News: Environment Institute
VIDEO: iBandi video released from the SA Science Excellence and Innovation Awards 2021
Researchers and citizen scientists from iBandi are delighted to have their explainer video released this week.
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.
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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