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Underfunding the protection of nature is an existential threat far greater than inflation

11 May 2023
The federal budget has incrementally improved on nature spending but is overall grossly inadequate to halt biodiversity declines and recover nature. How much would it take to recover Australia's threatened species? Not that much. Read our critique...
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Indigenous elders gave a Melbourne primary school a totemic species and the benefits have been far reaching

14 April 2023
How can cultural awareness and Indigenous knowledge sharing be fostered in schools? Read on to see how Carlton North Primary School and Wurundjeri Traditional Custodians are doing it.
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Lights at the end of the tunnel: 29 threatened animals pulled back from the brink

24 February 2023
New research has identified 29 threatened Australian wildlife species that have been pulled back from the brink of extinction.
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New research reveals lessons from the Black Summer bushfires to avoid future biodiversity devastation

6 February 2023
What lessons did we learn from the Black Summer bushfires? Over 200 researchers and land managers have contributed to a new book that revisits the 'Australian Megafires' of 2019-20 and the lessons learnt.
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