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• Sheep farmers are helping save Tasmania’s native grasslands: ‘We’re better off working together’

  21-12-2024 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Critically endangered grasslands in Tasmania’s Midlands were being destroyed by agriculture, but an innovative partnership has protected the remaining ecosystem – and local farmers’ profitsSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterWhen Tasmania’s lowland native grasslands were first recommended for national listing as a critically endangered ecosystem in 2007, mistrust between farmers and conservationists was high.“We walked out of a stakeholder meeting in the R
  
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• On a wing and a prayer: the hidden beauty of insect’s flight – in pictures

  21-12-2024 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  For the past decade, the Barcelona-based visual artist Xavi Bou has devoted his work to revealing “the hidden beauty of natural movement”. His initial focus was birds; now he’s moved on to insects. In collaboration with US entomologist Adrian Smith he’s created an eye-popping series that captures – by merging multiple frames into a single image – the rhythmic flutterings of butterflies and chaotic leaps of spittlebugs and treehoppers. As well as their beauty,
  
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• Vegan no more: a beloved Asheville plant-based cafe pivots to stay afloat post-hurricane

  21-12-2024 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Rosetta’s Kitchen in North Carolina now dishes up donated animal products to weather steep losses and feed people in need – but not all are happy with the changeOne day in October, a trailer with an unusual delivery pulled up outside Rosetta’s Kitchen, a beloved vegan restaurant in downtown Asheville, North Carolina.The contents: 1,500lbs of donated frozen meat, destined for area residents eating free meals at the restaurant after Hurricane Helene battered the region in late Se
  
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• ‘I didn’t realize the role rice played’: the ingenious crop cultivation of the Gullah Geechee people

  21-12-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Researchers in North Carolina used underwater sonar to map a system created by enslaved people centuries agoAs a former deputy state underwater archaeologist, Mark Wilde-Ramsing can’t help but look down. While rowing around North Carolina’s Eagles Island, at the tip of the Gullah Geechee corridor, he noticed signs of human-made structures, visible at low tide. Though he’d retired, he was still active in the field and knew his former agency hadn’t recorded the structures &
  
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• ‘We’re still in survival mode’: anger persists in Valencia weeks after floods

  21-12-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Wreckage from Spain’s worst natural disaster this century may have been cleared but life for many remains in disarrayThe warm Valencia air, still thick with dust and carrying a residual note of mud and damp concrete, begins to reek on the approach to the roadside dump where diggers toil, gulls scavenge and the detritus of countless everyday lives rises in mounds.Almost two months on, the legacy of the worst natural disaster to hit Spain this century is equally evident in the oranges rottin
  
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• UK to ban bee-killing pesticides but highly toxic type could still be allowed

  21-12-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Ministers set out plans for outlawing neonicotinoids but considering application by farmers to use Cruiser SBBee-killing pesticides are to be banned by the UK government, as ministers set out plans to outlaw the use of neonicotinoids.However, the highly toxic neonicotinoid Cruiser SB could be allowed for use next year, as ministers are considering applications from the National Farmers’ Union and British Sugar. Continue reading...
  
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• Bee-harming pesticides' emergency approvals to end

  21-12-2024 02:19 via bbc.com
  
  Planned legal changes will see three neonicotinoid pesticides completely banned from any future use.
  
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• Guardian Australia’s best photos of 2024 – in pictures

  21-12-2024 00:00 via theguardian.com
  
  From break dancing to nude bathers and the country’s best mullets, here’s a selection of our photographers’ finest work Continue reading...
  
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• Don’t be a beach bum: how to reduce your environmental footprint in the sand

  21-12-2024 00:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Here are the simplest ways to have a sustainable summer holidayMore summer essentialsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWith Australia’s love of an annual beach holiday comes a revolving door of new “must have” gear: sunshades, blow-up toys, fold-out chairs and endless gadgets to keep us entertained.But how much of it do we really need, and what are the simplest ways to reduce your environmental footprint in the sand? Continue reading...
  
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