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Tracing the rapid spread of the fox across Australia
New research reveals that red foxes colonised Australia in just 60 years. Environment Institute Deputy Director Associate Professor Damien Fordham says the findings help explain past biodiversity losses and provide vital data to prevent future extinctions, offering a new framework for tracking other invasive species such as cats. Read the full study published in Diversity and Distributions, and article for The Conversation here.
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Dr Phillipa McCormack on Reforming Australia’s Outdated Environment Laws
Environment Institute Future Making Fellow Dr Phillipa McCormack co-authored a recent article for The Conversation, outlining key recommendations for how Australia’s environment laws should be reformed. The Albanese Government has indicated it is close to striking a deal with the Coalition on new environmental laws, which must deliver substantial improvements. In the article, they provided various recommendations for the reform, covering topics like an independent watchdog, habitat protection, climate change, First Nations voices, logging, and the need for defined targets.
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Bandi Bushcare Awarded Nature Foundation Habitat Restoration and Protection Award
The Bandi Bushcare project, led by the Friends of Brownhill Creek members Dr Jamin Packer, Environment Institute member, and Dr Rosslyn (Rossi) von der Boch were awarded Gold award for the Nature Foundation Habitat Restoration and Protection Award. Their project titled “Bandi Bushcare: Habitat Restoration and Protection in Wirraparinga-Brownhill Creek” promotes a community of volunteers that protect and create habitat for the endangered southern brown bandicoot (marti) in the Brownhill Creek Recreation Park.
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