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Court partially stops Japan’s ‘scientific’ whaling, but Pacific harvests to continue

Morgan Erickson-Davis 1 Apr 2014

Scientists blast Australian leader’s proposed ban on parks

Mongabay.com 5 Mar 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Incentivizing keeping primary forests intact

Dr Liz Kimbrough 7 Feb 2014

Australia proposes removing old-growth forests from World Heritage Site

Jeremy Hance 3 Feb 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Global road map to mitigate damage from roads

Dr Liz Kimbrough 17 Jan 2014

Environmental groups: top secret Pacific trade agreement to sacrifice wildlife, environment

Jeremy Hance 16 Jan 2014

Down Under scorching: Australia experiences warmest year on record

Jeremy Hance 6 Jan 2014

Reforestation can’t offset massive fossil fuels emissions

Bobbie Edwards 13 Dec 2013

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2013

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Dec 2013

Citizen groups walk out of UN Climate Summit to protest lack of ambition

Jeremy Hance 21 Nov 2013

60,000 protest in Australia to keep carbon price

Jeremy Hance 18 Nov 2013

Is Australia becoming the new Canada in terms of climate inaction?

Jeremy Hance 14 Nov 2013

Giant turtle-devouring duck-billed platypus discovered

Jeremy Hance 4 Nov 2013

DNA tests reveal new dolphin species (photos)

Jeremy Hance 30 Oct 2013

New to science: 2 lizards, 1 frog discovered on Australian expedition (pictures)

Mongabay.com 28 Oct 2013

‘Sustainable’ tropical timber trade a misnomer, says group

Mongabay.com 24 Oct 2013

Australia officially bans imports of illegally-logged timber

Mongabay.com 1 Oct 2013

Shark overfishing hurts coral reefs

Mongabay.com 20 Sep 2013

Loose laws threaten Australia’s wildlife

Liz Kimbrough 9 Sep 2013

Google Earth presents fish-eye view of coral reefs

Jeremy Hance 20 Aug 2013

Last disease-free Tasmanian devils imperiled by mine

Oliver Milman 7 Aug 2013

Australian logger: finding dead koalas ‘a daily thing’

Oliver Milman 24 Jul 2013

U.S. bombs Great Barrier Reef, promises ‘rapid recovery’ of armaments

Oliver Milman 23 Jul 2013

Plan to preserve the world’s ‘last ocean’ killed by Russia

Jeremy Hance 16 Jul 2013

Naturalist rediscovers the long-lost night parrot

Karl Mathiesen 16 Jul 2013

Australia terminates landmark REDD+ project in Borneo

Mongabay.com 3 Jul 2013

In age of climate change, Australia’s vast coal fields could become worthless

Damian Carrington 2 Jul 2013

Australia aims to end Japan’s whaling

Justin Mccurry 27 Jun 2013

Decades-long fight leads to old-growth forest protection in Tasmania

Bridie Jabour 25 Jun 2013

UN may downgrade Great Barrier Reef’s heritage status due to Australia’s inaction on threats

Oliver Milman 17 Jun 2013

Giant hot pink slug in Australia becomes conservation symbol (photo)

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Jun 2013

Scientist: Australia taking ‘calculated actions’ to push Leadbeater’s possum to extinction

Oliver Milman 6 Jun 2013

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