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A bimonthly scholarly journal that publishes research and issues of sustainability in the environment, industry and community. Focused on Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
Articles from No. 123, January-March
Air Transport Impacts Take Off: Once the Preserve of Well-Heeled Jetsetters and Business People, Air Travel, Glamorous and Convenient, Is Now Affordable for Many. but Does the Phenomenal Growth in Air Transport, with Global Air Traffic Growing 9% a Year since 1960, Have an Insidious Downside?
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Few would complain that market forces have brought the price of air travel down, but just as few may be aware of what the environmental implications might be of this recent affordability. A United Kingdom report by the Royal Commission on Environmental...
A New Decade
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2005 has begun promisingly. The commencement of the UN's landmark Decade of Education for Sustainable Development is official international recognition that the principles of sustainability now need to be woven into our fundamental learning processes....
A Rescue Mission for a Metal Recycler
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CSIRO Minerals Project Leader Warren Bruckard has been investigating simple and cheap new ways to reduce problematic sludge waste volumes from metal shredding processes and to increase the recovery of metals and other recyclable materials--something...
Australia's Marine Assessment Team Assisting the Maldives
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CSIRO, the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) are coordinating a marine and fisheries taskforce, currently stationed on the Maldives, to assess the effects of the recent tsunami on...
A Whale Strandings Database and Network Is Developing
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The spate of whale strandings in Australia and New Zealand in the last six months have spurred efforts to establish a mammals stranding database and a scientific research network to help understanding of why the phenomenon occurs and share key information....
Connecting Sustainable Agriculture to Consumers
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With consumers becoming increasingly fastidious about the food and products they buy, big new markets are growing. According to a recent study investigating the marketing of sustainable agriculture, the doors for Australian farmers and exporters have...
Consuming Desires: Consumption of Non-Essential Goods Is at the Heart of Unsustainable Practice in Much of the Western World, Including Australia. Sophie Constance Considers the Economic and Marketing Forces That Drive Our Modern Over-Consumption Habits, and Introduces an Increased Significance of Marketing in Business and the Emergence of 'Societal Marketing'
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Over the last 50 years, much has evolved in terms of production and consumption, affecting our sense of what is really needed, with the creation of many desires. More, more, bigger, better, Supersize Me! How and why is all that better? How much is...
In Quest of the Vanishing Ice: In May This Year Two Seasoned Explorers Will Set out on the First Summer Crossing of the Arctic Ice Cap Ever Attempted. Their Goal-To Help Assess the Impact of Global Warming on the Pole
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Among the world's endangered ecosystems few are disappearing as rapidly and on so vast a scale as the Arctic. It has recently been estimated that 40-50 per cent of the Arctic sea ice now melts each summer--but no-one knows for sure. One man determined...
On the Trail of Sexual Chemistry: Australia Is Behind in Understanding the Levels of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Waterways and Their Effects on Wildlife Reproductive Systems. Now Concerted Research Efforts Are Being Made to Better Assess Local Impacts
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Since the late 1930s scientists around the world have been documenting unusual changes to the reproductive behaviour and anatomy of wildlife with elevated concentrations of 'endocrine-disrupting chemicals'--EDCs--in the environment. In British rivers...
Plants for People: A New Project Is Helping Aboriginal People Develop Innovative Small Businesses around Traditional Knowledge of Native Plants and Their Uses. by Helping to Build Self-Esteem and Self-Sufficiency within Remote Communities, the Initiative Is Also Opening Up Avenues for Better Communication, and Improving Appreciation of the Value of Aboriginal Culture
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The Plants for People program is breaking new ground. Co-ordinated by the Desert Knowledge Co-operative Research Centre (DK-CRC) and the Western Australian Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Mine Lakes (CSML) at Curtin University, researchers are...
Software Promises a Bird-Friendly Solution for Orchards
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Orchardists have long been frustrated that current methods for scaring away fruit-eating birds are only effective in the short-term because birds learn to ignore the usual deterrents. Innovative bird-call recognition software might now solve the problem,...
Sustainable Use of Native Animals: A Great Debate
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In the last decade or so, some scientists and conservationists have advocated sustainable commercial use of native wildlife as a conservation measure--a way to protect habitats where existing methods cannot. This has caused passionate debate. Where...
The 10-Year Challenge
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As Chair of Education for Sustainable Development at the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Commission on Education and Communication, Daniella Tilbury is playing a leading role in the development of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development....
The World Conservation Congress Crystallises Priorities
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The 3rd IUCN (World Conservation Union) World Conservation Congress held in Bangkok in November 2004 showed promisingly how reliable information and scientific know-how, passion for healthy ecosystems, and powerful collaboration across society can...
Tougher Drive to Reduce Industrial Packaging Waste
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National Environment Protection and Heritage Councillors agreed in December that more needs to be done to reduce the large amount of industrial packaging waste going to landfill. New, tougher targets out to 2008 are being set to try to ensure this...
Transforming Thinking: Over the Next 10 Years, Millions of People in Both Developed and Developing Nations Are Likely to Gain a Greater Knowledge of Sustainability through Education Initiatives under the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, or DESD, (2005-2014). Its Global Objectives Are Ambitious and Uplifting
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'The vision of education for sustainable development is a world where everyone has the opportunity to benefit from quality education and learn the values, behaviour and lifestyles required for a sustainable future and for positive societal transformation.'...
