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The BBC presenter talks of confrontations with hunters and police while making films to highlight the cruelty of the annual bird shoot

When Chris Packham announced he was heading to Malta to report on the island's annual spring bird shoot as if he was a war correspondent covering a conflict, even his admirers probably thought he was guilty of hyperbole.

But after a week in which the naturalist has detained by police for five hours, shoved to the ground by gunmen and witnessed the illegal killing of dozens of endangered birds, his mission to raise awareness of the annual slaughter of migratory birds has been more like a battle than he imagined.

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Iceberg that calved from the Pine Island glacier last year is headed for the open ocean, scientists say

An enormous iceberg half the size of Greater London that broke off an Antarctic glacier last year is headed for the open ocean, scientists said on Wednesday.

B31, which calved from Pine Island glacier last November, is large enough at 33km long and 20km wide to lead Nasa to monitor its movements via satellite. It is up to 500 metres thick.

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The White Paper sets out the Government’s final positions on the design, implementation and ongoing development of the Emissions Reduction Fund.

The White Paper sets out the Government’s final positions on the design, implementation and ongoing development of the Emissions Reduction Fund.

Proposal to grant permits for export of plants harvested in Queensland under exceptional circumstances public comment period closed 5pm Friday 2 May 2014.

Researchers say the large, smelly fruit grown could be a replacement for staple crops under threat from climate change

• Climate change 'already affecting food supply' – UN
• Teff poised to become next big super grain

It's big and bumpy with a gooey interior and a powerful smell of decay – but it could help keep millions of people from hunger.

Researchers say jackfruit – a large ungainly fruit grown across south and south-east Asia – could be a replacement for wheat, corn and other staple crops under threat from climate change.

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The Australian Government is currently looking at ways to design and implement the Reef Trust and welcome your thoughts and suggestions.

Agency application on ecological sustainability - comments close 27 May 2014

Please note close date of applications has been extended to COB Friday 2 May 2014.

Seng Victoria Newsletter - April 2014

Agency application on ecological sustainability - comments close 23 May 2014

Agency application on ecological sustainability - comments close 23 May 2014

Agency application on ecological sustainability - comments close 23 May 2014

In February 2014 the Minister decided not to list the Long lowland rivers of south east Queensland and north east New South Wales as a threatened ecological community under the EPBC Act.

Government is urged to introduce powers to tackle species such as Japanese knotweed and North American signal crayfish

The government must introduce new legal powers to tackle plant and animal species that are invading Britain at a rate never seen before, a committee of MPs has warned.

Species such as Japanese knotweed, the North American signal crayfish, killer shrimp and zebra mussels not only have an impact on biodiversity by supplanting native species, but affect human health and the economy, according to a report from the environmental audit committee.

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On 15 April 2014, the Department released Australia’s National Greenhouse Accounts presenting national, state and territory and industry emissions estimates.

Agency application on ecological sustainability - comments close 23 May 2014

Agency application on ecological sustainability - comments close 23 May 2014

The world must seize this remaining opportunity and act upon the timely roadmap that climate scientists have provided for us

So, there we have it. The seven-year task undertaken by hundreds of the world's leading scientists, who sifted through thousands of the latest peer-reviewed studies examining the causes, impacts and mitigation options of climate change, is over.

The last of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change's (IPCC) three "working group" reports was published yesterday in Berlin and the take-home message was crystal clear: "The high-speed mitigation train needs to leave the station very soon and all of global society needs to get on board," said the chair, Rajendra Pachauri.

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The TSSC is seeking comments on the review of the Natural Temperate Grasslands of the Southern Tablelands of NSW and the ACT ecological community; and the Hunter Valley Weeping Myall (Acacia pendula) Woodland of the Sydney Basin bioregion.