A report has warned that the rate of mosquito-borne diseases, such as Ross River virus, will continue to rise unless careful land clearing practices are adopted.

Economists have found that the Australian Government’s emissions trading scheme may accidentally encourage logging in native forests.

As increasing numbers of people move to the region, Brisbane City Council is assessing the feasibility of using asset-based management processes, traditionally used for managing infrastructure such as bridges and roads, to help define and manage natural assets such as wetlands, parks and water quality. It’s an approach that puts the value of ecosystem services on the same level as other key infrastructure.

A mathematical model used to assess the nutrient balance of the kakapo diet has the potential to help solve a huge challenge to saving the endangered native parrot.

While permaculture has had a low profile in the West, it has been the key to self-sufficiency for many people in the developing world. Given that climate change and sustainable development are dominating world headlines, the concept is finally beginning to get mainstream recognition in Australia – the home of permaculture. Rachel Sullivan spoke to co-originator David Holmgren.

Rising water temperatures could threaten Antarctic krill, as research has found that their survival is dependent on spring-time growth of sea ice algae.

The global food shortage isn't just an agricultural problem, it affects environmental, defence and refugee policies, and there is no quick fix solution, argues Julian Cribb.

Climate change is a hot topic. University of Technology Sydney researchers are changing the parameters of the global debate by refining models for predicting change.

The world's struggling coral reefs now have a new challenge to overcome - seaweeds are releasing chemicals that prevent them from recovering, research has found.

Although a single wave can shift the sea bed, research has found beaches change very little over a week, suggesting nature has its own way of achieving equilibrium.

Foreign plant species now make up half of Australia's flora, research has found, and experts say many of them could be 'weeds in waiting'.

We need to establish the optimal use of Tasmania’s forest resources in an era of climate change and carbon sequestration, argues Fred Gale.

War time style rationing is one of the solutions proposed for slashing our carbon emissions, in a new book calling for the most radical transformation of the economy and society since the Industrial Revolution. We’ve only got 10 years to do it – but it’s possible. Alexandra De Blas spoke with the authors.

Climate change is inevitable, but biofuels replacing food production, and thereby increasing food prices further, is not, writes Professor Lindsay Falvey.

New research on black cockatoos could allow gold mines to plan their revegetation in a way that would provide food and habitat for the endangered birds.