2010 International Year of Biodiversity
WA celebrates variety of life during international year of biodiversity
GLOBAL financial problems, resource booms and the rising costs of living are diverting public attention from the health of the natural environment, according to the Conservation Council of WA. Citizen...
Read More...State gov launches conservation project for Potoroos
THE WA State Government has announced a project to stop the downward-spiralling numbers of the world’s rarest marsupial, with total populations of Gilbert’s potoroo now expected to be less than...
Read More...Biodiversity ‘blitz’ to find new plant and animal species
THE Federal Government has launched a $10 million biodiversity ‘blitz’ to describe new species occupying unexplored habitats across Australia.
Read More...2010: International Year of Biodiversity
2010 aims to be a greener year than any before, being dubbed by the United Nations as the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB). This year coincides with the 2010 biodiversity target adopted by...
Read More...Copenhagen 2009
“If we fail at Copenhagen - the planet in 2100”
“MADAME chair, you have the floor” Thank you [UN president Michelle Gore]. Will another century be required for unified action? / Image: Istockphoto Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished...
Read More...The dangers of reporting on climate change
JOURNALISTS who investigate climate change increasingly are at risk of harm and even death from hostile governments and companies, according to media agencies at COP15. The International Institute...
Read More...Ten steps to a cleaner world
THE Copenhagen climate change conference may be over, but the message for the world is loud and clear – we can all do our bit to reduce the impacts of global warming. Here are a few presented at...
Read More...COP15 – Success or failure?
THE 15th meeting of the United Nations climate change conference has ended with an agreement by countries to raise the finance needed to cut greenhouse gas emissions in both developed and developing...
Read More...Climate change “action hero” looks beyond Kyoto
CALIFORNIA Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says the world will continue to pursue ways to curb global warming even if no resolution is reached at the Copenhagen conference. “Technological and economic...
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Upcoming Events
- 21/04/2010 - 14/06/2016 2010 Western Australian Innovator of the Year Awards
- 22/07/2010 - 07/08/2010 Curtin National Science Week Photo Competition
- 31/07/2010 - 03/08/2010 | 08:00 BIT’s 1st World Congress of Virus and Infections-2010
- 03/08/2010 - 03/08/2010 | 18:00 Chemistry in the Courtroom - Public Lecture
- 04/08/2010 - 04/08/2010 | 16:00 Searching in the Deep Seas of the Southwest
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