News Archive (01 Apr 2009 - 30 Apr 2009)
Cold comfort for Australians as global warming affects Antarctic: WWF
A workshop calling for increased monitoring of the Antarctic climate has highlighted the dangerous climatic changes occurring around the South Pole and how they could directly affect Australia.
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Queensland land clearing ban inadequate, could worsen clearing rates: WWF
Land clearing in Queensland could skyrocket this year due to the inadequate coverage of a new Queensland Government ban on the clearing of regenerating bushland, said WWF-Australia.
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Rural communities help preserve rare western spiny-tailed skink
A partnership between government, active communities and WWF-Australia could help bring an endangered lizard back from the brink.
New populations of the western spiny-tailed skink, an unusual lizard with a thick spine-covered tail, have been found on farmland and in towns in the northern wheatbelt.
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Bring back the Flashjack!
A consortium of concerned conservationists will launch a partnership on Friday at Avocet Nature Refuge that will work towards safeguarding Queensland's bridled nailtail wallaby, also known as the flashjack, from extinction.
Governments risk Kimberley by rushing to judgment on gas deal
WWF-Australia today called on the Federal and Western Australian governments to publicly commit to their previous promise to undertake a full strategic assessment of sites outside the Kimberley before any final decision is made about where to process Browse Basin gas.
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Illegal trade devastates Sumatran orang-utan population
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Lack of law enforcement against illegal trade in Indonesia threatens the survival of orang-utans and gibbons on Sumatra, a new study by the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC shows.
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Australia's largest ever release of threatened brush-tailed rock-wallabies
Tuesday April 7, 2009: A group of 24 brush-tailed rock-wallabies was airlifted by helicopter and released on a mountain summit in Warrumbungle National Park, as part of the biggest translocation of this species ever undertaken in Australia.
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Secrets of rare Aussie dolphin unearthed by new research
A preliminary study has unearthed the top ten facts about the mysterious life of the recently discovered and very rare snubfin dolphin.
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Ministers told polar bears and penguins just tip of the climate change iceberg
Washington DC: New evidence from the North and South Poles indicates that time is running out for the world's leaders to respond to climate change.
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Q&A about Polar Melting
How do the poles influence global climate?
* Ocean currents are the key influence - both the poles are engines that move massive amounts of water around the world, and this circulation affects winds, rainfall and temperature on a global level. The poles also act as mirrors, as snow and ice reflect a great deal of heat back into space. As snow and ice disappear, more heat is being absorbed by land and sea, triggering further warming.
Arctic nations take important first step towards saving polar bears
Tromso: Norway: Five nations committed by treaty to conserve polar bears have come up with a resolution linking the future of the species to urgent global action on climate change.
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