Biodiversity
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Forestry
Logging under way a month after greater glider declared endangered
Less than a month after the greater glider was declared endangered, logging is underway in a Victorian forest home to the rare possums.
- by Miki Perkins
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Race to save endangered orchids has some wins, some wombats
Researchers trying to save native orchids from extinction are competing with wombats and sometimes members of the public.
- by Julie Power
Brazil grants permit to pave highway through heart of Amazon forest
A study estimates the project will result in a five-fold rise in deforestation by 2030, the equivalent of an area more than twice the size of Tasmania.
- by Jake Spring and Carolina Pulice
LETTERS
Letters
MPs’ rejection of mask advice a slap in the face
Readers discuss the mask divisions between the Coalition and other MPs in parliament; negotiations between Labor and the Greens over carbon emissions; and Scott Morrison’s absence.
Mining activity in WA protected forests, reserves approved 33 times in 5 years
There has been a jump in mining activity in areas managed by the parks authority while environment groups also rally against exploration applications by two of the state’s biggest miners.
- by Peter de Kruijff
Opinion
Global warming
Australia is the extinction superpower of the world. Here’s what we need to do
The Albanese government confronts a monumental task on the environment. This is where it begins.
- by Peter Hartcher
What the bald eagle and a tiny bat can tell us about Australia’s broken system for protecting nature
We are still killing off our unique fauna at a horrifying rate.
- by Nick O'Malley
Exclusive
Wildlife
Bristlebirds carefully migrate to the Prom by the car-full
It took a delicate, 11-hour car ride to relocate 17 critically endangered bristlebirds from NSW to Victoria in a bid to save their species.
- by Miki Perkins
Beloved monarch butterflies now two flutters from extinction
Monarch butterfly populations in North America declined between 22 and 72 per cent in 10 years, depending on the measure. But tiger numbers are on the up.
- by Christina Larston
Opinion
Environmental protection
Overwhelmed by environmental disaster? Here’s a scorecard to inspire optimism
The nation’s environment report card is inescapably bleak, but that doesn’t mean there is no good news or reason to believe in positive action.
- by Claire O'Rourke
Analysis
Environmental protection
WA has country’s biodiversity ‘emergency ward’ – but it’s closed for business
The national state of the environment report painted a grim picture for the nation – and for WA, home to big polluters, rampant sprawl and stark ecological loss.
- by Peter de Kruijff