Archive for July 23rd, 2006
How to Save the Baiji?
Posted by jennifer, July 23rd, 2006 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Plants and Animals
Comments: 5
The Yangtze River Dolphin, also known as the baiji, is perhaps the most endangered of the world’s large mammals. The last confirmed sighting was of a single adult in September 2004.
The journal Conservation Biology recently published three short papers [1] on the current state of baiji conservation and plans to save the species.
There [...]
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Fewer Trees Means More Water for Macquarie Marshes: Ian Mott
Posted by Ian Mott, July 23rd, 2006 - under Opinion.
Tags: Water
Comments: 15
In discussions about water allocation in the Murray Darling Basin it is generally assumed that runoff now is equivalent to what it was at the time of European settlement. Consider, for example, the following table from a Murray Darling Basin Commission Facts Sheet.
At the same time there is a perception that there are a lot [...]

