Leonie Seabrook

Conflict can make us lose sight of common goals and interests. Darren Fisher

May 26, 2019

Comic: how to have better arguments about the environment (or anything else)

Jutta Beher, The University of Melbourne; Darren C Fisher, Swinburne University of Technology; Leonie Seabrook, The University of Queensland, and Winnifred Louis, The University of Queensland

To solve our global problems we must learn to think beyond our tribes.

A ‘thinned’ landscape, which provides far from ideal habitat for many species.

June 20, 2017

Land clearing on the rise as legal ‘thinning’ proves far from clear‑cut

April Reside, The University of Queensland; Anita J Cosgrove, The University of Queensland; Jennifer Silcock, The University of Queensland; Leonie Seabrook, The University of Queensland, and Megan C Evans, The University of Queensland

Legal vegetation ‘thinning’ is contributing to high rates of land clearing, potentially causing problems for threatened species and ecosystems.

Increasing land clearing could leave Australia hotter and drier. Wilderness Society

August 11, 2016

Stopping land clearing and replanting trees could help keep Australia cool in a warmer future

Clive McAlpine, The University of Queensland; Jozef Syktus, The University of Queensland, and Leonie Seabrook, The University of Queensland

Here’s another reason to stop land clearing: it’s making Australia hotter and drier.

Lonesome National Park is home to some of the last remaining brigalow woodland.

May 6, 2016

EcoCheck: can the Brigalow Belt bounce back?

Leonie Seabrook, The University of Queensland; Clive McAlpine, The University of Queensland, and Martine Maron, The University of Queensland

Science was instrumental in working out how to clear brigalow forest to make way for farming in the 20th century. Now it’s trying to bring these iconic forests back.

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Comic: how to have better arguments about the environment (or anything else)

Land clearing on the rise as legal ‘thinning’ proves far from clear‑cut

Stopping land clearing and replanting trees could help keep Australia cool in a warmer future

EcoCheck: can the Brigalow Belt bounce back?

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