Brooke Williams – The Conversation

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October 30, 2024

215 million hectares of forest – an area bigger than Mexico – could grow back by itself, if we can just leave it alone

Brooke Williams, Queensland University of Technology and Robin Chazdon, University of Connecticut

It’s vital we find cost-effective ways to get and keep more trees in the ground. Our research looked at where natural regeneration is likely to be successful due to environmental conditions.

Kredit foto: Leonardo Felippi, Balneário Camboriú, Brazil.

February 14, 2022

Hanya 16% wilayah pesisir di Bumi dalam kondisi baik – kebanyakan sudah rusak parah dan tidak mungkin dipulihkan

Brooke Williams, The University of Queensland; Amelia Wenger, The University of Queensland, and James Watson, The University of Queensland

Aktivitas manusia memberikan tekanan besar terhadap wilayah pesisir pantai di seluruh dunia. Apa yang harus dilakukan sekarang demi mencegah kerusakan ekosistem pesisir yang lebih parah?

Leonardo Felippi

February 6, 2022

Just 16% of the world’s coastlines are in good shape – and many are so bad they can never fully recover

Brooke Williams, The University of Queensland; Amelia Wenger, The University of Queensland, and James Watson, The University of Queensland

All nations must ramp up efforts to preserve and restore their coastal regions – and the time to start is right now.

At least 250 threatened species have had their habitat hit by fires. Gena Dray

January 18, 2020

Six million hectares of threatened species habitat up in smoke

Michelle Ward, The University of Queensland; Aaron Greenville, University of Sydney; April Reside, The University of Queensland; Ayesha Tulloch, University of Sydney; Brooke Williams, The University of Queensland; Emily Massingham, The University of Queensland; Helen Mayfield, The University of Queensland; Hugh Possingham, The University of Queensland; James Watson, The University of Queensland; Jim Radford, La Trobe University, and Laura Sonter, The University of Queensland

Approximately 70 nationally threatened species have had at least 50% of their range burnt, while nearly 160 threatened species have had more than 20% burnt.

The critically endangered Leadbeater’s Possum lives within a single federal electorate. Their local MP has a responsibility to be their voice. Zoos Victoria

September 11, 2017

Just ten MPs represent more than 600 threatened species in their electorates

James Watson, The University of Queensland; April Reside, The University of Queensland; Brooke Williams, The University of Queensland; Hugh Possingham, The University of Queensland; Martine Maron, The University of Queensland; Michelle Ward, The University of Queensland; Richard Fuller, The University of Queensland; Scott Consaul Atkinson, The University of Queensland, and Stephen Kearney, The University of Queensland

Just a handful of federal members of parliament represent hundreds of Australia’s threatened species.

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