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An endangered owl has stopped a mining giant in its tracks in Tasmania
Environmentalists who took legal action to prevent a toxic waste dump in an ancient pocket of Tasmania’s Tarkine rainforest are celebrating a federal court win. The Bob Brown Foundation is a Tasmanian NGO which promotes the protection of the Australian state’s wild and natural places of ecological significance.
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An endangered owl has stopped a mining giant in its tracks in Tasmania
Plans to bury the Tarkane under “50 metres of toxic sludge” have been paused by Australia's federal court.
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Tongerlongeter: First Nations Leader and Tasmanian War Hero
Henry Reynolds, Nicholas Clements
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'Not clean, not green, not even healthy': Author slams salmon farming
Prize-winning author Richard Flanagan slams the Tasmanian salmon industry, describing it as disastrous for the environment, with overstated health benefits — and alleging the public had not been told the extent of the expansion plans for fish farms around the state.
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Critically endangered herb thriving on Macquarie Island after seven-year feral animal eradication program
A critically-endangered herb once thought extinct on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island has been found growing at a new location as the world-heritage site continues its rabbit-free recovery. The remote island was declared free of pests in 2014, following a seven-year feral animal eradication project.
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This rainforest was once a grassland savanna maintained by Aboriginal people – until colonisation
Two hundred years of forced dispossession cannot erase millennia of land ownership and connection to country.
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How Australia's smallest state wound up in the middle of America's biggest drug crisis
Australia's island state is known for its rich history and pristine environment — it also plays a huge part of supplying the raw materials that make the painkillers at the centre of the United States' opioid crisis.
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Coal mining's potential resurgence in Tasmania prompts concerns from farmers
New coal mining exploration is getting support from the Tasmanian Government, but some farmers say they are not being adequately informed about potential developments on their land.
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Swift parrot habitat vital for survival of species could be destroyed by dam
Tasmanian forest considered important for the survival of the critically endangered swift parrot may be bulldozed to build a dam for a fish farm and golf course development. Glamorgan Spring Bay Council, on Tasmania’s east coast, wants to clear about 40ha of what scientists say is critical swift parrot breeding and foraging habitat to develop a 3,000m-litre-a-year dam near the town of Orford. The environment minister, Melissa Price, will now decide whether the proposal goes ahead.
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The Obsessive Search for the Tasmanian Tiger
Could a global icon of extinction still be alive?
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Return of 'ocean chimney' the size of Tasmania puzzles Antarctic scientists
A mysterious and rare hole the size of Tasmania has opened up in the Antarctic sea ice.
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Researchers Find Potential Cure for Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease.
A study led by University of Tasmania researchers Cesar Tovar and Gregory Woods has shown that immunotherapy can cure Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) of the devil facial tumor disease.
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Thylacines: Getting Inside the Head of an Extinct Predator
The thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, believed extinct, had the quick wit of a killer new research reveals. By Gemma Tarlach.
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Tasmanian devil milk fights superbugs
Milk from Tasmanian devils could offer up a useful weapon against antibiotic-resistant superbugs, according to Australian researchers.
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Water into wine
An island state bets on water to revive its fortunes
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Drone Footage of Shipsterns Bluff
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TimeLapse of Hobart
A timelapse of the city of Hobart, the capital of Tasmania.
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Since there isn't much here in /t/tasmania, I thought I'd post a nice article about this year's Dark MoFo which just recently ended
Dark Mofo festival is changing the way Australia's southernmost capital is being seen and enjoyed, by locals and tourists alike.
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