Ongoing conflict, particularly in a three-month period in late 2024, caused widespread environmental destruction and the spread of toxic materials.
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Amidst habitat destruction and ecological grief, let’s make a New Year’s resolution for nature — to care for beetles and butterflies, rainforests and reefs, ourselves, and future generations.
Deep seabed mining is already controversial because of inherent environmental and biodiversity risks. A new study shows that its economic impacts may hit even harder.
The crime of genocide was adopted in 1948 following the second world war. Given the existential threats from ecological crises, it is timely to call for the recognition of ecological crime.
Our relationships with the natural world have changed, and addressing how we understand our place in the world will help us find solutions to current environmental crises.
Deep sea metallic nodules could help us shift to clean energy. But we don’t know how much damage it will do to ecosystems
Nineteenth-century European settlement is often depicted as a triumphal ‘taming of nature’. But does that collective memory impede more honest appraisals of the environmental risks we face today?
Artificial habitats are becoming more advanced, but they’re not a silver bullet.
Rather than sitting in the back seat, Indigenous Australians must be up front in managing the recovery of Australia’s unique and precious environment.
The push for a new environmental crime has attracted high-profile backers including French President Emmanuel Macron, Pope Francis and Greta Thunberg. But we must get the details right.
There aren’t enough international and domestic laws to address how the interests of humans and the needs of wildlife overlap.
A group of scientists want a new Geneva Convention to safeguard the environment during wars and conflicts. We already have such rules, but they’re inadequate, inconsistent and unclear.
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Threatened Species Biologist, Wildlife Conservation & Science Department, Zoos Victoria, and Visiting Scholar, School of Life & Environmental Science, Deakin University
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Professor of Agronomy and Agroecology, Dalhousie University
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Professor of Environmental Politics & International Relations, UNSW
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Indigenous Chair of Biodiversity & Environmental Science, Curtin University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Waikato
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PhD Candidate, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Science, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney
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Honorary Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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Senior research fellow, Curtin University
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Lecturer, Université La Sagesse
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Lawyer, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer, Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University
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Lecturer in Law, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato