All posts tagged "environment"

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  127

  News and Views

  Invasive species and habitat loss our biggest biodiversity threats

  A desire to avoid more extinctions is one of the drivers behind new research by the Threatened Species Recovery Hub which has...

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  226

  News and Views

  Banning fracking, protecting farmers and supporting jobs

  Work to enshrine the Victorian Government’s historic ban on fracking in the Constitution of Victoria has begun.

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  333

  Farm Management

  Central Tablelands Local Land Services working to help smaller farms

  Central Tablelands Local Land Services recognises this is a highly diverse agricultural region. Many landholders live away from their farm, are new...

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  163

  News and Views

  QFF welcomes farm compost exemption

  Queensland farmers can continue using composts and other organic products on farm following continued advocacy by the Queensland Farmers’ Federation (QFF) and...

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  276

  Broadacre

  Reef awards recognise grower innovation and environmental efforts

  The credentials of Queensland’s cane-growing industry as an important guardian of the Great Barrier Reef were highlighted, with two of the industry’s...

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  366

  News and Views

  Opportunity for landholders to receive funding to carry out soil erosion control

  Western Local Land Services is calling for applications from landholders who wish to receive funding to carry out soil erosion control works...

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  266

  Livestock

  Affluent effluent possible for piggeries

  About 16 per cent of the manure effluent of the Australian pig herd is now directed to biogas systems, equating to 29...

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  219

  News and Views

  Celebrating Australia’s Landcare community

  Australia’s Landcare champions will be celebrated, at the National Landcare awards.

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  253

  News and Views

  Shane Norrish Landcare CEO

  The Board of Landcare Australia has confirmed the appointment of Dr Shane Norrish as its Chief Executive Officer.

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  Farm Management

  New permit allows Queensland sugarcane growers to control rats from the air

  Sugar Research Australia (SRA) and CANEGROWERS have worked together to help Queensland sugarcane growers control rat infestations.