News Archive (01 Jun 2007 - 30 Jun 2007)
Protecting Australia's natural areas against climate change: symposium
Protecting Australia's natural areas against climate change and stopping a potential wave of extinctions across the country will be the subject of debate today as scientists and parks agency representatives arrive in Canberra for the Climate Change and Protected Areas Symposium.
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Funding agreement to save Macquarie Island: WWF
A major threat to the survival of the grey-headed albatross will be removed thanks to a joint decision today by the Australian and Tasmanian governments to fund a pest eradication program on World Heritage Macquarie Island.
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Grey-headed albatross must be upgraded to Endangered: WWF
WWF-Australia has lodged a submission to upgrade the threatened status of the grey-headed albatross from Vulnerable to nationally Endangered, due to the devastating damage caused by a rabbit plague on Tasmania's World Heritage Macquarie Island.
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