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Rewilding isn’t just about reintroducing predators. Without prey and habitat restoration, even wild-looking landscapes can’t support them.
By measuring what might seem immeasurable, businesses can become part of the solution to the nature crisis.
Proper biodiversity conservation requires long-term commitments to protect areas of land and water, as laid down in international guidelines.
Japan was one of the world’s largest ivory markets – research explains why the country is no longer a key destination for the product.
Saying that the climate problem is complex is false, and a distraction from what we know needs to be done.
Australia’s first ‘land account’ is a great example of the nation’s environmental policy culture: we develop or adopt good ideas, but then tinker with, or even discard them.
As scientists frantically try to find drugs to slow COVID-19’s spread, citizen science offers an opportunity for all of us to get involved.
Moves to connect people with nature for both the conservation and health benefits point to the need for people to experience nature as they find it in the city, rather than only out in natural areas.
We aren’t just jostling with each other for beach space. Scuttling, waddling, hopping or flying away from beachgoers all around Australia, wildlife struggles to survive the daily disturbances.
Genome editing and synthetic biology are giving rise to new forms of life. But do these organisms have conservation value as part of earth’s biodiversity?
Well-intended efforts to reduce food waste could threaten some birds and animal species, a new paper has warned.
‘Pokémon Go’ has the ability to make people wander around nature looking for fantasy creatures – but will this translate into people exploring real-life nature?
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Macroecologist and Conservation Biologist, University of the Free State
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Professor in Biodiversity and Conservation, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Ocean Leadership, University of Tromsø
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Professor of Terrestrial Ecology, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Tropical Environments and Societies, James Cook University
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Research assistant, The University of Queensland
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ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Centre for Biodiversity & Conservation Science, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Ecology and Evolution, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow in Conservation Marketing, University of Oxford
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Lecturer, Health Policy, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Spatial Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
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Postdoctoral Scholar in Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Stirling
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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Postdoc, University of Konstanz