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The kungaka represents an ancient lineage from when Australia was wetter. Today, it survives in a sheltered desert gorge.
Scientists have been gathering coral spawn to create baby corals via ‘coral IVF’. Until now, much of this research has been done without consultation with Traditional Custodians.
Footprints, droppings, diggings and other signs left behind by animals reveal a lot to a skilled observer. Indigenous knowledge feeds into one of Australia’s largest wildlife monitoring endeavours.
The review will focus on the ‘future acts’ provisions, and whether they are fair to traditional owners.
Researchers, managers and Traditional Owners are joining forces to understand and combat climate threats to Australia’s many unique World Heritage sites.
When people first came to Australia 65,000 years ago, the Earth was in an ice age. Then the seas rose, drought and floods came – and still people endured.
Now that plans for a national radioactive waste management facility near Kimba in South Australia have been abandoned, what next? Let’s learn from our mistakes.
The 10-week pilot program Totemic Species in Schools shows how Indigenous science can be woven into the existing curriculum. Students, teachers and parents provided positive feedback.
Long before Green Square was a huge urban renewal project it was Country known to Traditional Owners for its wetlands. Until now, those water stories have remained largely invisible.
Australia’s Traditional Owners have survived climate shifts before. Bringing traditional ecological knowledge in contact with western climate scientists could help First Nations survive this one.
Urban renewal can bring downsides as well as benefits. A new guide helps people connect more deeply with their suburbs.
Continents colliding, mountains rising and falling, and remarkable strength. The story of Australia’s most iconic mountain is truly magical.
Figures released this week suggest Australia’s koala populations have plummeted. So what’s the best way to protect these iconic animals from fires?
Australians should see the rainforest as a cultural landscape – one that has been managed and maintained by people, rather than just a relic unchanged since the dinosaurs.
The destruction of one ancient rock shelter is devastating. But there’s a greater loss to cultural heritage that is occurring from the ‘cumulative impacts’ of mining operations in WA.
The decision recognises that water rights are critical for Indigenous people to restore customs, protect their culture, become economically independent and heal Country.
In the event, the federal election turned out to be more about the economy than the environment. But there are steps the Coalition government can take to help conservation and boost the economy too.
The Yeelirrie uranium mine is the latest instalment in Australia’s long tradition of ignoring the dignity and welfare of Aboriginal communities in the pursuit of nuclear fuel.
Indian mining firm Adani has announced scaled-down plans for its planned Queensland coal mine, which it will now fund itself. But there are still many questions hanging over the project.
Top contributors
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, Australian National University
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Professor, Faculty of Design and Society, University of Technology Sydney
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D'harawal Knowledge Keeper, PhD Candidate and Lecturer, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Science, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Urban Ecology and Biodiversity, The University of Melbourne; RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, International Studies and Global Societies, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer, Faculty of Law, and Associate, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University
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Professor of Archaeology and Biological Anthropology, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
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Director, Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Law and Rutherford Discovery Fellow, University of Canterbury
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Transdisciplinary Researcher & Knowledge Broker, CSIRO
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Associate Professor, Anthropology, Macquarie University