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December, 2023
With the Ranger Uranium Mine now closed, Kakadu’s traditional owners want the government to make good on the original promise of a national park in their care
November, 2023
Native timber harvesting is ending, but as we begin to understand that ‘untouched wilderness’ is a myth, how best should forests be managed in future?
November, 2023
An environmental lawyer turned activist is installing street furniture in inner-suburban Sydney that discreetly turns food waste into compost
November, 2023
Early dry-season burning by Indigenous rangers in the Northern Territory is reducing the risk and severity of wildfires
August, 2023
Heat-resistant strains of giant kelp are being planted around the Tasman Peninsula in a bid to restore the once great marine forests devastated by climate change
June, 2023
Trailing orcas on a whale hunt off the Ningaloo coast provides a visceral thrill and good news for the ecosystem
June, 2023
A walk with ecologist Alison Pouliot exploring the ways fungi up-end our understanding of the natural world
February, 2023
Michael-Shawn Fletcher’s claims that conservation measures create extreme bushfire conditions are dangerously informing government policy
January, 2023
Does Australia recycle anything? And does it matter?
The suspension of REDcycle’s soft plastics collection program has prompted questions about the state of recycling
December, 2022
The joys of planning then surrendering to a native garden, before bidding it a fond farewell