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The Murrumbidgee Flow-MER Area-scale Project is being undertaken from 2024 to 2029. The project is led by Charles Sturt University in partnership with University of NSW (UNSW) and NSW Department of ...
The 2018 National Waste Policy provides a framework for collective action by businesses, governments, communities and individuals until 2030. The policy identifies five overarching principles ...
The Mountain Pygmy-possum Burramys parvus is one of the smallest Australian possums and is endemic to the alpine and subalpine regions of south-eastern Australia, where it is restricted to three ...
The southern cassowary Casuarius casuarius johnsonii is a large flightless bird found in north Queensland rainforests and associated vegetation mosaics. The southern cassowary is listed as 'Endangered ...
The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (the Ramsar Convention) was signed in Ramsar, Iran on 2 February 1971. The Ramsar Convention aims to halt the worldwide loss of wetlands and to ...
The Government’s Australian Antarctic Strategy and 20 Year Action Plan calls for a revitalisation of Antarctic science including through the implementation of a coordinated and effective Antarctic ...
This document constitutes the formal National Recovery Plan for White Box-Yellow Box-Blakely's Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland (referred to throughout this recovery plan as ...
Wetlands have been used for agriculture for thousands of years. They provide a range of valuable ecosystem services, such as the provision of food and clean water, the retention of soil and the ...
Wasted food represents significant costs to households and businesses in Australia and has environmental consequences as well. The need to improve food waste data and information was identified as a ...
The environmental assessment must be conducted under State or Australian Government legislation. Terms of reference for the assessment must require the preparation of an assessment report that ...
The Recovery Plan for the Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus was prepared by the Australian Government and has been jointly made under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity ...
'Criteria air pollutants' is a term used internationally to describe air pollutants that have been regulated and are used as indicators of air quality. The regulations or standards are based on ...