Climate change economist Sir Nicholas Stern has joined with 57 countries and signed a pledge at Copenhagen to protect unlogged native forests as part of a new global agreement to fight climate change.
15/12/2009
A free community forum being held at this year’s Sustainable Living Festival on Sunday, February 21, will take a look at implications of climate change for Victoria's biodiversity and what can be done.
05/02/2010
A study has found evidence that forests in the Eastern United States are growing faster than they have in the past 225 years, likely due to climate change.
04/02/2010
The 2010 Healthy Cities Conference will be held at Stamford Plaza Brisbane July 12-13.
26/02/2010
THE HILLS Garden & Environmental Expo will be held on 16 November 2009 at the Uraidla Showgrounds, South Australia.
25/06/2009
Landscape architects will play a pivotal role in keeping Queenslanders cool and outdoors as the world copes with climate change, a professor has said.
09/12/2009
Professor Alex McBratney is helping to construct the world's first digital soil map.
25/11/2009
VICTORIAN Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Gavin Jennings says the State Government has funded a $4m weed control program on Melbourne’s outer urban fringe.
31/07/2009
VICTORIAN Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Gavin Jennings says the Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria annual environmental awards has recognised Victoria’s most beautiful regional communities.
11/08/2009
The NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water and Shoalhaven City Council have launched a campaign targeting the illegal dumping of garden waste - Operation Palm.
18/12/2009
The Commonwealth has allocated 10.8 billion litres of water to 13 sites in New South Wales, including wetlands in the Murray, Murrumbidgee and Macquarie valleys.
07/12/2009
Victorians are being asked to have their say on the state’s five Regional Forest Agreements.
14/12/2009
Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org, has launched a new technology prototype that enables online, global-scale observation and changes in the world's forests.
14/12/2009
Illegal dumpers of garden waste have been targeted by the NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water and Byron Shire Council.
25/11/2009
THE GREEN Roofs Australia Conference will be held from 23 to 25 September 2009 at Burnley campus in the University of Melbourne.
24/08/2009
CITIESALIVE says its inaugural World Green Roof Infrastructure Congress held in Canada from 19 to 21 October is in partnership with the City of Toronto.
12/10/2009
CITIESALIVE says on 20 October, senior officials will gather to discuss need for Green Infrastructure Act for Ontario, US at its World Green Roof Infrastructure Congress.
19/10/2009
Environment Minister Peter Garrett has launched Coastcare Week at Collaroy Beach in Sydney.
08/12/2009
The Federal Government has announced funding of $1.8 million to support a national research program to boost stormwater harvesting in Australia’s cities.
02/02/2010
THE AMERICAN Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has released a new series of online resource guides on sustainable design and planning.
21/09/2009