The mining giant is a step closer to digging up 1.5 billion tonnes of iron ore over the next 26 years in Guinea’s Simandou mountains,a sensitive habitat for endangered chimpanzees.
Powerful owls predate on possums,snatching as many as 250 a year. But those possums are increasingly falling prey to another predator:rat poison.
The OK for South32 to clear 39 square kilometres of jarrah forest near Boddington has been slammed as disgraceful by environmental groups.
“Enough is enough”,say Australia’s top wildlife experts,sick and tired of mass native wildlife deaths from a source they say the public is not aware of.
Thirty-six conservation areas in Melbourne’s growth corridor contain some of the last intact grasslands in Australia,but just three are in good health.
The critically endangered birds made worldwide headlines when researchers discovered they were losing their songs. Now,there are signs efforts to teach them are working.
In a summons filed in the Land and Environment Court,Ku-ring-gai Council claims the government failed to give due consideration to critical habitat and threatened species.
The Australian Koala Foundation has lashed out at the state government’s koala strategy,saying it inflates the population size by potentially more than 20 times.
Sensitive areas in south-east Queensland that could be off-limits to developers have been identified under proposed planning changes.
Brisbane’s three environment centres at Boondall,Karawatha and Chermside West should be “scaled up” for locals and tourists alike,the Qld Conservation Council says.
WA has special natural resources – resources that have helped make our economy strong. But what makes us strong also needs protecting,and now is the time.