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Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:30:00 +10:00

IAE Seminar Series Semester 2

Each week the Institute of Applied Ecology hosts a seminar on a broad range of topics, such as environmental management, genetics, water science, ecotoxicology and conservation ecology. Speakers are drawn... Event details IAE Seminar Series Semester 2

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Seminar Managing the global megaproject: The design, development, and dispute of Barangaroo, Sydney

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Barangaroo, a 22-hectare waterfront redevelopment precinct in Sydney, is emerging as a new icon of the city and the nation. As the last and largest redevelopment project of global... Event details Seminar Managing the global megaproject: The design, development, and dispute of Barangaroo, Sydney

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    Dragons vs cats – native animals fighting feral predators

    5 December 2018: Bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps) are battling the impacts of climate change, habitat destruction, native predators, and now we can add ...

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  1. An Australian river with eucalypts

    Water Dreaming sees ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø scientist challenge Parliament

    Brad Moggridge’s research into traditional Aboriginal knowledge of water may deliver better ways to survive in one of the world’s driest continents

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  2. An aerial view of the South Coast

    Turbulent future for Australia’s coasts: ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø public lecture

    Leading researcher Emma Johnston has warned that climate change and increased nutrient flows are impacting Australia’s coastal zones

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  3. A sugar glider emerges from a hollow in a tree

    ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø led-study identifies not so sweet Tasmanian invader

    New University of Canberra-led research has found the sweet-faced sugar glider is an introduced pest in Tasmania

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  4. An elevated photo of sunrise over the Amazon with the river and several stream visible in the early light

    Small streams essential to freshwater ecology: ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø expert

    ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø researcher highlights the need to protect small streams, even in large water catchment areas, to conserve vulnerable species

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  5. An Australian Bearded Dragon

    ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø researchers peek inside the dragon’s egg

    University of Canberra researchers discover more about Australia’s sex-reversing bearded dragons catching them with their pants down

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