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Many actors, from the individual to neighborhood to municipal scale, influence the management of trees, grass, and other vegetation on residential properties. Recent work has been directed toward understanding the ecological characteristics of residential landscapes and the human drivers of landscape management; however, much of this work remains disciplinarily focused and at a single scale

Climate change could leave the 1,000-year-old conifers too stressed to seed, but a two-person cone-gathering operation aims to safeguard their survival Hunched against the wind in Tasmania’s central highlands are the floral relics of the last ice age. Walking among them, armed with a large pole and a cloth bag, is James Wood, the coordinator

You are offered the choice of two envelopes and are told that one contains twice as much money as the other. You make your choice, open envelope one, and find that it contains $100. The referee asks if you would prefer envelope two. Since one envelope contains twice as much money as the other, but you do

Publication date: September 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 175 Author(s): Cara Maeztu Redín

Exclusive: group of former fire and emergency services leaders tell bushfire royal commission rapid detection technologies are vital Australia should deploy new “fast-attack strategies” to combat bushfires and stop small remote blazes turning into unstoppable mega fires, a group of 33 former fire and emergency services leaders have said. In a submission to the bushfires

Publication date: September 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 175 Author(s): Artti Juutinen, Anne Tolvanen, Miia Saarimaa, Paavo Ojanen, Sakari Sarkkola, Anssi Ahtikoski, Soili Haikarainen, Jouni Karhu, Arto Haara, Mika Nieminen, Timo Penttilä, Hannu Nousiainen, Juha-Pekka Hotanen, Kari Minkkinen, Mikko Kurttila, Kaisa Heikkinen, Tapani Sallantaus, Kaisu Aapala, Seppo Tuominen

Analysis finds reduced economic activity in Australia over five weeks likely to have cut emissions from power generation by only 1% Sign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus email Download the free Guardian app to get the most important news notifications Coronavirus Australia maps and cases: live numbers and statistics Global greenhouse gas emissions are

Report says steel made with renewable hydrogen could become a multibillion-dollar export industry employing 25,000 people in central Queensland and Hunter Valley A new Australian green steel industry could create tens of thousands of jobs in regional areas reliant on coalmining, particularly in central Queensland and the Hunter Valley, giving them a future as demand