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Australia: CSIRO dismantles 'integrated' climate science group as pressure mounts
2016-05-28 07:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: CSIRO's deep cuts to its science programs have come under fresh criticism with the head of a global network of monitoring stations warning Australia will lose key researchers that will dent the country's ability to manage future climate change. Almost all the staff at CSIRO's Yarralumla, ACT site researching how vegetation is responding to rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns information that feeds into the world's main climate models have been told their jobs are "surplus to...
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Wool Prices in Australia (Weekly Report)
2016-05-27 17:06:22| EmergingTextiles.com
Wool prices have this week remained unchanged in Australia, in line with a similar stability of the Aussie dollar. Our report delivers a comprehensive view of wool prices in Australia, with a long list of micron types in A$, US$ and euro terms. Historical charts are also available, such as downloadable historical data. Links to weekly market reports in New Zealand and South African are provided.
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Australia Pressed UN To Ignore Great Barrier Reef In Key Climate Report
2016-05-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: A key paper about the threats of climate change to World Heritage sites intentionally left off any mention of the Great Barrier Reef after the Australian government raised an objection, according to a report from the Guardian. The reef, which is experiencing the worst coral bleaching event on record, was removed after officials from the Australian Environment Department said inclusion would have had a negative impact on tourism. "Recent experience in Australia had shown that negative commentary...
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Australia removed from UN world heritage climate report
2016-05-27 13:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: All references to climate change's impact on World Heritage sites in Australia have been removed from a United Nations report. A draft of the report contained a chapter on the Great Barrier Reef and references to Kakadu and Tasmania. But Australia's Department of the Environment requested that Unesco scrub these sections from the final version. A statement from the department said the report could have had an impact on tourism to Australian. It also said the report's title, Destinations at Risk,...
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Australia removed from United Nations climate report over tourism fears
2016-05-27 09:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IUSBPreface: In Latin America, Coro and its port, in Venezuela; Huascaran National Park in Peru; Atlantic Forest - Southeast Reserves in Brazil; and the National Park Rapa Nui, Chile, are the other vulnerable sites on the World Heritage and Tourism report in a changing climate, prepared by UNESCO in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Union of Concerned Scientists (USC). Numerous world's most important coral reefs, including in the islands of New Caledonia in the western...
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