Tag: Conservation
Man-eater croc to be used for breeding: EPA
The EPA says a crocodile believed to have killed a tourist will be taken to a crocodile farm for breeding purposes. [MORE]
Sunshine Coast scoops Arbor Day awards
The Sunshine Coast has won four awards - including the top prize for the state - in the Queensland Arbor Day awards.[MORE]
Govt urged to protect more of western Qld
The National Parks Association of Queensland says the Queensland Government is not doing enough to protect areas west of the Great Dividing Range.[MORE]
Senate asks Garrett to explain Traveston fish protection measures
The Senate has asked Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett to explain how a vulnerable habitat will be protected if he approves a dam on Queensland's Mary River near Gympie.[MORE]
Anglers' group joins fishway attack
A recreational fishing group has joined conservationists in criticising Wide Bay Water Corporation for failing to install a fishway over a weir in the Burrum River.[MORE]
Geraldton woman takes environment award
A Geraldton resident has been recognised at the 2008 Western Australian Environment Awards.[MORE]
Land swap for Rainbow Beach
A Gympie Regional councillor says a proposed land swap at Rainbow Beach will prevent fragmentation of the community.[MORE]
WA Environment Awards announced
The Kimberley Rangelands Natural Resource Management Group and the Australian Wildlife Conservancy have won the overall prize at the 2008 Western Australian Environment Awards. [MORE]
Fishers show interest in new safety device
A new safety device, developed by a south-west Western Australian fisherman and the Department of Environment and Conservation, has attracted the attention of fishers on WA's south coast.[MORE]
Water corp defends fish ladder delay
The Wide Bay Water Corporation says it plans to install a system to help fish get over a weir in the Burrum River as soon as it finds the right design.[MORE]
Call for more north coast marine sanctuaries
The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales wants more marine sanctuaries on the north coast to help offset the damage of climate change to fish and shellfish populations.[MORE]
Sunscreen, urine damaging Fraser Is lake
Queensland Parks and Wildlife says it might have to limit access to a lake on Fraser Island, off the south-east Queensland coast, because tourists are damaging it.[MORE]
South Tas tree in 'world's tallest' claim
Forestry Tasmania believes it has discovered the world's largest hardwood tree.[MORE]
Marine conservation group backs snapper stock protection
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) says it supports a proposal by the Queensland Department of Primary Industries (DPI) to protect snapper stocks.[MORE]
Indigenous groups pleased Cape York plan dropped
Indigenous groups are relieved that plans to lobby for the heritage listing of Cape York Peninsula have been dropped.[MORE]
Uni defends Glenthorne Farm housing plan
Adelaide University says plans to turn half of the 208-hectare Glenthorne Farm at O'Halloran Hill into native woodland are critical to the survival of native bird and animal species. [MORE]
Wilderness group drops Cape heritage bid
The Wilderness Society says it regrets any misunderstanding with traditional owners about heritage listing on Cape York.[MORE]
Green groups split over Cape heritage listing push
There is a split in the conservation movement over the merits of an international push for Cape York Peninsula, in far north Queensland, to be entered on the world heritage list.[MORE]
Cape world heritage push 'bypasses' traditional owners
Aboriginal groups on Cape York, in far north Queensland, are outraged at a push by conservation groups for the region to be added to the world heritage list.[MORE]
Green group backs union's logging warning
The Conservation Council of Western Australia has welcomed the forestry union's warning that too much native forest is being harvested.[MORE]
Traveston opponents say lungfish protection will fail
Opponents of the proposed Traveston Crossing dam in south-east Queensland have called for the Federal Government to reject it because they say a strategy to protect vulnerable lungfish will not work.[MORE]
Bendigo businesses going green
Small Bendigo businesses are jumping on board a program to help the environment.[MORE]
Call for more focus on habitat loss
A Tasmanian researcher who has been studying the devil facial tumour disease says the Red List of Threatened Species is a wake up call to Australians.[MORE]
Quarter of world's mammals facing extinction
Almost 800 species in Australia are at risk of extinction, a new survey says.[MORE]
Green Lee's defection 'self-serving'
Voters in the electorate of former Qld Labor MP Ronan Lee have mixed feelings about his decision to join the Greens.[MORE]
