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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Reintroducing locally extinct species is a challenging affair, but with the right partnerships everyone can help make it happen.
Once sold as ‘penny turtles’ around Australia, the Mary River turtle’s plight galvanised local community efforts to save it from extinction.
If the local context and priorities of those who most directly rely on natural resources for their survival isn’t considered, conservation efforts will continue to fail.
New Zealanders are increasingly concerned about the state of the environment, but
many don’t feel a strong enough connection to nature to become involved in conservation projects.
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Honorary Research Associate, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Lecturer in Molecular Ecology, Edith Cowan University
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Research Lecturer, Conservation, Charles Darwin University
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Professor of Development Studies, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Senior Tutor, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor - Spatial Science, Charles Darwin University
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Biodiversity Genomics, Flinders University
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Interdisciplinary Conservation Social Scientist, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor, Ecology and Environment, La Trobe University