AUSTRALIA ENDANGERED SPECIES: “Three birds — Pink Cockatoo, Hooded Robin and Diamond Firetail — have recently been added to Australia’s list of threatened species, while two others — the Red Goshawk and Painted Button-quail — have had their conservation status ‘uplisted’. ” More info at BirdLife Australia
BIRDS: “After 10 years at the helm of BirdLife Australia — a decade of great change in bird conservation – the CEO of BirdLife Australia, Paul Sullivan, is stepping down.
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION NEWS FROM NAEE IN THE UK
FOREST & BIRD STAMPS RAISE AWARENESS OF CONSERVATION: As part of its 100th centennial celebrations, Forest & Bird has partnered with New Zealand Post… and here above are the resulting wonderfully designed set of stamps! There will be a separate article by me on this topic – meantime, here is the press release
GEOGRAPHY: When the Nullarbor Plain in Australia dried up, what happened next??
Find out more here
SKIES: ” This month (April) the night skies around the poles and New Zealand became ablaze with the glow of Tahu-nui-ā-Rangi, the southern lights, an event caused by a large ejection of material from the sun’s atmosphere crashing into Earth’s magnetic field. ”
More at Antarctica New Zealand
