2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (337+ words) The Reef Authority acknowledges the UNESCO World Heritage Committee’s decision not to place the Great Barrier Reef on the List of World Heritage in Danger. The Great Barrier Reef was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1981 for its…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (595+ words) The World Heritage Committee today confirmed it will continue oversight of the Great Barrier Reef, the Australian Marine Conservation Society said after the committee approved a draft decision from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre at its annual meeting in South…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (528+ words) Sustainability-certified products like coffee and chocolate enable consumers to pay a premium for goods that support farmers and planetary health. Cornell doctoral candidate Charlie Tebbutt hopes to do the same for rubber from the Colombian Amazon, where unsustainable farming practices…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (859+ words) Professor Robinson says Christchurch’s Red Zone is like a “living laboratory” following the earthquakes for studying how cities can respond to both contaminated land and the impacts of climate change. “The red zone dropped by about a metre in places,…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (811+ words) An ACIAR Roundtable stakeholder discussion in Nairobi recently brought together farmers, researchers, entrepreneurs, development partners and funders from Southern and Eastern Africa to present their achievements and interrogate the best way to ensure research moves beyond a successful pilot. In…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (479+ words) The Australian Conservation Foundation’s challenge to Environment Minister Murray Watt’s decision to approve Woodside’s NW Shelf gas hub out to 2070 and not assess harm caused by the project’s climate pollution begins today in the Federal Court. ACF will argue the…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (668+ words) Tyre particles and potentially toxic tyre chemical additives have been found in dust collected from Brisbane residential balconies. PhD candidate Simran Kaur, who conducted the research with UQ’s Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences, said the study provided the first…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (155+ words) Cairns Regional Council has completed a mid-term update of its Climate Change Strategy 2030, reflecting significant progress achieved since the Strategy was adopted in 2022 and aligning future actions with Council’s Corporate Plan 2025-2030. The update demonstrates progress to date, incorporates lessons learned…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (504+ words) Today, the Australian Government welcomed a draft decision from UNESCO World Heritage Centre that recognises Australia’s ongoing commitment to the protection and management of the Great Barrier Reef. The draft decision acknowledges Australia’s comprehensive efforts to protect and manage the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (479+ words) The Crisafulli Government has welcomed UNESCO’s draft decision not to recommend listing the Great Barrier Reef as a World Heritage site “in danger”, recognising the progress being made to protect one of the world’s most important natural assets. The decision…...