The minerals needed for clean energy are driving widespread forest loss across Africa, much of it far beyond the mine itself and largely preventable.
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Literature about royal animals was used in workshops to imagine better futures.
Debates over responsibility for past species loss generate heat but little light. Moving forward requires context, evidence and Indigenous knowledge.
Distinct disciplines are trained to notice different things.
Changes to New Zealand’s conservation laws could delist up to 60% of protected areas. There are better ways to balance ecological values with economic gains.
Climate stability and economic health depend on biodiversity. Yet this foundation is hardly mentioned as the federal government seeks to shore up Canada’s economic future.
Advances in imaging, text recognition and machine learning are transforming what can be done with collections of plants and fungi in herbaria and museums globally.
A recent study indicates that forest management in Northern Ontario is placing timber harvesting above safeguarding natural environments and compromising animal habitat.
New research examines the reasons for the decline of small mammals in Australia’s tropical savannas and identifies the most effective practical solutions.
South Australia’s new Biodiversity Act will achieve things no federal or state law has done before. It shows states and territories can achieve ambitious reform.
New research reveals only 44% of biodiversity offset policies and 27% of voluntary conservation programs consider climate risk. These 3 practical steps can help.
A new publication sheds light on the plants of Burkina Faso and Mali.
Three experts consider what’s required to protect and conserve Australia’s natural wonders, from fighting invaders to stopping habitat loss and saving species.
After shelving plans to reform Australia’s nature laws, the prime minister wants to walk back existing protections with new legislation introduced this week.
Poetry and palaeontology both work with strata.
All countries must accelerate efforts to avert the biodiversity crisis, and preserve Earth’s precious natural places for future generations.
Hopes for environmental law reform during the current term of federal government have been dashed, so what lies ahead for ‘nature positive’ next term?
Genetic diversity is being lost across many species – especially birds and mammals. But you can help stop the decline.
Biodiversity loss, climate change and pollution do not happen in isolation, but proposed solutions too often fail to account for this. Two major reports point the way forward.
Private conservation groups channel huge sums of money to parks and protected areas around the world, but often have failed to protect basic rights of Indigenous people living on those lands.
Top contributors
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University Fellow in Biodiversity, Charles Darwin University
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Adjunct professor, Institute of Forestry and Conservation and Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Toronto
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Node Leader in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, Flinders University
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, Australian National University
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Professor, Urban Ecology and Biodiversity, The University of Melbourne; RMIT University
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Associate Professor, Singapore Management University
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Research Director CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, CSIRO
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Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University
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Professor of Ecology, Charles Darwin University
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Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University
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Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Research Fellow, University of Sydney