Environmental Protection
A Wadi Wadi Traditional Owner launched legal action on Thursday challenging the Victorian government's approval of a floodplain engineering project at Nyah on the Murray River.
The risks of climate change, the protection of wetlands and the share of water used for farming remain key areas of debate over the future of Australia's largest and most complex river system.
It's been seven decades since Britain detonated the largest ever nuclear explosion on Australian soil, dwarfing the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in WW2.
Kristina Eonemto Stege from the Marshall Islands, Inia Seruiratu from Fiji and Ruel Yamuna from Papua New Guinea have been formally appointed as Pacific COP31 Envoys to push the region's climate prior...
Fifteen vulnerable coastal communities in Fiji are set to receive support through a US$17.89 million climate resilience project aimed at reducing the impacts of coastal erosion, flooding, sea-level ri...
Canadian First Nations leaders have urged the country's federal government to keep its promise to protect wild salmon in British Columbia. Key points: Indigenous leaders have urged the Canadian gover...
Donald Trump has returned mass commercial fishing in the Pacific; rolling back protections for oceans that are considered pristine ecosystems.
ReefTO, in partnership with Mob Made Media & Communications Agency, has launched its inaugural Voices of the Reef Ambassador Program, a digital storytelling initiative supporting Traditional Owner...
Traditional Owners from across south-east Arnhem Land have used the 2026 Barunga Festival to build support for Indigenous-led water governance, collecting signatures on a petition calling for greater...
First Nations leader Karina Lester cites her father's painful survival of nuclear testing as a poignant reason for joining former Environment Minister Peter Garrett in a crowd-funded review of Austral...
Traditional Owners have removed a boatload of rubbish from sea Country from one of Australia's most remote bays, with some items believed to date back to the 1950s.
Samoa has launched new biodiversity, invasive species and environmental communication tools as part of National Environment Week. The week was held under the theme "Local Actions for Global Impact" an...
Key points:- A native fish species, the Balston's pygmy perch was thought to be locally extinct before this discovery- Bibbul Ngarma Aboriginal Association's BoorYul-Bah-Bilya Program aims to address...