**Northern futures, northern voices: It seems everyone has ideas about how Australia’s north could be better, but most of those ideas come from the south. In this six-part weekly series, developed by the…
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Hydroelectricity is an established power-generation technology with over 100 years of commercial operation. Hydroelectricity is produced when moving water rotates a turbine shaft; this movement is converted…
When Australians think of the Mekong they think cheap holidays or Vietnamese restaurants. Biodiversity-wise however, the Mekong is a frontier, a place where biological riches collide with human pressure…
The 2012 China Ecological Footprint Report has highlighted the cost to biodiversity of China’s rapid economic development. Biodiversity in China is under pressure because of loss of habitat. In our study…
With several major mining projects being put on ice this week, talk has quickly turned to whether the Australian mining boom is about to go bust. Jumping on comments by the Resources Minister that “the…
The economic, social and environmental consequences of the construction of dams on the Mekong River could be devastating…
Water exploding from the Jindabyne Dam into the Snowy River made for compelling viewing in recent TV news reports. As well as being good TV, this water release highlighted the importance of releases in…
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Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
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Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington
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Professor of Latin American Studies and Geography, University of Florida
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Professor, Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Emeritus Professor Water Science, Monash University
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Visiting Adjunct Professor, School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Disasters and Health, UCL
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Professor and Head of School of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
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Honorary Fellow in Environmental Sciences, Swansea University
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Principal Researcher, CGIAR System Organization
