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In the Pacific region, customary laws could create problems when implementing international law associated with climate change.
The government has decided to protect vast new expanses of land and sea. But bad planning and lax regulations are likely to limit, or even undermine, this conservation effort.
Modesty in your spending (and half an eye on the future) could make you very cheerful indeed.
When human contact is cut off, the brain begins to act in strange ways to preserve its sanity.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s proposed changes to Australia’s national environment act will significantly reduce judicial oversight on environmental decisions. Here’s why that matters.
Wind and solar power can be intermittent. Should our usage be too?
Hollywood turns its hand to the worst environmental disaster in US history – from which the environment is strangely missing.
The first experiment to demonstrate that an enriched environment can boost the function of some immune cells.
As a remedy to rampant consumerism and the throwaway culture of fast-fashion, a few clothing brands actively encourage their customers to buy less.
The 5p plastic bag charge is making society more eco-friendly than ever before.
Natural capital is a hot topic that proponents have jumped onto, believing it is the future of sustainable development. But this concept is based on fundamental fallacies.
Mass tourism in Bali is causing the island to face imminent groundwater crisis.
Used tyres pose a serious environmental challenge. So far, traditional recycling methods have proved insufficient to solve the problem. New, eco-friendy alternatives are now being explored.
Since the 1960s, environmentalism in Australia has largely focused on defending “wilderness”. However, protected areas in themselves are not stemming the destruction of biodiversity.
There’s a wider trend towards linking the energy and climate portfolios, and not before time – the race is on towards a low-carbon economy, and joined-up policy gets faster results.
Understanding this will boost conservation efforts.
We should celebrate these amazing insects, not splat them.
Not only do healthy, well-maintained trees provide shade and benefit the ecosystem, they can have a meaningful social impact: people in newly greened neighbourhoods start to look out for each other.
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