A push is underway to better protect dingoes in NSW national parks. This inquiry will grapple with how to balance conservation and farmer concerns.
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Growers across the country are grappling with surging fuel prices and inconsistent rainfall.
Regional communities often don’t oppose renewables, but want a say in where they go and who foots the bill.
These fine particles can do significant harm to transport networks, farming and even human health.
Class-war rhetoric from Democratic candidates jams working-class voters into a prefabricated progressive agenda, an expert on rural and working-class communities argues.
While transit programs are often focused on urban places, it’s just as important to rural communities to maintain transportation links.
Mice numbers are likely to drop as winter sets in – an expert explains.
In parts of Western Australia and Southern Australia, mouse numbers are reaching plague proportions.
State lawmakers are trying to shield tracks from nuisance lawsuits − but the larger threat may be rising land values and redevelopment pressures.
Extreme weather events are increasingly coming in waves, giving communities just days or hours to recover before the next disaster hits.
As fuel prices rise, some remote communities feel the shock twice: first at the pump and then in the power supply.
Rural regions need skilled graduates and for international students studying there to stay and work. Housing and employment security are key in factors in whether this is viable.
Many people understand rural America through stereotypes. Two scholars who study rural communities bust 6 of those myths, complicating the conventional wisdom.
An equitable net-zero transition requires promoting regional competitiveness while ensuring no place is left behind.
As climate change worsens extreme weather events, people in rural areas will increasingly seek refuge in urban areas. Cities must prepare to host and care for them.
Rural hospitals have been closing, putting emergency care further out of reach, but that’s only one of the heightened challenges aging rural communities face after a disaster.
Across the US, heirs’ property laws hamstring families that want to build housing or leverage their land for loans. One Alabama project shows how policy reform and savvy design can build a way forward.
The country’s long-running conflict continues to impact life in many rural areas, which also face threats from illegal mining and other extractive industries.
Exposure to either wildfire smoke or extreme heat poses a significant threat to health. When they occur together, it may amplify the health risks of exposure.
The majority of the 23 states disproportionately affected by the cuts are red states.
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Adjunct Professor, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph
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Associate Professor in Wildlife Conservation, Edith Cowan University
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Assistant Professor of History, University of Oregon
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Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of the Western Cape
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Pioneers Chair in Telecommunications & Professor of Telecommunications, Penn State
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Postdoctoral research fellow, University of the Western Cape
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Senior Researcher and Director of Climate Change and Risk Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
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Adjunct Researcher, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Co-Director, Institute for Information Policy and Associate Professor of Telecommunications, Penn State
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Professor of Sociology, Louisiana State University
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Professor of Sociology, Syracuse University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sustainable Urban Precincts Project, RMIT University
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Adjunct professor, School of Media and Communications, RMIT University