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Professor Hugh Possingham announced as new Chair for Environment Institute Advisory Board
We welcome Professor Hugh Possingham as the incoming Chair of the Environment Institute Advisory Board. Prof. Possingham was born in Adelaide and completed a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Applied Mathematics at the University of Adelaide in 1984. He was awarded the Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University, and completed his Doctor of Philosophy in ecology and mathematics at Oxford in 1987.
'Good intentions' Murray-Darling Basin water program drains even more water from the system
Published in the Resources, Conservation & Recycling journal, the paper found money spent to help farms use water more efficiently actually encouraged those enterprises to plant thirstier perennial crops, such as nuts.
Regional SA kids consider naming new wasp species after coronavirus
The wasp, which was yet to be named, was of the genus Glyptapanteles in the subfamily Microgastrinae, a parasitoid of butterflies and moths.
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Echidna CSI receives funding to investigate the impact of bushfires on echidnas
As bushfire recovery begins on Kangaroo Island, it's important remember the recovery of native flora and fauna.
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