing of trees and shrubs offset by sharp jump in clearing of non-woody vegetation Almost 90 rugby league fields’ worth of woody habitat were bulldozed in New South Wales every day in 2024, according to new government data which shows…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (1488+ words) Attempt to turn a stretch of the English-Scottish border into a commercial forest exposes threat to habitats from wealthy investors On the English-Scottish border a small species of butterfly, the northern brown argus, has fended off one of the biggest…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (447+ words) One must ask why Labor is so comfortable continuing to ignore the wishes of the vast majority of voters Anthony Albanese’s government swept to power in 2022 and, among many promises made to voters, it firmly committed to end a decade…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago   (378+ words) Fish farms and pollution in Scotland The Guardian Fish farms and pollution in Scotland Permissions continue to be granted for ever-larger salmon farms, many without environmental impact assessments, writes Dr Mark Borthwick Your report (Norwegian fish farms polluting fjords with…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (681+ words) Orban Wallace’s documentary avoids big clashes between landowners and campaigners in favour of wide-ranging explorationOrban Wallace’s film about the right-to-roam movement shows us a campaigning group with a simple, reasonable aim: to give walkers in England and Wales the same…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (618+ words) Exclusive: Minister says proposals show government’s ambition, as it faces unprecedented pressure from Greens Tree nurseries could be built at prisons and military ranges could be turned into heathland or peat bogs as part of an ambitious plan to make…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (238+ words) For more than two decades, Pardington has been photographing taonga (Māori cultural treasures) and natural history specimens in museums around the world. In the South Canterbury museum, she was struck by a collection of stuffed native birds which had been…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (600+ words) Wilderness Society says changes undermined intent of national standards intended to reverse decline of plants, animals and ecosystems Green groups have accused the Albanese government of watering down a proposal to protect threatened species and ecosystems. National environmental standards were…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (291+ words) Prof Amy Dickman, Prof Adam Hart, Dr Dan Challender and Dr Dilys Roe say trophy hunting benefits lions and many other species by conserving more land in Africa than national parks doThe reason that trophy hunting bans have repeatedly stalled…...