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Global warming may cause 11-inch rise in sea levels by 2100
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Australia warns neighbors to stop illegal rainforest logging
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Australian industry embraces green energy while government fights emissions cuts
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Coral reefs decimated by 2050, Great Barrier Reef’s coral 95% dead
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Photovoltaic solar energy conversion can be cost-competitive by 2030
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Australia’s freshwater ecosystems threatened by climate change
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Great White Shark swims 12,400 miles, shocks scientists
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Satellite monitors health of coral reefs
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Climate change could have significant impact on health of Australians
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Crocodile blood shows anti-HIV activity
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Reefs worth more for tourism than fishing in Australia
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Cane toads increasingly a problem in Australia
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Amazon Conservation
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Land rights and extractives
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Endangered Environmentalists
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Indonesia's Forest Guardians
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Conservation Effectiveness
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- From rat-ridden to reserve, Redonda is an island restoration role model
- Video: Rice as a peace offering in India’s human-elephant conflict capital
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Southeast Asian infrastructure
- Indonesia’s new capital ‘won’t sacrifice the environment’: Q&A with Nusantara’s Myrna Asnawati Safitri
- Small farmers in limbo as Cambodia wavers on Tonle Sap conservation rules
- To build its ‘green’ capital city, Indonesia runs a road through a biodiverse forest
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