Building dams to protect Lismore from flooding would cost billions. Could nature do it better?

The unprecedented flooding in New South Wales in 2022 killed 13 people across the state, left 4,000 properties uninhabitable and damaged a further 10,900 homes. Lismore was especially hard hit…

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Melanesian nations announce intention to create massive ocean reserve corridor

A group of Pacific island nations have agreed to formally establish the Melanesian Ocean Corridor of Reserves (MOCOR), a massive transboundary marine protected area (MPA) that will span their territorial…

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