News: Environment Institute

Researchers win R&D award with Goyder Institute

The Goyder Institute Partners were recently awarded the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Water Association’s SA Branch R&D Award for the Institute’s second term research program. This is a wonderful recognition of the quality and impact of the Institute’s research, with the award acknowledging its significant contribution to a sustainable and prosperous water future for South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ and ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥.

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Echidna CSI wins at the SA Science Excellence and Innovations Awards

We are delighted to have had four Environment Institute members/teams as finalists at the SAÌýScience Excellence and Innovations Awards 2021.

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Awards for the Enhancement and innovation of student learning

These awards recognise the diverse range of activities, services and programs that contribute to student learning and engagement at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide. They serve to highlight the important role that staff from all areas of the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ have in supporting us to achieve our strategic goals.

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Alien organisms - are they a threat to biosecurity?

The research provides clear evidence of how humans have spread organisms to the remotest regions of the earth and sea, and even into space.

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Humans hastened the extinction of the woolly mammoth

New research shows that humans had a significant role in the extinction of woolly mammoths in Eurasia, occurring thousands of years later than previously thought.Ìý

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Launch of Professor Sarah Wheelers' book - Water Markets: A Global Assessment

National Water Week aims to inspire individuals, communities and organisations to build awareness around the value of water and this years' event was a ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide success.

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Researchers survey to find out what stakeholders think about Murray Darling water allocation

Researchers at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide’s Adelaide Law School are surveying Murray Darling Basin stakeholders about their beliefs regarding water trading and ownership of water rights to help inform future policy.

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Bear parts are being smuggled in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ and New Zealand

In a paper published inÌý, researchers from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide in collaboration with the Monitor Conservation Research Society and the Wildlife Justice Commission examined the demand for bear parts and products in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ and New Zealand.

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