NERP Northern Australia Hub

NERP Northern Australia Hub The Northern Hub is a Commonwealth research initiative improving biodiversity conservation in northern Australia. The NERP Hub has now concluded.

Please follow our new research Hub at facebook.com/NESPnorthern! The Northern Australia Hub was part of the National Environmental Research Program - a four year initiative to improve biodiversity conservation in northern Australia through sound research and planning, innovative policy and strong partnerships

The Northern Australia Hub focused on the terrestrial, freshwater and estuarine ecosystems of the northern savanna landscapes.

Want to stay updated on the latest northern Australia environmental research news? Follow us at Northern Australia Envir...
03/03/2017

Want to stay updated on the latest northern Australia environmental research news? Follow us at Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub

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13/04/2016

Water is a contentious topic. It's central to the northern development agenda and a topic of significant discussion at the 2016 Northern Australia Conference. During today's panel discussion on water, our Hub leader Professor Michael Douglas stressed there is still time to get things right in northern Australia. Research from the NAER Hub will support sustainable development.

Invasive w**ds cause environmental and economic harm around the world. Our researcher Vanessa Adams discusses how w**d s...
07/04/2016

Invasive w**ds cause environmental and economic harm around the world. Our researcher Vanessa Adams discusses how w**d spread models are giving land managers an advantage. Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife

Post provided by VANESSA ADAMS Invasive w**ds cause environmental and economic harm around the world. Land managers bear a heavy responsibility for the control of infestations in what is often a ti…

24/03/2016
Can you spot the difference? Commercial fishers who incidentally interact with river sharks as bycatch are required to r...
18/03/2016

Can you spot the difference? Commercial fishers who incidentally interact with river sharks as bycatch are required to record these interactions in a logbook - and it helps our researchers too.River sharks look similar in many ways - but they have several distinctive identifying features.

Know the Difference – a large second dorsal fin separates both the northern river and speartooth sharks from the commonly found bull shark.

Remember that river sharks (northern river shark and speartooth sharks) are protected species and must be released safely back into the water.

Factsheets are available at the NESP (National Environmental Science Programme) website at www.nespmarine.edu.au/sawfish/species-information.

Photo credits: Peter Kyne (Charles Darwin University), Grant Johnson (Fisheries) and the Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO.

16/02/2016

Peter Liddy a Traditional Owner and Lama Lama Ranger describes why being a ranger is important to him.

Come join us in Kakadu National Park today to celebrate World Wetlands Day and learn how we tag and track fish. We'll be...
06/02/2016

Come join us in Kakadu National Park today to celebrate World Wetlands Day and learn how we tag and track fish. We'll be here until 1 pm

05/02/2016
21/01/2016

Hub researchers are producing cutting-edge mapping of critically endangered littoral rainforest in the Wet Tropics to support management decisions for …

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