Debate over turning public national park land into private profit dates back more than a century.
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Native American groups were aware of the region’s dramatic features. Since the national park’s creation, other faiths have also been inspired by its beauty, from Christians to New Age groups.
Park and forest managers can’t rely on the past any longer to understand future risks. Fires, pests and climate change are changing the game.
Thanks to the power of writer Wallace Stegner, Americans have for decades been able to put words to the importance wilderness holds in the nation’s history and imagination.
Many native plants are missing from habitats where they should thrive – even in wilder areas. Why? Human actions such as logging, poaching and setting fires.
Rewriting the map can influence the public psyche in ways subtle and not so subtle.
Protecting 30% of Australian lands sounds good – but what matters much more is whether we’re protecting dwindling habitat for endangered species.
Public lands are quintessentially American, and in many ways they define and shape the American identity. The Antiquities Act defines them.
While many opt for deluxe alternatives to a backpack and tent, they can also stop independent hikers with smaller budgets from accessing national parks.
Private conservation groups channel huge sums of money to parks and protected areas around the world, but often have failed to protect basic rights of Indigenous people living on those lands.
We must make protected areas more effective, to conserve what’s left of Earth’s plants and animals.
There’s a widespread argument that ‘poachers’ are responsible for the scarcity of wild ginseng. But a scholar who has interviewed diggers explains that most of them are good stewards.
Australia cannot risk any further declines in its biodiversity resulting from harvesting native forests, or actions that bring further risks to its emissions-reduction goal.
The concept of ‘nature prescriptions’ — where health professionals prescribe patients time outside to improve their health — is gaining traction, but conservation must be part of the equation.
Native forest logging was meant to be over in Victoria. Why are the chainsaws still going?
Proper biodiversity conservation requires long-term commitments to protect areas of land and water, as laid down in international guidelines.
Students are provided the opportunity to use America’s national parks as case studies for environmental issues and tough conversations in this course.
Visitor numbers to national parks are increasing. It means masses of people are being funnelled into potentially dangerous locations for which they may be unprepared.
For the proposed Great Koala National Park to actually help koalas, logging should stop and plantations should be added to the park.
The idea of Manifest Destiny inspired Americans to push west, leading to the creation of the first national parks. But those beliefs spelled removal for many Native American groups.
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for Environment and Public Lands and University Distinguished Professor, Boise State University
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Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of History, Colorado State University
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Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
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NHMRC Research Fellow, School of Population Health and Co-founder UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, UNSW
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Emeritus Professor of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Node Leader in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, Flinders University