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Consensus can be wrong
Kill Crocodiles for fun and profit
Allowing tourists to kill and sell crocodiles is definitely worth considering
Driving a Star Picket Through Conservation
Governments Gone Wild
Australia's Environment Undergoing Renewal, Not Collapse
In his new book Collapse Jared Diamond contends that the Australian environment is generally unproductive and has been irreversibly damaged by European farming, forestry and fisheries practices. Diamond reflects a popular view that is continually...
Are koalas in decline?
Conservation at any cost
The Uses and Value of National Parks: Does More Mean Worse?
Politicians are happy to lock up vast areas around the country as national parks, but are not willing to actually maintain them. Instead of continuously expanding the park area, we should be making better use of the parks we already have. "If we...
'Threats' to the Great Barrier Reef
Over the years, we have been told that coral-eating starfish, oil pollution, overfishing, fertilizer runoff, silt, agrichemicals, sewerage, anchor damage, people walking on the reef, ship groundings and global warming were each imminent threats to...