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Murray-Darling Basin water theft laws suck more than river irrigation pumps

Water is one of ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥â€™s most valuable commodities.
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ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥â€™s least wanted – 8 alien species and diseases we must keep out of our islandÌýhome
This week’s landmark report on the impact ofÌý revealed costs to the global economy exceeded US$423 billion (A$654 billion) a year in 2019. Costs have at leastÌý every decade since 1970 and that trend is set to continue.
Water buybacks are back on the table in the Murray-Darling Basin. Here’s a refresher on how theyÌýwork.
The Federal government has announced a new round of strategic water buybacks in the Murray-Darling Basin. The government intends to purchase water entitlements from voluntary sellers in parts of New South Wales and Queensland.
Future Fellowship announcement
Congratulations to Environment Institute's , who was awarded an for his project 'Quantifying the economic and social impacts of drought in rural ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥' in the recently announced round.
Understanding global trade networks could help us spread the load of environmental contamination
Rice travels a long way to get to your dinner plate. It may have been harvested from a paddy field in Vietnam, processed and packaged in a factory in Bangladesh, and transported via freight ship to eventually land in your local supermarket.
ARC Success for EnvironmentÌýInstitute
Congratulations to our Environment Institute members who have been awarded over $2.8M across five ARC Discovery Projects and two ARC LIEF Project.
Research suggests reliance on modern irrigation technologies is a 'zombie' theory
A team of scientists, including experts from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, suggest that reliance on modern irrigation technologies as a water-use efficiency strategy is a ‘zombie idea’ – one that persists no matter how much evidence is thrown against it.
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