The outdoors has something for everyone, but is nature accessible to all? This panel explores the diverse value of nature, some of the barriers South Australians experience in accessing it, and showcases programs that are working to make it easier for everyone to connect to nature. Cosmos presents this recording from South Australia’s Nature Festival …Continue readingNature is for everyone
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Tree diversity not just in rainforests
Rainforests get the headlines, but other forests also are home to thousands of unique and important tree species, new research reveals. An international team studied DNA data from more than 10,000 forest and savanna sites across the Americas and discovered that nearly 30% of tree evolutionary diversity is only to be found in temperate and …Continue readingTree diversity not just in rainforests
Gender equity in science
“I would have been a scientist… but I was denied access to an education” says Aboriginal activist and Kaurna Senior Clan Leader Georgina Williams. Williams’ story formed part of her Welcome to Country for the Catalysing Gender Equity 2020: Be part of the solution conference. And it was that story on unfairness, injustice, and her …Continue readingGender equity in science
Australia’s ethnic face is changing
It’s often said that no matter who we are, “we all bleed red”. But although our blood may be the same colour, we’re as individual on the inside as we are on the surface. Just like our background determines the way we look, where we come from is one of the major factors that influences …Continue readingAustralia’s ethnic face is changing