Research shows maternal diets are important for children’s dietary quality
Improving the dietary quality of women and children is essential to reduce all forms of malnutrition. Dietary diversity, a key component of high-quality diets, enables the intake of essential nutrients and promotes adequate health.
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Research reveals key drivers for migration south
With the build-up on the way, new research has found that along with the tyranny of distance and high living costs, heat is one of the key drivers moving people from the tropics to Australia’s cooler southern states.
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Science, sunshine and spear-throwing at Kenbi Rangers Culture Camp
It was bright and early as Inspired NT’s Carla Eisemberg and I threw our camping gear in the car. We were off to Wagait Beach for the 2020 Kenbi Ranger Junior Culture Camp.
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CDU researcher named NT’s Young Tall Poppy
Charles Darwin University ecologist Dr Carla Eisemberg has won the Northern Territory Young Tall Poppy Science Award for 2020 for her outstanding research that has the potential to influence health and sustainable harvest enterprises in remote communities.
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Ecologist links more weeds to camels
The much maligned buffel grass was not the only weed brought to arid Australia by camel, according to long-term Central Australian ecologist Dr Margaret Friedel.
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Discovery of new glider species highlights conservation risk
Research by Charles Darwin University has changed what was known about the charismatic nectar-loving sugar glider, finding that they are at more risk than ever, particularly after the recent bushfires devastating south-eastern Australia.
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Research calls for cultural valuing of Aussie species
Indigenous values should be at the centre of conservation planning and decision making to ensure more equitable environmental and cultural outcomes, according to research by a Charles Darwin University PhD candidate.
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Research provides roadmap towards global species list
A roadmap to an agreed list of all the world’s species, from mammals and birds to plants, fungi and microbes, has been created for the first time and could have global impacts for their conservation.
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Territory tales to celebrate turtle day
A series of short videos on turtles from the Territory including the story of “Bubbles”, a critically endangered Hawksbill, who was rescued in the waters off Gove, will go live this weekend to celebrate World Turtle Day on Saturday, 23 May.
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