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ARC Discovery Project Success for Environment Institute

A big congratulations to these Environment Institute members for their ARC Discovery Project successes this week, collectively totalling almost $2.4 million in grant funding.Ìý With a success rate of only 16%, these are great achievements.

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PODCAST: You can't build an ego when caring for a stream

Listen to this latest EcoFuturist podcast as Professor Andy Lowe talks to Bruce Pascoe from Black Duck Foods about traditional indigenous land management and native food production.

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EVENT: "A Youth Symposium on Human-Nature Connection in the Anthropocene" - 20th November, 2023

The Environment Institute and Jane Goodall Institute ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogÌýare excited to be co-hosting this youth symposium.ÌýDon't miss this incredible opportunity to broaden your understanding of the human-nature connection in the Anthropocene.

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PODCAST: Exotic plants and animals: the illegal wildlife trade happening right under your nose

There is increasing interest in owning wild and exotic animals and the internet is able to serve up whatever your heart desires, even if importing these animals is illegal.

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Microbial solutions to soil carbon sequestration

The potential of soil to capture and store carbon dioxide (CO2), known as carbon sequestration, has been proposed as a compelling mitigation strategy to help address climate change.

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VIDEO: John Scanlon presenting 'Environmental, Nature and Wildlife Crimes and the Role of International Law' lecture

On July 17 this year, the Environment Institute and Adelaide Law School had the pleasure of hosting Mr John Scanlon AO for a public lecture on 'Environmental, Nature and Wildlife Crimes and the Role of International Law', the first in our Hope and Wonder Series.

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VIDEO: Research Tuesdays Lecture Series - Reefs Awakened

Over the past two centuries, oyster reefs that were once active and effective underwater metropolises crucial to our marine ecosystems, have become almost abandoned in ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog with over 99% of these reefs completely degraded.

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The feral flying under the radar: why we need to rethink EuropeanÌýhoneybees

×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog’s national parks, botanic gardens, wild places and green spaces are swarming with an invasive pest that is largely flying under the radar. This is yet another form of livestock, escaped from captivity and left to roam free.

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‘Humanity’s signature’: study finds plastic pollution in the world’s lakes can be worse than in oceans

A world-first study has found concentrations of plastics in some lakes are higher than in the most contaminated parts of oceans, demonstrating the extent to which plastics have invaded Earth’s ecosystems.

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