Rainbow Warrior delivers climate message to SA Premier
Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior will stop at the mouth of the Murray River in support of South Australia making a more concerted shift towards renewable forms of energy.

Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior will stop at the mouth of the Murray River in support of South Australia making a more concerted shift towards renewable forms of energy.

A report given at the Wind Energy Association’s international conference in Sydney has criticised federal and state governments over their lack of support for the wind power industry.

Friends of the Earth in Melbourne have protested a logging breach that saw more than half of a Superb Parrot Special Protection Zone felled in the Barmah State Forest.

Logging company Gunns has withdrawn the option of a Hampshire based pulp mill from consideration, removing the basis for a legal dispute with The Wilderness Society.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