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Invading ant supercolonies are threatening to turn Australia into an environmental, agricultural and social basketcase, the Invasive Species Council warned today.
A quick-thinking Belrose resident has saved Sydney from becoming ground zero for an invasion of Asian black-spined toads, which have the potential to be even more devastating than the cane toad.
The Australian parliament is a step closer to adopting deficient biosecurity laws after the senate review of the Biosecurity Bill 2014 failed to address major deficiencies in accountability and environmental protection.
Discovery of red imported fire ants in Sydney this week needs to be the wake-up call that prompts state and federal governments to act more aggressively to keep Australia fire ant free.
New biosecurity laws being rushed through NSW Parliament this week will fail to address the state’s growing weed, feral animal and disease threats.
Witnesses in two days of hearings in Hobart and Sydney will reveal details about the poor preparations to combat deadly myrtle rust and Australia’s flagging efforts to prevent devastating tramp ants invading northern Australia.
A Senate inquiry into stopping new invasive species causing environmental damage will be told tomorrow the country’s defences are failing and need a massive overhaul.
A Senate inquiry into stopping new invasive species causing environmental damage will be told tomorrow the country’s defences are failing and need a massive overhaul.
The NSW Government has failed to adopt a widely supported weed reform package proposed by NSW’s independent commission, thus guaranteeing the state’s weed problems will continue to grow.
Professor Simberloff, the world’s leading thinker on the biology of invasions by weeds, ferals and other pests, is in Hobart, Australia this week to warn of the dangers to Australia’s wildlife from invasive species.
The Victorian Invasive Species Control Bill 2014, tabled in the Victorian Parliament late last week, guarantees Victoria’s already dire invasive species problems will continue to worsen.
Shoring up Australia’s defences against the next cane toad invasion will be front and centre under a Senate inquiry announced today.
A new type of toad found in outer Melbourne that tolerates cooler climates than the cane toad could devastate native wildlife. Its discovery highlights systemic failings in Australia’s enviornmental biosecurity.
A new type of toad found in outer Melbourne that tolerates cooler climates than the cane toad could devastate native wildlife. Its discovery highlights systemic failings in Australia’s enviornmental biosecurity.
Environment groups have praised the NSW Government’s new biosecurity framework as a tool for modernising the state’s approach to weeds, pests and feral animals but want more detail on how it will tackle the impacts of these threats on the environment.
Invading ant supercolonies are threatening to turn Australia into an environmental, agricultural and social basketcase, the Invasive Species Council warned today.
A quick-thinking Belrose resident has saved Sydney from becoming ground zero for an invasion of Asian black-spined toads, which have the potential to be even more devastating than the cane toad.
The Australian parliament is a step closer to adopting deficient biosecurity laws after the senate review of the Biosecurity Bill 2014 failed to address major deficiencies in accountability and environmental protection.
Discovery of red imported fire ants in Sydney this week needs to be the wake-up call that prompts state and federal governments to act more aggressively to keep Australia fire ant free.
New biosecurity laws being rushed through NSW Parliament this week will fail to address the state’s growing weed, feral animal and disease threats.
Witnesses in two days of hearings in Hobart and Sydney will reveal details about the poor preparations to combat deadly myrtle rust and Australia’s flagging efforts to prevent devastating tramp ants invading northern Australia.
A Senate inquiry into stopping new invasive species causing environmental damage will be told tomorrow the country’s defences are failing and need a massive overhaul.
A Senate inquiry into stopping new invasive species causing environmental damage will be told tomorrow the country’s defences are failing and need a massive overhaul.
The NSW Government has failed to adopt a widely supported weed reform package proposed by NSW’s independent commission, thus guaranteeing the state’s weed problems will continue to grow.
Professor Simberloff, the world’s leading thinker on the biology of invasions by weeds, ferals and other pests, is in Hobart, Australia this week to warn of the dangers to Australia’s wildlife from invasive species.
The Victorian Invasive Species Control Bill 2014, tabled in the Victorian Parliament late last week, guarantees Victoria’s already dire invasive species problems will continue to worsen.
Shoring up Australia’s defences against the next cane toad invasion will be front and centre under a Senate inquiry announced today.
A new type of toad found in outer Melbourne that tolerates cooler climates than the cane toad could devastate native wildlife. Its discovery highlights systemic failings in Australia’s enviornmental biosecurity.
A new type of toad found in outer Melbourne that tolerates cooler climates than the cane toad could devastate native wildlife. Its discovery highlights systemic failings in Australia’s enviornmental biosecurity.
Environment groups have praised the NSW Government’s new biosecurity framework as a tool for modernising the state’s approach to weeds, pests and feral animals but want more detail on how it will tackle the impacts of these threats on the environment.
A new senate inquiry into the growing impacts of deer, pigs and goats in Australia will put a national spotlight on the destruction wrought by these feral animals.
The NSW Government is putting motorists’ lives at risk by failing to tackle the state’s growing feral deer problem.
The Townsville Yellow Crazy Ant Community Taskforce is recruiting locals to join its push to rid Billabong Sanctuary of one of the world’s top 100 worst invasive species.
Today’s announcement by federal agriculture minister David Littleproud to establish an office of environmental biosecurity will better prepare Australia to prevent and respond to new harmful pest, weed and disease invasions.
The NSW Government turned Australia into a global laughing stock last night when it passed legislation protecting destructive feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park.
NSW Labor’s pledge to protect the Snowy Mountains from ecologically destructive feral horses puts science and common sense first.
A new biosecurity levy announced in the budget gives the federal government the fighting fund it needs to keep new environmental invaders out of Australia.
Global leaders in insect invasion biology are in Melbourne this week to war game Australia’s next alien insect invaders.
Global leaders in insect invasion biology are in Melbourne this week to war game Australia’s next alien insect invaders.
