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February 2021

Plant-based diets crucial to saving global wildlife, says report

Vicious circle of cheap but damaging food is biggest destroyer of nature, says UN-backed report.

By Damian Carrington. The Guardian, 4 Feb 2021

January 2021

Net zero, saving koalas and forest wars: the crucial environment battles looming in Australia

With the Morrison government looking increasingly isolated on climate policy and under pressure to fix conservation laws, will 2021 bring change?

By Adam Morton and Lisa Cox. The Guardian, 25 Jan 2021

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Wildlife rescue volunteers struggle with influx of native birds in need of help

Amid soaking rain and extreme heat, Rockhampton’s native birdlife are being brought to animal shelters at an alarmingly high rate, and carers are struggling to keep up.

By Laura Mayers. ABC Capricornia, 22 Jan 2021

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Environmental water flow reaches wetland triggering big breeding event for rare, endangered bitterns

A bittern breeding boom in a New South Wales Riverina wetlands is being heralded as a significant step forward for the secretive water bird species.

By Melinda Hayter. ABC Riverina, 13 Jan 2021

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Dogs put their noses to work saving wildlife

They don’t just detect drugs, bombs, and cancers — dogs can sniff out the amoeba-size larvae of invasive mussels and highly endangered flowers hidden in fields.

By Douglas H Chadwick. National Geographic, 6 Jan 2021

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Why the world’s biggest mammal migration is crucial for Africa — photo essay

Up to 10 million straw-coloured fruit bats descend on Zambia’s Kasanka national park every year, dispersing millions of seeds as they go.

Words and photographs by Georgina Smith. The Guardian, 5 Jan 2021

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