Automated environmental news summaries generated from iEnvi’s monitoring workflow.
💬 “The Albanese Government’s new Local Government Climate Risk Guide brings together integrated, accurate, timely, and accessible information that underpins expert advice.”
This statement from Assistant Minister Josh Wilson MP marks a notable change in how Australian councils will evaluate climate
💰 Landholders can now stack water quality credits on top of carbon projects nationwide. The expansion of water quality markets beyond the Great Barrier Reef catchment represents a significant shift for environmental markets in Australia.
💧 A ten-year strategy to combat toxic blue-green algal blooms is officially underway in the ACT, representing one of the more structured long-term approaches to urban catchment management in the region.
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Great to see Australian innovation leading the charge on solving one of the most complex challenges in water remediation. Researchers from Flinders University and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) have designed a 2.8-nanometre molecular cage.
🛰️ An 800-square-metre patch of cleared land is all it takes for satellite surveillance to trigger an EPA Victoria inspection. In partnership with researchers from the University of Melbourne, @EPA Victoria has launched a near real-time tracking tool that analyses satellite imagery every two weeks.
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Holding an EPA Victoria operating licence without a fully compliant risk management system is about to get much riskier. EPA Victoria has released its updated regulatory guideline for preparing Risk Management and Monitoring Programmes (RMMPs).
🔬 Congratulations to the research team at the University of Queensland on a biological remediation result that could reshape how we manage toxic mining tailings.
🐜 Congratulations to the Tiwi Rangers and @CSIRO on achieving a globally significant biosecurity milestone in the Northern Territory. After a painstaking two-decade campaign, Melville Island is now officially declared free of the highly destructive tropical fire ant (Solenopsis geminata).
⚠️ The detection of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in native Australian wild birds has triggered an emergency national response. Commonwealth, state, and territory environment ministers have convened an emergency meeting to coordinate a cross-jurisdictional response.
📋 Failing to align physical asset risk with the new national standards could leave your next development uninsurable. The federal government has released the final National Climate Scenario Guidance.