Tasmanian pulp mill legal developments
Logging company Gunns has withdrawn the option of a Hampshire based pulp mill from consideration, removing the basis for a legal dispute with The Wilderness Society.

Logging company Gunns has withdrawn the option of a Hampshire based pulp mill from consideration, removing the basis for a legal dispute with The Wilderness Society.

Scientists have proposed the reintroduction of wild animals from Africa and Asia to North America to help against their possible extinction.

Studies from the the United States Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory suggest that the insured part of total economic losses from weather-related events has increased to around 25% in the last decade.

Ecotourism can help people
both understand and appreciate the importance of biodiversity. It is a key development
target for many emerging countries around the world. However, ecotourism can also
increase disturbance in sensitive areas. News World’s International Media Environment Summit
(IMES) seeks to address these issues in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, between 30
November and 02 December.

Timber company Gunns is revising plans for its new Tasmanian pulp mill. The company claims to be taking a ‘greener’ approach.

Environmentalists say many companies are exaggerating their green credentials to win customers.

Inquiry into Australia’s uranium resources suggests that opposition to nuclear energy is reducing as pressures to reduce fossil fuels increase.

A new study by Kerry Emanuel suggests that there is a link between the destructiveness of Tropical Cyclones and the sea surface temperature.

Researchers have found a million sq km of permafrost in Siberia is melting, a process that could speed up global warming.

The Federal Govt. has agreed a deal to begin exporting uranium to China