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SOLAR KOALA EAR TAG

The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia recently announced an investment of over $1 million into innovative projects designed to help wildlife survive and recover from bushfires. The nine innovative projects range from a koala location tag, powered by a solar panel the size of a five cent piece, to temporary cardboard homes for wildlife, to a study examining the role of wombat burrows in helping animals shelter from fires and predators.

“As part of our vision to Regenerate Australia, we’re re-imagining how to solve the challenges

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