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Australia: Heatwave triggers bushfire alert
By Rowena Dela Rosa Yoon Jan 02, 2012 3:41PM UTC http://asiancorrespondent.com/73041/australia-another-heatwave-triggers-bushfire-alert/ Australia is on bushfire alert as a heatwave spreads across the southern states of Victoria and South Australia, with temperatures soaring to over 40 degrees Celsius. One of the images on Black Saturday’s bushfire in Victoria (Photo: News Ltd) Melbourne and Adelaide started the [...]
January 19, 2012
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Tags: Biodiversity, Bushfire, Habitat Protection, Leadbeater's Possum, Victorian Wildlife · Posted in: Latest Media
Native woodchipping sector in rapid decline
Warrick Jordan December 29, 2011 http://www.theage.com.au/business/native-woodchipping-sector-in-rapid-decline-20111228-1pcu0.html The aftermath of logging the world’s tallest hardwood trees for woodchips in the Styx Valley, Tasmania. Photo: Dean Sewell THE Australian native forest logging industry is in dire straits. The international crash in demand for native forest woodchips has the industry desperately scrambling for replacement markets. While the native-forest [...]
January 19, 2012
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Tags: Biodiversity, Endangered Species, Forest Carbon, Habitat Protection, Leadbeater's Possum, Unsuitable Timber Harvesting, Victorian Forests, Victorian Wildlife · Posted in: Latest Media
State park say
By Mara Pattison-Sowden. 10th January 2012 02:00:03 AM. http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/mail/mountain-views/326/story/146718.html The Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater’s Bob Anderson, Monbulk Landcare Group’s Bill Incoll, Macclesfield Landcare’s Irene Pearney, Johns Hill Landcare Group and Friend of Meander Jeff Latter, and honeyeater friend David Howell with Gembrook MP Brad Battin (second from right). COMMUNITY groups and the public are being [...]
January 19, 2012
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Tags: Biodiversity, Endangered Species, Habitat Protection, Leadbeater's Possum, Victorian Forests, Victorian Wildlife · Posted in: Latest Media
Zoos a breed apart for species on the brink
Ollie Milman January 8, 2012 http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/zoos-a-breed-apart-for-species-on-the-brink-20120107-1ppew.html Endangered: Leadbeater’s possum. Photo: Dan Harley MELBOURNE’S zoos will become urban arks, breeding sanctuaries for 20 of the most at-risk species in the state, as scientists struggle to save them from extinction. Flagging a strategic shift to become a ”zoo-based conservation organisation”, Zoos Victoria – which includes Melbourne Zoo, [...]
January 19, 2012
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Tags: Biodiversity, Endangered Species, Leadbeater's Possum, Victorian Wildlife · Posted in: Latest Media
Bandicoots get haven to breed
18 Jan, 2012 01:00 AM http://www.wyndhamweekly.com.au/news/local/news/general/bandicoots-get-haven-to-breed/2424139.aspx WERRIBEE Open Range Zoo is stepping up the fight to save the eastern-barred bandicoot from extinction. In a move to boost its conservation arm, Zoos Victoria, which includes Melbourne Zoo, Healesville Sanctuary and Werribee zoo, has released a priority list of species it says are in urgent need of [...]
January 19, 2012
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Tags: Biodiversity, Endangered Species, Leadbeater's Possum · Posted in: Latest Media
