Youth coalitions are forming across Australia, often in the form of dispersed networks, to take a proactive, mainstream stake in the environmental change agenda.

Arguments over the science and economics of climate change dominate the national debate, but the social justice and humanitarian imperatives for action are gaining weight.

How best to ensure the survival of the last remaining dingoes on Fraser Island is a matter of continuing controversy.

The tenacious efforts of a small conservation organisation are helping restore indigenous flora and fauna in Sri Lanka's southern communities through a technique known as Analog Forestry.

Landcare's 20th birthday celebrations from 7 to 13 September this year provided an opportunity for Australians to reflect on the movement's significant legacy.

Throughout Australia a growing number of domestic users as well as commercial and industrial organisations are relying on groundwater to compensate for shrinking surface water reserves.

Emerging 21st century challenges require higher education institutions to play a key role in developing graduates and professionals, particularly in engineering and design, who can forge sustainable solutions.

Poverty reduction and halving the proportion of the global population living in extreme poverty by 2015 is one of the eight Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations at the Millennium Summit in 2000.

Organisations and communities each face different challenges in adapting to climate change effects. Experts have differing perspectives on where effort should be focused, but they agree that steps to minimise risks need to be taken.