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Explore NSW's new wetland national park

08 Jul 2020

At the end of June, the NSW government declared a massive new national park in north-western NSW - a welcome and timely development, according to UNSW ecologist Professor Richard Kingsford, who did the first comprehensive aerial surveys of the area’s waterbirds in the 1990s.

Colours of the Bulloo Overflow

New wetland national park ‘wonderful addition’ to conservation reserves

29 Jun 2020

The new national park declared by the NSW government is still in excellent condition because its water supply remains largely intact, a top ecologist says.

Gwydir River, part of the Murray-Darling Basin

‘Black box’ of rules hampers management of Murray-Darling Basin flows

06 Jun 2020

A new UNSW study demands better transparency around the idiosyncratic water management rules governing water allocation in the Murray-Darling Basin.

Platypuses return to Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve

07 May 2020

UNSW Sydney researchers have started a platypus monitoring study after they returned three of the iconic creatures to Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, near Canberra.

Murray-Darling Basin in drought

Subsidies drive Murray-Darling Basin extractions as environment loses

01 May 2020

Subsidised irrigators extracted up to 28 per cent more water than those who received no funds under a national Murray-Darling Basin irrigation efficiency program, a new study has found.

Platypus has final health check at Taronga Wildlife Hospital

More rescue missions possible as platypuses rehomed

01 May 2020

UNSW scientists expect more platypus rescues in future as climate change takes a stranglehold on their natural habitat.

Ferns sprouting after bushfire

Citizen scientists get snappy to monitor bushfire-ravaged environment

30 Jan 2020

Citizen scientists are being encouraged to photograph bushfire-affected areas to help UNSW Sydney researchers track the recovery of flora and fauna after the fires.

Platypus might become extinct

Platypus on brink of extinction

20 Jan 2020

New UNSW research calls for national action to minimise the risk of the platypus vanishing due to habitat destruction, dams and weirs.

Hippos can be aggressive if you get too close

Spying on hippos with drones to help conservation efforts

10 Dec 2019

A new UNSW study has shown that using a drone to film hippos in Africa is an effective, affordable tool for conservationists to monitor the threatened species’ population from a safe distance, particularly in remote and aquatic areas.

Pomarine Jaeger

Birdwatchers highlight declines of seabirds off south-eastern Australia

01 Jul 2019

Thirteen species of seabirds are declining off the coast of south-eastern Australia, a 17-year study by researchers at the Centre for Ecosystem Science at UNSW Sydney revealed. 

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