While governments at COP16 make glacial progress on protecting nature, what billions of people choose to do individually can add up to make a big difference.
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Proper biodiversity conservation requires long-term commitments to protect areas of land and water, as laid down in international guidelines.
Nature, everyone agrees, is in trouble. But can Australia’s new market-based mechanism help?
A new survey finds Australians care deeply about the environment but many are not aware of the full extent of biodiversity loss.
Australia’s plan to create the world’s first nature repair market is a bold move, but it could be a big part of a zero extinction Australia. So there’s every reason to give biodiversity markets a go.
Australia now has a target of protecting 30% of its land and sea area. But the challenges of conserving urban biodiversity illustrate why it’s a much more complex task than a simple target suggests.
Nigeria must improve biodiversity awareness among its citizens to stem animal poaching and halt biodiversity loss.
By continuing to privilege economic growth over environmental and social sustainability, we are taking huge risks with our future.
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University Fellow in Biodiversity, Charles Darwin University
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Professor in Natural Resource Economics, Adelaide University
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Researcher at the Global Governance Institute, UCL
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Senior Lecturer, Landscape Architecture, Deakin University
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Professor, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Senior Research Fellow in Social and Political Science, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow at BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Professor, Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Professor in Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Director, BehaviourWorks, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Professor of Global Politics and Director of UCL Global Governance Institute, UCL
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Associate Professor, Ecology and Environment, La Trobe University