Environmental Management

Miners and conservationists want the approval process for critical minerals projects in Australia to be sped up, even if it means a "fast no" in some situations.

The nature repair market will operate similarly to the carbon market, only with a few major differences.

Unlike commercial macadamias, the nuts only grow to the size of a five-cent piece and cannot be eaten due to their bitter flavour and ability to produce cyanide.

Aquaculturalists fear a desalination plant that could be built near WA's largest hatchery in the Great Southern would have a substantial impact on oyster production and the surrounding environment.

Scientists say southern right whale numbers have recovered in the Great Australian Bight Marine Park, and are now calling for further protection as they move into new areas.

Using underwater endoscopes, researchers have already discreetly filmed the freshwater cod taking refuge in several of the new purpose-built habitats.

These saltmarshes entice many people in for a 4WD adventure, but motorists are destroying the "underrated heroes" of the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem.

At the meeting between 26 member countries, proposals to establish new marine protected areas and revise catch limits for krill are rejected, while existing krill management measures are rolled back. Australia says it's a "backwards step", putting the Antarctic ecosystem at risk. 

A mayor in Perth's south-eastern suburbs has raised concerns that developers are creating subdivisions without sufficient verge space to plant trees.

There are question marks over the future of Queensland's iconic waves after the state government failed to deliver on its promise of legal protection for the Gold Coast and Noosa World Surfing Reserves.

Environmentalists have raised concerns after new data showed about 10 per cent of salmon farmed in Tasmania's Macquarie Harbour died during the process.

A nomination for critically endangered conservation status for the Lower Murray is a step too far, say some in South Australia, while others insist it's needed to ensure the river's health.

A program designed to offset development damage to critical habitats in Australia's iron mining heartland is being likened to "swiping a credit card" without conservation actions.

Dozens of old, dilapidated commercial and private vessels have been left in bays across Sydney Harbour. A petition before NSW parliament is calling on the state government to clear the harbour of derelict vessels, crumbling structures, aging wharves and debris.

For the developing country, logging is a catch 22: It is the country's biggest export and a source of income for thousands, but it is causing irreversible environmental damage and a raft of social issues.

As ratepayers in Western Australia's biggest regional city continue to pay millions to have waste trucked to alternative sites, managers of the local landfill site say it may never reopen.

A number of Sydney beaches have been closed after hundreds of tar balls washed ashore. But what are tar balls? Where have they come from? And are they dangerous?

A freak storm brought nearly 100,000 cubic metres of sand into the entrance of Cape Jaffa's marina, but the South Australian government says it can't help the local council.

A unique collaboration in south-east Queensland will introduce one-way escape hatches so the marsupials can travel to their breeding spots without doubling back into traffic.   

Hundreds of mysterious black spheres that washed up on three popular beaches in Sydney have been identified as tar balls.