Carbon tax passed House of Reps
October 12th, 2011
Senator for Queensland Jan McLucas has welcomed the passage of carbon price legislation through the Australian Parliament’s House of Representatives today. “Today is a critical milestone in build
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Environment
Austropex Conference Environment Session
The Tropical Environment – A Natural Choice.
This Austropex Conference Environment Session is brought to you by RPS and RRRC.
Living sustainably in tropical environments requires constant innovation in conventional ways of thinking and doing things.
Our region’s reefs, rainforests and communities are already benefiting from decades of improvement in targeted research, natural resource management, design, training and industry support.
The Environment session will highlight some of the many ways in which our innovative tropical expertise has contributed to improved environmental sustainability.
A cross-section of environmental professionals with significant regional expertise, will outline some of the challenges that they have overcome in their respective fields, and discuss turning those lessons-learned into tangible market ready solutions for use in the rest of the tropical world.
Austropex Conference Handbook - Environment Session
Peak Environmental Organisations in Tropical North Queensland
The Reef and Rainforest Research Centre
The Reef and Rainforest Research Centre (RRRC) manages and delivers one of the world’s most comprehensive tropical environmental research portfolios.
Through a consortium of 15 research agencies involving the work of more than 300 leading tropical scientists, our aim is to deliver useful and timely solution-based science addressing the needs of North Queensland’s key environmental assets. Read more
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Latest News in the Environment Industry
Tropical Green Build Events
October 6th, 2011
TGBN October event - Guided tour of the new Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre Tuesday 11th October, 4.30pm Collins Avenue, Edge Hill Architect Charles Wright will lead a free tour through this iconic ne
Winter edition of the Marine Adaptation Bulletin
September 16th, 2011
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Scientists work on new set of tricks to trap cane toads
September 6th, 2011
A SEDUCTIVE mating call from a flirtatious amphibian could be the latest lure to trick and trap cane toads and help curb numbers of the destructive Australian pest. With the weather bureau predicting
Prospectors strike it rich during new Far Northern gold rush
September 6th, 2011
A GOLD rush revival is under way across the Far North, with a wave of recreational prospectors and small mining operations striking it rich on the back of soaring prices. With the price of gold hover
Burdekin tops reef sediment run-off list
August 29th, 2011
A north Queensland environment group says it is not surprised most sediment running into the Great Barrier Reef comes from the Burdekin. The region tops the list of centres generating the run-off in
Direct shipping - Cairns to PNG
August 3rd, 2011
The Port of Cairns and the Queensland economy is set to benefit from a newshipping service linking Cairns with Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG),Ports North Chief Executive Officer, Chris Boland an
Tropical North Queensland TAFE (TNQT) strengthens its commitment to sustainability
May 30th, 2011
TNQT kicked off 2011 with the opening of 1840-square-metre Health and Sustainability Precinct, which signalled the start of a greener and more sustainable future at TAFE. Over the last six months, TA
Cane toads threaten iconic king brown snake
May 26th, 2011
Cane toads may be putting the iconic king brown snake on the endangered list in the Northern Territory. In the past, the Environment Department describe the highly venomous species as being common in
Protecting Australia's Unique Marine Life
May 11th, 2011
The Gillard Government will invest $9.7 million for the management of proposed marine reserves and bioregional plans being developed to protect Australia’s marine life for future generations. Env
