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A tiny spider builds its web in the author's unmowed yard. Image: Penny Dunstan
Environment

Unmowing

by Penny Dunstan—October 12, 2021

Mangroves in Sungei Buloh Nature Park, Singapore
Agriculture & environment

“Streamlined” environmental protections, strangled wetlands

September 7, 2020

The Winton Wetlands represent a bright spot for social-ecological restoration and renewal in the Murray-Darling Basin. Image: Lance Lloyd
Agriculture & environment

Restoring a gem in the Murray-Darling Basin: the success story of the Winton Wetlands

by Lance Lloyd, Max Finlayson—June 24, 2020

A 150 year old White Oak collapses on the lawn of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, a victim of climate change stresses. Photo courtesy RBG
Parks & places

How the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is saving flora from climate disasters

by Jo Russell-Clarke—February 19, 2020

Paul Thompson, plantsman, gardener and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects.
Culture

Nurturing the land: Paul Thompson

by Jo Russell-Clarke—January 24, 2020

Forest, river and bridge in Melbourne, Australia.
Culture

Biodiversity and our brains: How ecology and mental health go together in our cities

by University of Western Australia, Zoe Myers—January 17, 2020

The endangered southern brown bandicoot is doing well in urban wildlife corridors created by infrastructure provision in Melbourne's suburbs. Photo: John O'Neill
Agriculture & environment

Endangered bandicoots survive and thrive in urban sprawl

by Lucy Smith—January 9, 2020

A dead branch of a Eucalyptus camaldulensis (river red gum) plays pitstop for assorted bird life. Photo: Rexness
Agriculture & environment

What good is a dead tree?

by Jo Russell-Clarke—January 9, 2020

With the help of experts, communities in the suburbs, towns and and cities of Australia are taking control of their own neighborhoods to plan for climate change. Photo: Tom Rumble
Planning & policy

From placemaking to place survival: Experts and the new community activism

by Foreground—December 12, 2019

National Indigenous Fire Workshop. Cape York 2014 at Steve Irwin Wildfire Reserve, hosted by Taepithiggi people, Mapoon Land and Sea Rangers.
Culture

Cultural burning can be a vital fire management tool

by The Firesticks Alliance Indigenous Corporation—November 13, 2019

Urban light pollution can disrupt critical behaviours in wildlife, stalling the recovery of threatened species and interfering with ecosystem resilience. Photo: Michael
Agriculture & environment

Seeing the light: new moves to tackle night sky pollution

by Foreground—October 30, 2019

Biodiversity loss is the canary in the coalmine of landscape systems health. With one million species currently under threat of extinction globally, what can be done? Photo: Andreas P.
Agriculture & environment

Biodiversity loss: the canary in the coalmine

by Foreground—October 29, 2019

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