ABC Environment
The Science Show and Ockham's Razor have always brought us commentary on the environment and climate change. Now Off Track takes us out to feel the breeze. Special features can also be found on Background Briefing and our other current affairs regulars: Breakfast, RN Drive, and the weekend Extras.
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Making a wildlife refuge and a working dog challenge
Wallamba Island is transformed from a dairy farm into a wildlife refuge; we cuddle camels at Gympie; make art from fruit and veg boxes; and check out a working dog challenge.
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The Silent Forest: Siamese rosewood
The lush, deep-red Siamese rosewood is so desirable people risk their lives to get it — Thailand.
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Country Breakfast Features
A new book tells the story of farmers embracing 'regenerative agriculture' to return health to the soil, while increasing their profitability. Solar and sustainability values put an off-grid Tasmanian winery on the tourist and Tesla map, while a trial of off-grid power in a WA farming community shows positive results.
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A Big Country September 23, 2017
Wallamba Island is transformed from a dairy farm into a wildlife refuge; we cuddle camels at Gympie; make art from fruit and veg boxes; and check out a working dog challenge.
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Community debate over humpback whale carcass disposal
Community debate has been raging in the popular NSW coastal town of Port Macquarie over the local council's decision to bury a dead 12-metre, 18-tonne humpback whale on Nobbys Beach.
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Third hurricane in a month hits the Caribbean
Hurricane Maria's devastation has left "mind-boggling damage" according to the Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit.
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Keeping Liddell open would cost $900 million: AGL
Could the hefty price tag to keep Liddell open prevent it from ever happening?
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'Hot and Dry: Australia's Weird Winter'
A new report says we've just experienced the hottest winter on record.
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World leaders gather for UN General Assembly
North Korea's nuclear weapons program, the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar and climate change are all high on the agenda.
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A wheelchair in the shearing shed and breaking in brumbies
Nikki Towell doesn't let her wheelchair stop her working as a wool classer; we grow Asian vegies at Boon Luck Farm; train wild brumbies in the NT; and climb trees in Tasmania.
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The Silent Forest: Pangolins
The pangolin is a small peculiar scaled mammal and is the most trafficked creature on the planet — Vietnam.
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Fishing for better food solutions
Future Tense highlights several innovative projects designed to help build fish farming systems that are green, clean and more efficient.
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The Arctic - big changes, super-fast
The changes in summer ice cover are seeing loss of wildlife, and new claims for territory and resources.
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New battery technology reduces recharge time
Rather than hours, the C-ion cell recharges in just minutes.
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Country Breakfast Features
Lessons learned from the devastating Blue Mountains bushfires of 2013 lead to a concerted push for planning for pets in emergencies. A remarkable West Australian, who is helping young rural kids and women to transform their lives, has been named the Rural Woman of the Year for 2017.
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A Big Country September 16, 2017
Nikki Towell doesn't let her wheelchair stop her working as a wool classer; we grow Asian vegies at Boon Luck Farm; train wild brumbies in the NT; and climb trees in Tasmania.
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Australia's Brigalow forests almost gone
Over the past 60 years land clearing has seen the loss of more than 90 per cent of the Brigalow forests between Townsville and northern NSW.
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Concern reopening Tarkine drive tracks will affect Aboriginal heritage sites
An Aboriginal group in Tasmania says a state government plan to reopen drive tracks that run through the Tarkine would see areas of significant cultural and historical value destroyed.
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Giant 'fatberg' blocking London's sewer system
London's water authorities are working against the clock to dissolve a massive blob of hardened waste that's blocking a section of the city's sewer system.
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Is the Clean Energy Target dead in the water?
Has internal division over energy policy inside the Coalition caused the Government to drift away from the Finkel recommendations?
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