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Dr Nina Wootton Awarded 2025 Max Day Environmental Science Fellowship Award

Congratulations to Environment Institute member Dr Nina Wootton who was presented with 2025 Max Day Environmental Science Fellowship Award, by the Australian Academy of Science.听Named in honour of the Dr Maxwell Frank Cooper Day AO FAA, who held strong beliefs towards interdisciplinary approach to research, this award provides funding to early career researchers.
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Building International Partnerships: CIFOR-ICRAF

Dr Robert Nasi, Director of Science, Centre for International Forest and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), recently visited the Environment Institute at the university of 亚洲色吧 as we continue to build and strengthen our successful partnership with CIFOR-ICRAF. Robert is an Adjunct professor at the university of 亚洲色吧 and featured as a panellist at the 2025 EI Research Symposium session 鈥減artner connected research鈥.
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South Australia Paving the Way to Reduce Plastic Pollution

South Australia has become the first place in the world to ban single-use plastic soy sauce containers, marking a major step in the fight against plastic pollution. Dr Nina Wootton, Environment Institute member, welcomed the move, highlighting the dangers of 鈥渃onvenience packaging鈥 that is too small to recycle effectively. She hops other Australian states will adopt similar bans, positioning South Australia as a global leader in tackling single-use plastics.
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