Tasmanian Times
All posts tagged "Conservation"
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2872ArticleOn Fire Damage to West Coast Huon Pines …
Media release – Nick Duigan, Minister for Parks, 26 February 2025 Ancient Huon pines safe from bushfire impact A 3000-year-old Huon pine...
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Responding to Proposed Kunanyi Zipline ‘Attraction’
Newsletter item – Tasmanian National Parks Association, 10 February 2025 KUNANYI (MT WELLINGTON) ZIPLINE COMMENTS REQUIRED BY WEDNESDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2025 A...
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Community Groups Slam 39000HA Forest Sellout
Joint Statement – various groups, 11 December 2024 Protect Lutruwita / Tasmania’s Forests Location of 39,000ha of high conservation value forest potentially...
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Race to Secure Genetic Data of Giant Trees
Giant old trees are survivors. But their size and age do not protect them against everything. They face threats such as logging...
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Two Tasmanians Win 2024 Environment Award for Children’s Literature
Tasmanians Jedda Robaard and Johanna Bell have won the 2024 EACL for Fiction and Picture Fiction.
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Vale Jamie Kirkpatrick
Media release – Tasmanian Greens MPs and Senators, 23 October 2024 Statement from the Greens on the passing of Distinguished Professor Jamie...
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Islands are Critical to Flora Conservation
More than 20% of Earth’s plant species are found only on islands – and time is running out to save them Islands have...
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‘Missed Opportunity’ on Heard & McDonald Islands Reserve Expansion
Media release – Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for the Environment and Water, 8 October 2024 Australia now protects more ocean than any...
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Extreme Weather Threatens Survival of Seabirds, Seals
Scientists have identified the Australian and Antarctic marine predators most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and it will help focus...
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Macquarie Is Plants Brought Back from Extinction Brink
Nick Duigan, Minister for Parks and Environment, 12 August 2024 Conservation efforts bring threatened species back from brink of extinction Pest eradication efforts on Macquarie Island...
