A DECISION made in Cambodia this month by the United Nation’s World Heritage committee could add 172,000 hectares of forest to the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Federal Minister for the Environment Tony Burke was seeking to have the deal … [Read more...] about Undemocratic Politics Again Determines Land Use in Tasmania: An Update
Causes of Honey Bee Decline
I visited Hidcote Manor Gardens in Warwickshire earlier today. They have several honey bee hives and a notice board claiming three different reasons for the decline in honey bee colonies across the UK. "The number of honey bee colonies in the UK … [Read more...] about Causes of Honey Bee Decline
The Native Fish Strategy for the Murray Darling Ten Years On (Part 2)
HUNDREDS of millions of dollars have been spent on fishways, resnagging, riparian revegetation, not to mention the billions for water buyback, all recommendations of the Native Fish Strategy for the Murray Darling Basin 2003-2013 [1]. Those who … [Read more...] about The Native Fish Strategy for the Murray Darling Ten Years On (Part 2)
The Native Fish Strategy for the Murray Darling Ten Years On (Part 1)
IT is ten years since the launch of the ‘Native Fish Strategy for the Murray Darling Basin 2003-2013’ [1]. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on the program including to re-snag the main channel of the Murray River with microchip … [Read more...] about The Native Fish Strategy for the Murray Darling Ten Years On (Part 1)
Water Levels in the Swan River Estuary: A Personal Observation
I READ with interest an article in The Fremantle Herald newspaper in which global warming was blamed for rising sea levels, which in turn were said to be submerging the mud flats in the Swan River estuary and thus destroying the habitat of migratory … [Read more...] about Water Levels in the Swan River Estuary: A Personal Observation
Open Thread
ONE swallow does not make a spring, and the coldest spring for more than 50 years does not disprove the theory of anthropogenic global warming. *** Picture of a nesting box taken near Stratford-on-Avon yesterday. … [Read more...] about Open Thread
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
