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2005

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8 December: Shark tagging in the North (Bush Telegraph, Radio National)

Compere talks with Dr Corey Bradshaw from Charles Darwin University, about their shark tagging operation to ascertain the extent of impacts of illegal fishing on shark populations. (more)

30 November: Shark fishing under scrutiny (ABC News)

Northern Territory scientists are about to start a three-year study into the sustainability of shark fishing in Australia's northern waters. (full text)

29 November: Fishermen to tag sharks (News.com.au)

Shark fishermen committed to put the industry on a sustainable footing have agreed to start tagging in northern Australian waters. (full text)

24 November: Turning arts into viable business (National Indigenous Times)

Indigenous people can create extremely successful business enterprises out of the crafts and textiles of their traditional culture. (full text .pdf, 90KB)

15 November: Icons under threat: Kakadu (the Age)

The bountiful life in the Northern Territory's famed national park is at risk, scientists warn, because of rising sea levels. (full text)

11 November: Top End shark survey (NT News)

A new study to investigate the number of sharks being taken out of northern Australia waters has been launched. (full text .pdf, 55KB)

8 November: Australia not alone in battle against illegal fishing (ABC Far North Queensland)

Dr Merrilyn Wasson is an academic from both the Australian National and Charles Darwin Universities. Dr. Wasson is also currently working with the Arafura and Timor Seas Experts Forum (ATSEF) - the only forum in which Indonesia, Timor-Leste (East Timor) and Australia work collaboratively to promote the sustainable use and management of the living resources of the Arafura and Timor Seas. (full text)

28 October: No sign of bird flu in Kakadu's magpie geese (ABC radio NT)

As part of the same program of monitoring, the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy carried out testing of magpie geese in Kakadu National Park in August. (full text)

27 October: Banteng (ABC Catalyst)

A shy and elusive animal is proving a difficult test for our existing attitudes to conservation and feral animals. (full text)

11 October: Agile wallaby numbers improving (ABC News)

Northern Territory researchers helping to improve Darwin's resident agile wallaby population say their management program is showing some early signs of success. (full text)

9 October: Raising fears of killer combo (The Mercury)

The cancer killing Tasmanian devils is unlikely to cause the species' extinction on its own, says a new study. (full text)

4 October: Tourists 'need educating' about croc risks (ABC News)

Crocodile experts say tourists and tour operators need to be better educated about the reptiles to avoid further attacks in Western Australia's far north. (full text)

19 September: NT crocs wired for science (ABC News)

Northern Territory researchers are wiring satellite transmitters to crocodiles in Kakadu National Park in an effort to monitor the movements of 25 saltwater crocodiles. (full text)

28 July: Crocodile safaris environmentally sustainable (ABC radio WA)

The Northern Territory plan to allow crocodile hunting safaris would be environmentally sustainable, says a wildlife expert. (full text)

13 May: War on new pest grass gets rhino by the horns (The Australian)

A leading Top End scientist has called for African grazing animals to be brought into the Northern Territory to control a pestilent grass described as the 'plant equivalent of the cane toad'. (full text)

29 March: Ferals may help northern woodlands (ABC National Rural News)

Feral animals like donkeys and camels are being touted as possible saviours for woodland areas in northern and central Australia. (full text)

28 March: Smoke Study (ABC Nexus Leading Edge)

A Darwin study clearly links bushfire smoke over the city to an increase in the number of people suffering from asthma attacks.(full text)

24 March: Fireweeds taking over in the north (ABC News online)

The plant equivalents of cane toads are transforming the northern Australian landscape in what could become an ecological disaster, experts say.

21 March: New technologies help improve sustainability (ABC News online)

New technologies are providing researchers with tools to protect the Northern Territory's land and wildlife. (full text)

15 March: East Point Wallabies face being wiped out (NT News)

Darwin's East Point Reserve agile wallaby population risks being wiped out if more than 20 wallabies a year are killed, a study by Charles Darwin University has found.

3 March: Endangered cows prosper at Cobourg (National Indigenous Times)

Northern Territory: A species of cattle native to Indonesia and listed internationally as an endangered species is thriving on the Cobourg Peninsula under the management of traditional owners. (full text)

21 February: The devil's ark (The Age)

It's a smelly, cantankerous little beast. But the Tasmanian devil needs our love and science if it is to beat a biological crisis that may threaten its survival. (full text)

20 February: Sympathy for the devil (Sydney Morning Herald)

A Noah's Ark may be the only way to save the species, writes Andrew Darby. (full text)

17 February: Zoo plan for devils as species heads towards extinction - Jocelyn Nettlefold (ABC 7:30 Report)

Tasmania is at risk of losing another iconic species. (full text)

10 February: Tassie devil disease pattern emerges (ABC Science online)

Tasmanian devil numbers have crashed due to disease in the past, according to an Australian researcher, who says current responses to its mysterious facial tumour might do more damage than good. (full text)

28 January: The magic of morinda - Kate Sieper (ABC News NT Country Hour)

Along the coast of Arnhem land grows a small bush with yellow fruit. Known locally as cheesyfruit, it is in fact morinda. (full text)

27 January: Native pets - Kate Sieper (ABC News NT Country Hour)

What kind of pet suits you? Are you a dog person, maybe a cat person? Or maybe a turtle kind of person? (full text)

14 January: Grant to fund new tropical research laboratory (ABC News)

The Charles Darwin University in the Northern Territory will spend a new $2 million Federal Government grant on building laboratory space for its tropical researchers. (full text)