
Communicating the plight of the pardalote
We have been talking about the pardalote for a long time, but the story just gets more exciting and more interesting the more information we gather, w...
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2017 masl (Poetry)
Iss Bautista is an Aklan-born nature writer and poet whose works explore the intersection of ecology and self. A product of UP Diliman's Creative Writ...
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The tiny and tenacious 'forty-spot'
The forty-spot is such a special bird and Tasmania really needs to embrace this little gem, writes Dr Sally Bryant. This little bird is quintessential...
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Saving the forty-spotted pardalote
I can't let this species go. I can't not do everything within my capacity, says Dr Sally Bryant, talking about the plight of the critically-endangered...
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The legacy of the Denne family
This is the story about the impact that one family, the Denne family, has had for the conservation and future of the forty-spotted pardalote. Picture:...
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Threatened species: don't wait, act now
Threatened species is a very tough gig. You are working with species, plants and animals that are very much at the edge of their conservation life. It...
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A campaigner's life: taking the opportunities
When a young Lyn Goldsworthy was sent to a meeting during negotiations on establishing regulations for potential mining in Antarctica in the 1980s, sh...
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Saving Antarctica
As you go to the Antarctic, it becomes part of you. You have to save it, writes Lyn Goldsworthy. - "I worked full time, I got the opportunity to work ...
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Species, emotion and place
Take a moment to think about a species you care about, and the emotions you feel when you think about the interactions you've had. You might feel a se...
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Jamie Kirkpatrick - a giant of conservation
Vale Professor Jamie Kirkpatrick (1946 - 2024) Jamie was a giant of Tasmania's conservation movement, a World Heritage and National Parks expert and a...
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Sea turtle spark
I had an experience where I was volunteering with sea turtles in Costa Rica, writes ecologist and University of Tasmania PhD student Edith Shum. It wa...
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A tiny transhemispheric migrant
Tasmania is the stronghold for the short-tailed shearwater, writes bird ecologist Dr Eric Woehler. But they are also a remarkable transhemispheric mig...
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