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Category Archives: Marine issues

The Coral Sea: the ‘biodiversity hotspot’ no one knows about

August 25, 2011 – 12:58 pm

It may not be as famous as its neighbour the Great Barrier Reef, but the Coral Sea is a global “biodiversity hotspot” for ocean predators, according to the first comprehensive study of the region. It may be a little known region, but that could soon change. The Coral Sea is packed full of large predatory sharks, [...]

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Timor Sea oil spill inquiry: no research, no findings, no responsibility

November 26, 2010 – 4:49 pm

The Montara (Timor Sea) oil spill was amongst the worst in Australia’s history, with what the industry euphemistically call “an uncontrolled release of oil, gas and condensate” between August 21 – November 3 2009 within the Australian waters of the Timor Sea. And the final report on it has just been released.

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Will Burke deliver on marine protected areas?

November 18, 2010 – 12:33 pm

Dr Margi Prideaux writes: A few weeks ago, the great and the good convened in Nagoya, Japan to deliberate the future of our planet. Perhaps a little melodramatic, but in many ways it’s the truth. This 10th meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was every bit as important as the Climate Change meetings are. [...]

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The tide turns back towards Labor on marine parks

August 19, 2010 – 12:56 pm

Dr Margi Prideaux writes: The past 12 years of conservation of our seas has been an interesting and unexpected journey. Despite the common assumption by the Australian body politic that the Liberals are poorer on environmental issues than Labor a close examination of marine protection during the Howard years compared with the last term of [...]

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