Locals race to save giant rays stranded by monster tide on Australiaâs north-west coast
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Locals of the Shark Bay World Heritage Area along Australiaâs north-west coast have triumphed in their effort to save a squadron of a globally critically endangered rays, which wild weather stranded in a shallow pool.
The low pressure system coinciding with high tide caused a âking tideâ that pushed them into the pool, said local Leon Deschamps from aquatic film company Finn Films.
A resident saw the rays teeming in inches-deep water on her morning walk past Denham Lookout, affectionately known to locals as the Thong Shack, the shelter being draped in specimens of that ubiquitous footwear.
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Research centre adds solar power station in Siem Reap
Thu, 28 January 2021
The Ministry of Environment and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Cambodia officially launched a solar power plant and battery storage system at the Kesor Kol Sok An Phnom Kulen Research and Conservation Centre on Kulen mountain in Siem Reap province.
A ceremony to inaugurate the new system was held on January 27 and attended by representatives of the ministry, the Swedish embassy and other development partners as well as park rangers and community members.
Environment minister Say Sam Al noted that the solar power system was the first to be installed at a research centre in Cambodia, and it would play an important role in facilitating the centre’s work to identify and preserve of native plants like the Kesor Kol (wild orchid) and animals, particularly threatened, rare and endangered species.
Latest round of Recreational Boating Facilities Scheme grants allocated
Shire of Jerramungup and City of Rockingham to share more than $1 million
McGowan Government investing in growing needs of nearly 100,000 recreational vessel owners in WA
Latest grants support other major boating investments such as Lake Kepwari, Broome Town Beach Jetty and Ocean Reef Marina
More than $1.5 million has been allocated to major upgrades, replacements and planning for future works to improve boating facilities throughout Western Australia.
Round 25 of the Recreational Boating Facilities Scheme (RBFS), managed by the Department of Transport (DoT), saw funding allocated to six projects after a highly competitive selection process involving 24 eligible applications.
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