Efforts by First Nations groups to thin dense forest regrowth have come under fire in Victoria. The solution isn’t to restore “wilderness” – it’s to manage Country.
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When people first came to Australia 65,000 years ago, the Earth was in an ice age. Then the seas rose, drought and floods came – and still people endured.
Shocking scenes of scorched koalas in the 2019-20 bushfires sparked research into cultural burns for wildlife. A two-year study on the world’s second-largest sand island suggests it’s the way to go.
Why rely on unproven technologies when we can store carbon and cut emissions through Country-based and nature-based solutions?
Australia’s largest parrot has just been listed as an endangered species. Here’s why they’re in trouble – but it’s not too late to save them.
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Senior Research Fellow in Social and Political Science, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Community Land & Sea manager at Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation, Indigenous Knowledge
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Researcher in Koala, Detection Dogs, Conservation Genetics and Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor in Biogeography, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Associate Professor James Cook University and University Fellow Charles Darwin University, James Cook University
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Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Associate Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Acting CEO, North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance, Indigenous Knowledge
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Professor of Evolutionary and Conservation Biology, Australian National University
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Forest and fire scientist, The University of Melbourne
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Senior DECRA Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Director of the AFWI Centre for Climate Smart Forestry and Professor of Silviculture and Forest Ecology, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Candidate, University of the Sunshine Coast