/environment/ en /environment/news/list/2024/04/22/murray-darling-basin-water-theft-laws-suck-more-than-river-irrigation-pumps Water is one of ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog’s most valuable commodities. Rights to take water from our nation’s largest river system, the Murray-Darling Basin, are worth almost A$100 billion. These rights can be bought and sold or leased, with trade exceeding A$2 billion a year. But water is also being stolen (no-one knows how much) and the thieves usually get away with it. April 22 2024 Belinda Gosden /environment/news/list/2024/04/22/murray-darling-basin-water-theft-laws-suck-more-than-river-irrigation-pumps /environment/news/list/2023/09/07/australias-least-wanted-8-alien-species-and-diseases-we-must-keep-out-of-our This week’s landmark report on the impact of invasive alien species revealed costs to the global economy exceeded US$423 billion (A$654 billion) a year in 2019. Costs have at least quadrupled every decade since 1970 and that trend is set to continue. September 07 2023 Belinda Gosden /environment/news/list/2023/09/07/australias-least-wanted-8-alien-species-and-diseases-we-must-keep-out-of-our /environment/news/list/2023/05/09/podcast-water-too-much-too-little-too-dirty May 09 2023 Belinda Gosden /environment/news/list/2023/05/09/podcast-water-too-much-too-little-too-dirty /environment/news/list/2023/02/27/water-buybacks-are-back-on-the-table-in-the-murray-darling-basin-heres-a The Federal government has announced a new round of strategic water buybacks in the Murray-Darling Basin. The government intends to purchase water entitlements from voluntary sellers in parts of New South Wales and Queensland. February 27 2023 Belinda Gosden /environment/news/list/2023/02/27/water-buybacks-are-back-on-the-table-in-the-murray-darling-basin-heres-a /environment/news/list/2022/09/15/future-fellowship-announcement Congratulations to Environment Institute's Associate Professor Alec Zuo, who was awarded an ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship for his project 'Quantifying the economic and social impacts of drought in rural ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog' in the recently announced round. September 15 2022 Leah Panakera-Thorpe /environment/news/list/2022/09/15/future-fellowship-announcement /environment/news/list/2022/07/15/understanding-global-trade-networks-could-help-us-spread-the-load-of Rice travels a long way to get to your dinner plate. It may have been harvested from a paddy field in Vietnam, processed and packaged in a factory in Bangladesh, and transported via freight ship to eventually land in your local supermarket. July 15 2022 Belinda Gosden /environment/news/list/2022/07/15/understanding-global-trade-networks-could-help-us-spread-the-load-of /environment/news/list/2022/01/14/arc-success-for-environment-institute Congratulations to our Environment Institute members who have been awarded over $2.8M across five ARC Discovery Projects and two ARC LIEF Project. January 14 2022 Leah Panakera-Thorpe /environment/news/list/2022/01/14/arc-success-for-environment-institute /environment/news/list/2021/11/02/research-suggests-reliance-on-modern-irrigation-technologies-is-a-zombie A team of scientists, including experts from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide, suggest that reliance on modern irrigation technologies as a water-use efficiency strategy is a ‘zombie idea’ – one that persists no matter how much evidence is thrown against it. November 02 2021 a1223082 /environment/news/list/2021/11/02/research-suggests-reliance-on-modern-irrigation-technologies-is-a-zombie