The foolish government in Australia lead by Scott Morrison has lost re-election, why is this good news and why should the rest of the world celebrate?
Continue reading “The government of Australia has been voted out, why is this good news?”New Australian study on reef in a no fishing zone, shows what can happen when reefs are untouched by humans
The reef in question – The Rowley Shoals, are an isolated archipelago about 260km off Australia’s north west coast.
What was found was incredible. Between its protection from fishing, its location and the shape of the reef it has sustained species long lost elsewhere.
Species of giant fish like humphead Maori wrasse and humphead Parrotfish (both growing to over 1.5m were a regular sight, despite the fact that globally they are threatened with extinction. Of particular excitement, across the long study, there was no discernible change in the quantity of these fish – even as they were seen less and less regularly elsewhere.
Efforts must be made to maintain reefs like this, in their unblemished state. These reefs are far more capable of dealing with environmental changes, and hopefully one day there will be a need to reseed reefs in more accessible parts of the world.
Recent evidence suggests that dingoes arrived in Australia 1500 years later than first thought: why is this important and should it give us more courage in repatriating Tasmanian devils to the mainland
While the dingo made look like part of the native fauna of Australia, that is not the case. They were bought there by aboriginal people.