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Emissions Reduction Fund - call for public comment

Department of the Environment - Tue, 2013-10-22 09:04
The Emissions Reduction Fund is a central element of the Australian Government's Direct Action Plan. The Fund will be designed to source low-cost emissions reductions, providing incentives for emissions reduction activities across the Australian...
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Commonwealth Northern Prawn Fishery

Department of the Environment - Tue, 2013-10-22 07:09
Agency 2013 application on ecological sustainability - comments open until 22 November 2013
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Country diary: Fishbourne Reedbeds, West Sussex: The water vole's grand designs

The Guardian - Tue, 2013-10-22 05:59
Fishbourne Reedbeds, West Sussex: A neat pile of chopped vegetation suggests that the reed buntings aren't the only creatures preparing to winter here

At the head of the Fishbourne Channel there is a hinterland of reedbeds and briny watercourses. There is no sea wall here, just a gradual merging of elements as land meets sea. Few plants can survive the daily exposure to salt water that occurs when the tide is in, so the reedbeds are dominated by dense stands of common reed that form an impenetrable two-metre high grey-green wall on either side of the boardwalk.

In the spring, the reedbeds reverberated with a cacophony of bird song and the begging calls of hungry chicks. Now they are eerily quiet, just the whisper of the breeze blowing through the reeds and the distant screech of gulls. Many of the breeding birds have migrated but reed buntings are resident all year round and I eventually catch a glimpse of a male's jet-black head, with its white moustache and collar, as it clings to a tasselled flower spike.

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Extensions to EPBC Act listing assessment and decision timeframes

Department of the Environment - Mon, 2013-10-21 10:52
Decision dates on 'Long Lowland Rivers of South-east Queensland and Northern New South Wales ecological community' and 'Kangaroo Island Narrow-leaved Mallee (Eucalyptus cneorifolia) Eastern Plains Complex’ have been extended to 30 November 2013
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Key threatening process listing decision - Damage to marine ecosystems

Department of the Environment - Mon, 2013-10-21 10:30
Damage to marine ecosystems by trawling in the area of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery – decision not to list as a Key Threatening Process on 30 May 2013
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Recent threatened species listing decisions

Department of the Environment - Mon, 2013-10-21 10:23
Approximately 50 species havebeen listed or have had a change of status.
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2013 - 2014 Finalised Priority Assessment List released

Department of the Environment - Mon, 2013-10-21 10:09
The Threatened Species Scientific Committee (the Committee) has released its Finalised Priority Assessment List for the assessment period commencing 1 October 2013.
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Recent threatened ecological community listings

Department of the Environment - Sun, 2013-10-20 16:16
Five ecological communities were recently listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
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Strategic assessment prospectus issued

Department of the Environment - Sun, 2013-10-20 16:07
The Australian Government is developing a plan for strategic assessments and is providing stakeholders with an opportunity to inform how future strategic assessments are prioritised.
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Strategic assessment of Melbourne's urban growth boundary

Department of the Environment - Sun, 2013-10-20 15:52
The Minister approved a class of actions for urban development in Melbourne's western, north western and northern growth corridors. This approval was given under Part 10 of the EPBC Act in relation to the strategic assessment of Melbourne's growth corridors.
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Free TV and Computer Recycling available nationally

Department of the Environment - Sun, 2013-10-20 13:19
Television and Computer Recycling Scheme services are now available across the country for householders and small businesses to drop off their unwanted TVs and computer products to be recycled, free of charge.
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Minimata Convention on Mercury - Australia one of 92 signatory countries

Department of the Environment - Sat, 2013-10-19 20:03
Australia has become one of 92 signatory countries to the Minamata Convention on Mercury, signed in Japan on 10 October 2013. The international initiative aims to protect human health and the environment from releases of mercury and mercury...
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Call for witnesses for damage to protected WWII Japanese midget submarine

Department of the Environment - Sat, 2013-10-19 12:20
The federal environment department is seeking witnesses regarding damage to the wreck of the Japanese midget submarine (M24) near Sydney Harbour.
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'Lost' World War Two shipwreck now protected under Australian law

Department of the Environment - Sat, 2013-10-19 12:01
The shipwreck site of the 'lost' MV Limerick has been declared as a protected historic shipwreck under the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976.
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Japanese 'mother-shipwreck' protected for future generations

Department of the Environment - Sat, 2013-10-19 11:45
The only known wreck of a Japanese pearling mother-ship in Australian waters will be protected by a 200 hectare Protected Zone.
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Repealing the carbon tax - submissions invited on the exposure drafts of the carbon tax repeal bills

Department of the Environment - Fri, 2013-10-18 17:45
The Government invites submissions on the exposure drafts of the carbon tax repeal bills.
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Commonwealth Northern Prawn Fishery

Department of the Environment - Fri, 2013-10-18 15:02
Strategic assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - comments close 22 November 2013
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On-Farm Irrigation Efficiency Program - Round four application period now closed

Department of the Environment - Fri, 2013-10-18 14:38
Applications closed 4pm (AEDST) 14 October 2013.
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Commonwealth Coral Sea Fishery

Department of the Environment - Fri, 2013-10-18 09:10
Agency 2013 application on ecological sustainability - comments open until 4 October 2013
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Killer whales experience menopause – just like humans

The Guardian - Thu, 2013-10-17 15:00
Scientists are investigating this rare evolutionary trait, thought to have evolved to improve offspring's chances of survival

Just like humans, killer whales experience menopause – and the rare evolutionary trait improves their offspring's chances of survival, according to experts.

Killer whales are one of only three species able to continue living long after they have stopped reproducing. This allows mothers to spend the rest of their life looking after their offspring.

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