The UN ‘30 by 30’ biodiversity strategy aims to set aside 30% of land as protected areas. New research shows these areas do support biodiversity, but big parks also increase it outside their borders.
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This is no simple story, but one of a generational mining community on the brink of social change and an often thankless, hard-won battle for ecological recognition in the heart of coal country.
Recent sighting of a leopard in the Campo-Ma’an National Park area of Southern Cameroon shows the importance of conservation efforts.
Fracking in Botswana could have an impact not only the country’s groundwater, but also that of Namibia and South Africa.
Around Australia, and the world, national parks are under threat from the curious paradox of luxury ecotourism.
Efforts to conserve nature needs to include communities.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Victoria
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability / African Women in Climate Change Fellow, African Institute of Mathematical Science, Colorado State University
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Professor, Biology Graduate Program Director, Biology, Concordia University
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PhD Candidate and Research Assistant at Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney
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Adjunct professor and adjunct senior lecturer in tourism management, Adelaide University
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Research Fellow, Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak; Associate Professor and John Craighead Endowed Chair of Conservation, University of Montana
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Post doctoral researcher, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor in the Centre for Environmental Management, University of the Free State
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Researcher and Lecturer in Conservation Science, The University of Queensland