On 20 March 2011 Senator Bob Brown (the founder of Bush Heritage) formally presented his Tasmanian property 'Oura Oura' to Bush Heritage Australia.

Beef exports increased in volume by more than 100 percent and in value by 52 percent after the OIE declared Uruguay to be officially foot and mouth disease-free without vaccination in 1996.

The case involves URA.ru, the largest news agency in the Ural Mountains region, which has been threatened with a shutdown because of anonymous comments made on its Internet forum.