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Endangered species

February

A giraffe at Murchison Falls National Park in northwestern Uganda on Jan. 13, 2023.

There may be millions more species than we realise

As DNA testing creates new ways of defining species, scientists can’t agree on how many there are.

  • Carl Zimmer

November 2023

Australian banks have $47bn of loans for livestock agriculture, the sub-sector with the biggest impact on nature.

Directors urged to get advice as nature risk turns liability

A groundbreaking legal opinion says company directors who fail to consider the toll on nature could be in breach of their duty of care and diligence obligations.

  • James Eyers

August 2023

Wind Prospects boss Ben Purcell: “This is not just a Willatook wind farm issue; if you apply these buffers to other projects it is hugely problematic,” he told The Australian Financial Review.

Brolga and bat ruling a ‘death knell’ for Victorian wind farm

Strict environmental rules set for a $1 billion wind farm project in Victoria threaten to block the energy transition in several states, renewables players say.

  • Angela Macdonald-Smith

January 2023

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Letters: Chris Bowen out of touch on Sun Cable

Sun Cable’s voluntary administration; energy transition; duck-shooting in Victoria; Netanyahu’s new coalition; vitamins as a mosquito repellent; Julian Assange’s fate.

July 2022

‘Complete inertia’: We need a clear environment plan

Climate change absorbs everyone’s attention but this week’s State of the Environment Report is a reminder not enough is being done about the extinction crisis.

  • Jacob Greber

July 2021

A Chinese rhino horn ‘lotus leaf’ libation cup, early Qing Dynasty, 17th-18th century, estimated at $200,000 to $300,000, benign sold at Artvisory’s Fine Chinese and Asian Arts auction on Sunday 15 August, in Melbourne. 

Artvisory takes fire over rhino horn sale

Paul Sumner says a blanket ban won’t solve the problem as his new auction house brings three rhino horn artefacts to a market rivals have abandoned.

  • Gabriella Coslovich

December 2020

Ken Henry: "The big cause of the threat and the big source is the fact that the climate is changing."

Henry laments 'painfully slow' action on climate change

The experienced public servant and tax reform architect has been named as the founding chairman of Wildlife Recovery Australia.

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  • Tom McIlroy

September 2019

Ivory Elephant Bridge was one of the works auctioned at Leonard Joel prior to John Albrecht's decision to stop selling ivory and ivory horn.

Leonard Joel doubles down on ivory ban

Leonard Joel doubles down on its ivory and rhino horn ban as Australia moves towards a near total ban in the products.

  • Andrew Burke

July 2019

Whaling boats embarked Monday on their first commercial hunts since 1988, when Japan switched to so-called research whaling.

Japan resumes commercial whaling, but industry days numbered

Japan has resumed commercial whaling after 31 years, meeting a long-cherished goal of traditionalists that's seen as a largely lost cause.

  • Mari Yamaguchi

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