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March 11, 2021

COVID‑19 wasn’t just a disaster for humanity – new research shows nature suffered greatly too

Marc Hockings, The University of Queensland

Global conservation efforts have suffered during the COVID-19 outbreak. It’s sadly ironic, because avoiding habitat loss is a cost-effective way to prevent pandemics.

Land clearing rates in Queensland tripled since 2010. Martin Taylor

February 21, 2016

Queensland land clearing is undermining Australia’s environmental progress

Martine Maron, The University of Queensland; Bill Laurance, James Cook University; Bob Pressey, James Cook University; Carla P. Catterall, Griffith University; Clive McAlpine, The University of Queensland; Hugh Possingham, The University of Queensland; James Watson, The University of Queensland; Jonathan Rhodes, The University of Queensland; Kerrie Wilson, The University of Queensland, and Marc Hockings, The University of Queensland

Land clearing in Queensland has tripled in the past five years.

With the number of visitors Australia’s national parks get every year, can we really call them locked up? Flickr/The 0bserver

June 16, 2013

National parks are the least locked up land there is

Marc Hockings, The University of Queensland; Martine Maron, The University of Queensland, and Megan Barnes, The University of Queensland

Across Australia, the debate over national parks is escalating. This has been triggered by a series of significant changes in the approach to managing parks, with moves to open them to logging, grazing…

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