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SENG are in Canberra at the National Conference in September
SENG Victoria Newsletter - September 2013
'Walking shark' discovered in Indonesia
A species of shark that uses its fins to "walk" along the bottom of the ocean floor has been discovered off the coast of Indonesia. The shark, Hemiscyllium halmahera, uses its fins to wiggle along the seabed and forage for small fish and crustaceans, scientists from Conservation International said on Friday.
The shark, which has wide horizontal stripes, grows to a maximum length of just 30in and is harmless to humans.
Continue reading...Syria intervention plans fuelled by oil interests, not chemical weapon concerns | Nafeez Ahmed
On 21 August, hundreds - perhaps over a thousand - people were killed in a chemical weapon attack in Ghouta, Damascus, prompting the US, UK, Israel and France to raise the spectre of military strikes against Bashir al Assad's forces.
The latest episode is merely one more horrific event in a conflict that has increasingly taken on genocidal characteristics. The case for action at first glance is indisputable. The UN now confirms a death toll over 100,000 people, the vast majority of whom have been killed by Assad's troops. An estimated 4.5 million people have been displaced from their homes. International observers have overwhelmingly confirmed Assad's complicity in the preponderance of war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Syrian people. The illegitimacy of his regime, and the legitimacy of the uprising, is clear.
Continue reading...Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth Recovery Project
Australian Ramsar site nomination guidelines
New wetland factsheets
World Wetlands Day 2013
Piccaninnie Ponds Karst Wetlands – Australia’s new wetland of international importance
Environmental watering in the Macquarie Marshes
August site visit - Green Beacon Brewery Co
A Texan tragedy: ample oil, no water
Beverly McGuire saw the warning signs before the town well went dry: sand in the toilet bowl, the sputter of air in the tap, a pump working overtime to no effect. But it still did not prepare her for the night last month when she turned on the tap and discovered the tiny town where she had made her home for 35 years was out of water.
Continue reading...Update on portfolio management statement process now available
Environmental watering in the Murray River Valley
'Fatberg' the size of a bus clogs London sewer - video
Fatberg ahead! How London was saved from a 15-tonne ball of grease
A sewage worker has become an unlikely hero after taking three weeks to defeat a toxic 15-tonne ball of congealed fat the size of a bus that came close to turning parts of the London borough of Kingston upon Thames into a cesspit.
Continue reading...Starved polar bear perished due to record sea-ice melt, says expert
A starved polar bear found found dead in Svalbard as "little more than skin and bones" perished due to a lack of sea ice on which to hunt seals, according to a renowned polar bear expert.
Climate change has reduced sea ice in the Arctic to record lows in the last year and Dr Ian Stirling, who has studied the bears for almost 40 years and examined the animal, said the lack of ice forced the bear into ranging far and wide in an ultimately unsuccessful search for food.
Continue reading...The polar bear who died of climate change - big picture
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Children given lifelong ban on talking about fracking
• The anti-fracking activist barred from 312.5 sq miles of Pennsylvania
Two young children in Pennsylvania were banned from talking about fracking for the rest of their lives under a gag order imposed under a settlement reached by their parents with a leading oil and gas company.
The sweeping gag order was imposed under a $750,000 settlement between the Hallowich family and Range Resources Corp, a leading oil and gas driller. It provoked outrage on Monday among environmental campaigners and free speech advocates.
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