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Tiger shark tracking exposes flaws in conservation efforts

ABC News

09 January 2014

A four-year study of tiger sharks has found flaws with existing efforts to protect them.

Australian shark scientist Dr Jonathan Werry teamed up with the French government to track more than 30 sharks across the Coral Sea between New Caledonia and the Great Barrier Reef. Read more

Tags reveal leatherback turtle by-catch hotspots

BBC

08 January 2014

A study using satellite data from tagged leatherback turtles has identified possible "by-catch hotspots" in the Pacific Ocean.

By tracking 135 turtles, researchers highlighted areas where the critically endangered animals were likely to come into contact with fishing vessels. Read more

King tides could have terrible impact on turtle numbers due to Mon Repos beach erosion

ABC News

06 January 2014

Queensland National Parks rangers say king tides later this month could have a devastating effect on nesting turtles at Mon Repos in Bundaberg.

Ranger Shane O'Connor says last year's floods caused severe erosion of the southern Queensland beach. Read more

Global climate game abandons biodiversity

The Conversation

17 December 2013

The latest climate talk in Warsaw may have achieved little in the way of action on climate change, but they were even worse for biodiversity. In fact, since early climate talks in the 1990s, biodiversity has vanished from international and Australian climate policy. So, why has biodiversity become decoupled from climate change? Read more

Marksmen in helicopters cull more than 30,000 feral pigs in north Queensland as rare turtles face extinction

Herald Sun

15 December 2013

TRAINED marksmen have shot dead more than 30,000 feral pigs in north Queensland in the past two years after scientists warned they were wiping out endangered turtles and causing more than $100 million in agricultural losses.

Mining dwarfs farming as threat to health of Great Barrier Reef, marine scientist warns

Daily Life

12 December 2013

Mining poses a greater threat to the health of the Great Barrier Reef than agriculture, according to one marine scientist who has cast doubt on the federal government's prediction that water quality will improve along the reef coast.

Great Barrier Reef could be killed by 2100 due to rising sea temperatures according to scientist

Cairns Post

11 December 2013

A LEADING Queensland marine scientist has painted a bleak outlook for the Great Barrier Reef, claiming rising sea temperatures could kill it by 2100.

Abbot Point projects approved on Great Barrier Reef

Brisbane Times

10 December 2013

The federal government has approved several massive resource projects on the Great Barrier Reef coast, including the dredging and dumping of sludge near the reef and a new coal export terminal.

Environmentalists have hit out at the decision, with the WWF and the Greens saying it further industrialises and threatens the world heritage-listed icon. Read more

Starfish wars: Cash injection in hope of making attack on Great Barrier Reef crown of thorn problem

The Cairns Post

07 December 2013

THE battle to eradicate crown of thorn starfish has intensified with an injection of $1.1m in funding to provide another dedicated boat and crew for culling the destructive creature.

New government's smart move with sugar industry

ABC Rural

03 December 2013

It's a new era for the cane industry, with a voluntary best management program for sugar producers launched.

In recent years, cane farmers have been heavily criticised for the negative impact fertiliser use has on Great Barrier Reef health. Read more

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