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Extension to assessment timeframes for three ecological community assessments

Department of the Environment - Tue, 2014-12-23 13:32
The Minister has extended the timeframes for the following ecological communities: Eucalypt woodlands of the Western Australian Wheatbelt; Banksia dominated woodlands of the Swan Coastal Plain bioregion; and Natural Temperate Grassland of the South Eastern Highlands and New England Tablelands.
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Release of the Quarterly Update of Australia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory: June 2014

Department of the Environment - Tue, 2014-12-23 12:44
Australia’s National Greenhouse Accounts are made up of a series of comprehensive reports and databases that estimate, and account for, Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. These publications fulfil Australia’s international and domestic...
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Release of the Quarterly Update of Australia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory: June 2014

Department of the Environment - Tue, 2014-12-23 12:44
Australia’s National Greenhouse Accounts are made up of a series of comprehensive reports and databases that estimate, and account for, Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. These publications fulfil Australia’s international and domestic...
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Public consultation - Landfill Facility Operators

Department of the Environment - Mon, 2014-12-22 08:48
Release of a consultation paper on Handling of Early Collected Carbon Tax Charges held by Landfill Operators on 22 December 2014. Comments close Thursday 12 February 2015.
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Public consultation - Landfill Facility Operators

Department of the Environment - Mon, 2014-12-22 08:48
Release of a consultation paper on Handling of Early Collected Carbon Tax Charges held by Landfill Operators on 22 December 2014. Comments close Thursday 12 February 2015.
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On line survey now open for the Commonwealth Marine Reserves Review

Department of the Environment - Fri, 2014-12-19 16:14
An online survey for the independent review of Commonwealth Marine Reserves opens today. The survey builds on the call for submissions that is already underway.
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Updated threatened ecological community listings and new Conservation Advices

Department of the Environment - Fri, 2014-12-19 14:41
The Minister has approved the inclusion of Shale Sandstone Transition Forest of the Sydney Basin Bioregion and Hunter Valley Weeping Myall (Acacia pendula) Woodland, both in the critically endangered category.
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Packaging Impacts Decision RIS

Department of the Environment - Fri, 2014-12-19 10:36
The Australian, state and territory governments today released the Packaging Impacts Decision Regulation Impact Statement.
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Brown bears, wolves and lynx numbers rising in Europe

The Guardian - Fri, 2014-12-19 05:00

Land-sharing model of conservation is helping large predators thrive in the wild – and even the British countryside could support big carnivores, study finds

The forests – and suburbs – of Europe are echoing with the growls, howls and silent padding of large predators according to a new study which shows that brown bears, wolves and lynx are thriving on a crowded continent.

Despite fears that large carnivores are doomed to extinction because of rising human populations and overconsumption, a study published in Science has found that large predator populations are stable or rising in Europe.

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South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery

Department of the Environment - Thu, 2014-12-18 15:52
Proposal to declare an approved Wildlife Trade Operation for the incidental harvest of smooth hammerhead sharks. Call for comments open from 19 December 2014 until 21 January 2015
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20 Million Trees successful projects

Department of the Environment - Thu, 2014-12-18 06:29
The successful projects from the 20 Million Trees Programme Competitive Grants Round One 2014-2015 have now been announced.
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20 Million Trees Service Provider Request for Tender

Department of the Environment - Wed, 2014-12-17 10:41
A Request for Tender process for the Service Provider component of the 20 Million Trees Programme is currently open and will close 2pm (AEDT) 6 February 2015.
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Fishing quotas defy scientists’ advice

The Guardian - Wed, 2014-12-17 09:31
EU decision to increase allowed catches in most areas good news for British fishermen, but conservationists are dismayed

Britain’s fishermen will be allowed to increase their catch of cod and other key fish species next year after late-night wrangling between EU ministers in Brussels resulted in a new set of fishing quotas that flout scientific advice.

The quota for cod catches for 2015 will increase by 5% on last year, though scientific advice suggested that it should be cut by 20%.

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Belo Monte, Brazil: The tribes living in the shadow of a megadam

The Guardian - Tue, 2014-12-16 18:00

Next year the Belo Monte dam will flood vast swathes of Amazon rainforest. Indian tribes living on the river have lost their fight to halt the project – now they await the floods that threaten their entire way of life

By the Great Bend of the Xingu river in the depths of Amazonia, the Juruna tribe is being drowned by what seems at first sight to be a flood of TV game-show prizes.

There’s a shiny new motorboat moored by the old canoe, the latest four-wheel drive parked beside a chicken coop, satellite dishes outside every home and wide-screen plasma TVs inside.

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Find Environmental Data (FED) information tool launched

Department of the Environment - Tue, 2014-12-16 11:38
The Department has released a new spatial information metadata catalogue and search tool Find Environmental Data (FED) to replace Discover Information Geographically (DIG). FED will allow integration with other Commonwealth services such as Australian Government’s spatial data catalogue FIND and data.gov.au.
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Chairs’ Update December 2014 | Commonwealth Marine Reserves Review

Department of the Environment - Tue, 2014-12-16 10:48
Find out the latest updates on the Commonwealth Marine Reserves Review.
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World set for climate disaster, say activists, as Lima talks falter

The Guardian - Sun, 2014-12-14 06:06

Proposals too weak to keep global warming to the agreed limit of two degrees above pre-industrial levels

Frustrated climate campaigners have claimed that the world was on course for an unsustainable four-degree rise in temperatures, as two weeks of negotiations for a climate change agreement headed for an unsatisfying conclusion.

The proposals, still under discussion on Saturday, a day after the talks were scheduled to end, were too weak to keep global warming to the agreed limit of two degrees above preindustrial levels, setting the world on course to a climate disaster, according to developing countries at the summit.

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Best Wishes this Festive Season from SENG

Newsletters QLD - Fri, 2014-12-12 17:15
Best Wishes this Festive Season from SENG
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SENG Victoria News - December 2014

Newsletters VIC - Thu, 2014-12-11 22:15
SENG Victoria News - December 2014
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