News: Environment
Taronga Zoo Sydney celebrates Asian Elephants with traditional Thai Ceremony
Taronga Zoo Sydney recently celebrated their Asian Elephants, Pak Boon and Tang Mo, with a traditional blessing and ritual ceremony ahead of their upcoming move to South...
Mar 18, 2025
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Improved access for Tasmania’s Mount Field National Park
Improved access to Tasmania’s Mount Field National Park is being planned with the designs now out for public consultation. Mount Field is one of Tasmania’s oldest national parks...
Mar 18, 2025
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70-hectare sport and recreation area among features proposed for Adelaide’s New Northern Park Lands
The South Australian Government’s proposed new Northern Park Lands will be the most significant investment in public open space in Greater Adelaide. The Northern Parklands...
Mar 17, 2025
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$4.5 million eco-tourism revitalisation for Daintree National Park
Work has commenced on the $4.5 million 650-metre long Jindalba Boardwalk upgrade in far north Queensland's Daintree National Park. The boardwalk will have all-abilities access...
Mar 17, 2025
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Hong Kong Tourism Board launches campaign to inspire visitors to engage in Green Travel
The Hong Kong Tourism Board has launched a new campaign ‘Four Corners of Hong Kong’ – a video series inviting visitors to explore the four points of the compass in Hong Kong and...
Mar 17, 2025
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Giant Pandas settle into new habitat at Adelaide Zoo
Adelaide Zoo has advised that Giant Pandas, Xing qui and Yi Lan, have settled into their new Bamboo Forest habitat. As the only two pandas in Australia, and in the Southern...
Mar 17, 2025
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Registrations open for 'Heat Management in Sport and Exercise' Symposium
Sports Medicine Australia and the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport (JSAMS) are conducting a one-day Heat Management in Sport and Exercise Symposium – a hybrid event with...
Mar 17, 2025
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TreadLightly encourages tackling sport waste this Global Recycling Day
TreadLightly, a national recycling initiative, is encouraging local communities to take action against a growing sport waste problem by recycling unwanted sport shoes and balls...
Mar 16, 2025
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Royal Life Saving advises of 349 aquatic facilities impacted by ex-Cyclone Alfred
Royal Life Saving Australia has advised of the widespread disruption to aquatic facilities across South East Queensland and Northern NSW wrought by Tropical Cyclone Alfred. The...
Mar 16, 2025
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AMCS welcomes wetland restoration funding to protect Great Barrier Reef from pollution
With water pollution being the biggest local threat to the Reef and requiring a long-term commitment to wetland restoration, the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS)...
Mar 16, 2025
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Penguin Parade summer season experiences record 47 sell out nights
The summer season for Phillip Island’s world-famous Penguin Parade experienced a record 47 sell out nights between December 2024 and February 2025 with visitors able to get...
Mar 16, 2025
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Queensland Garden Show’s new name reflects event’s evolution
The Queensland Garden Show - formerly the Queensland Garden Expo - returns to the Nambour Showgrounds from 11th to 13th July for its 41st year, with a fresh new name that...
Mar 16, 2025
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2025 Global Sustainable Tourism Conference to be hosted in Fiji
Set to bring together global leaders in sustainable tourism, including government representatives, destination managers, industry professionals and sustainability experts, the...
Mar 16, 2025
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Plans revived for $83 million Blue Mountains Wildlife Park
Plans have been revived to build an $83 million wildlife park in the Blue Mountains across ten hectares of land in Wentworth Falls. The renewed interest in the Wildlife Park...
Mar 14, 2025
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Funding secured to help reduce energy costs at Yarra Ranges' Monbulk Aquatic Centre
Yarra Ranges Council, located in the outer eastern and northeastern suburbs of Melbourne, has secured a grant of $1.9 million via the Australian Government’s Community Energy...
Mar 14, 2025
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Cost effective electric heat pumps installed at Sydney’s Victoria Park Pool
The City of Sydney has advised of energy efficient upgrades to its Victoria Park Pool - a facility which attracted more than 55,000 people in the summer months after it reopened...
Mar 13, 2025
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Formula 1 reports on sustainability and social progress across 2024 season
As Formula 1 returns for its 2025 season with this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix, the sport has released a round-up on the progress made towards its sustainability and social...
Mar 13, 2025
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PATA achieves full carbon neutrality
In 2024, for the first time, Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) achieved full carbon neutrality, offsetting emissions from all their events, operations, and...
Mar 13, 2025
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Ecotourism Australia acknowledges all impacted by ex-Cyclone Alfred
In January 2025, Ecotourism Australia acknowledged the impacts of recent climate events on operators, including those affected by flooding in Far North Queensland and by...
Mar 12, 2025
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O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat farewells family patriarch Peter O’Reilly
O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat has shared the sad news of the passing of Peter ‘Big Pete’ O’Reilly on 5th March advising "Big Pete was a true Guardian of the Rainforest, the...
Mar 12, 2025
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SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium announces rare arrival of baby grey nurse shark
In a moment of marine history, SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium has announced the rare arrival of a baby grey nurse shark. The tiny yet mighty male pup, affectionately named Archie by...
Mar 12, 2025
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2024 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards mark 40th edition of celebrating excellence and innovation
The 2024 edition of the Qantas Australian Tourism Awards hold special significance, marking 40 years of the Australian Tourism Awards recognising and highlighting outstanding...
Mar 12, 2025
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JCB announced as Premier Sponsor for 10th Edition of Sakura 2025 at Singapore's Gardens by the Bay
JCB, a major global payment brand and a leading credit card issuer and acquirer in Japan, has been announced as the premier sponsor for the 10th Edition of Sakura 2025 (Japan...
Mar 12, 2025
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Gold Coast theme parks reopen after Cyclone Alfred closure
Following disruption related to Tropical Cyclone Alfred last week the Gold Coast’s major theme parks reopened as of yesterday. Dreamworld, WhiteWater World, SkyPoint, Warner...
Mar 11, 2025
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