Brett Murphy
@brettpmurphy
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Researching tropical savannas, fire ecology, and what's driving the decline of northern Australia's mammals. #TeamADHD
Darwin, Northern Territory
Joined December 2012
Published in #CPExtinction: This is the way the world ends; not with a bang but a whimper: Estimating the number and ongoing rate of extinctions of Australian non-marine invertebrates ➡️ https://t.co/D6TSWyTBxu
@brettpmurphy #extinction #conservation
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Environment Centre NT launches legal action against government's Mataranka water plan https://t.co/Ci6u2zAB5s via @ABCaustralia
abc.net.au
An NT environment group has launched legal action against the government's Mataranka water plan, which allows 62,000 ML/year to be extracted from the aquifer feeding the iconic hot springs.
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Claravale Farm owners and NT government settle legal action over unpermitted land clearing https://t.co/GBJrDdvzcY via @ABCaustralia
abc.net.au
The owners of Claravale Farm, who cleared 286 hectares of the property without a land-clearing permit, have reached a settlement with the Northern Territory government.
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Around 9000 invertebrate species are likely to have become extinct in Australia since Europeans arrived and between 1-3 are disappearing every week, a new study has found. @Biodivcouncil member Professor John Woinarksi from @CDUni caught up with @michlstan on ABC Radio to
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#PhD offer! Love African wild dogs, fancy biologging & move ecol, field work in Africa, solving key conservation problems? Do a PhD on our fully funded NERC CROCUS DLA with @RosieWoodroffe, our ZSL-Kenya CASE partners & me. Open also to intl candidates! https://t.co/Cm6bVlAE7L
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Woolworths urged to stop sourcing salmon from Macquarie Harbour to protect Maugean skate
abc.net.au
Shareholder activists have failed in their bid to stop Woolworths sourcing farmed salmon from a Tasmanian harbour that is home to an endangered marine species.
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Environmentalists, traditional owners flag concerns about Northern Territory's 'dangerous' environmental law change
abc.net.au
A leaked paper tabled in parliament by the opposition sets out the government's plan to establish a Territory Coordinator who could "step in" and take over the assessment process for major projects.
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Want genuine progress towards restoring nature? Follow these 4 steps https://t.co/IF4XTfVFLQ via @ConversationEDU
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A mining company has been green-lit to clear banksia woodlands north of Perth, although the area was declared a threatened ecological community in 2016. "Protecting large and representative areas of these beautiful woodlands is critical to the survival of the species that depend
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Warning to investors - don’t risk millions on oil and gas in the Kimberley - time to ban onshore petroleum industry in world's largest, most intact tropical savannah @RogerCookMLA
https://t.co/dcCW32mnPO
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Lower Murray River and Macquarie Marshes may be designated 'critically endangered'. Here's what that means
abc.net.au
A long stretch of the Murray River and the massive Macquarie Marshes wetland in NSW could soon be designated "threatened ecological communities" by the federal government. Here's what that means.
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Government-contracted loggers underestimate the number of endangered greater gliders in areas set for logging
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Logging is set to continue in areas where hundreds of endangered gliders have been sighted, despite conservationists warning the government regulator of their presence.
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Happy to co-sign this call to coordinate #climatechange & #biodiversity policies to maximize synergies & avoid negative outcomes. Read the full letter to #COP16 & #COP29 Presidents https://t.co/rH2mRbDL66 Signed by 140+ scientists from 50 countries incl #IPBES & #IPCC authors♨️🍃
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Nearly 40 environment groups have written to the PM, urging him to “demonstrate the political leadership required” and negotiate with the Senate crossbench to amend nature legislation to better deal with the climate crisis and native forest logging.
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Letter to PM accuses handful of businesses and mining interests, mainly in WA, of trying to ‘undermine and derail’ law
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In her closing address to the Nature Positive Summit, @tanya_plibersek said, "We know that nature repair is great for jobs. It's great for businesses and communities." We completely agree which is why we think it is such a no-brainer for the Australian Government to lift their
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What is Nature Positive? Unlike the Australian government - we have adopted the internationally recognised science-based definition
Wondering what Nature Positive means? We’ve got you covered! Our helpful guide for businesses and government sets out the key points you need to know to drive Nature Positive changes for a more sustainable future. Read the guide: https://t.co/JvUeW9a9Ug
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During question time this week, @SophieScamps MP asked the federal environment minister @tanya_plibersek about our new research that found that the Australian Government spends $26 billion per year subsidising activities that are likely to be harming nature.
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We captured a lot of really neat lynx footage this past fall and winter! They are just such ethereal looking creatures, and its always a highlight when we get footage of them, especially in the daylight. We were going to make a video sharing our best lynx footage from the fall
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