The Leuser ecosystem in northern Sumatra is home to some of the world’s rarest and best-loved animals. Thanks to a new government moratorium on land clearing, conservationists have enjoyed a big win.
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Next time you plan a holiday you can rest assured that wildlife sightseeing can help some threatened species.
People living in their forests must be on board too – and they don’t always subscribe to Western conservation values.
New early-warning systems are being developed and they’re warning of imminent danger.
One of the common problems we have in wildlife biology is knowing how many of an endangered species there are in a particular area. For example, how many orangutans are there in a particular national park…
How do the products we buy affect the world’s rainforests? In the lead up to the Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit held in Sydney this week, The Conversation is running a series on rainforest commodities…
Palm oil plantations have an overall negative impact on biodiversity, according to research released this week. The study, published in Nature Communications, found palm oil plantations are home to fewer…
Big Ritchie looks up from his pile of bananas, unperturbed by the flock of tourists taking his photo. Sprawled around him, mother orangutans* and their fluffy orange babies groom affectionately, chase…
Indonesia is the world’s biggest destroyer of forests and four multinational corporations — APP, APRIL, Wilmar and Golden Agri Resources — have been responsible for much of it. Until recently these mega-corporations…
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Professor of Primate Biology, Liverpool John Moores University
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Honorary Professor of Conservation, University of Kent
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Reader in Anthropology, Brunel University of London
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Reader in Conservation Science, University of Kent
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Associate Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Columbia University
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Professor, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Wageningen University
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Adjunct Associate Professor James Cook University and University Fellow Charles Darwin University, James Cook University
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Australian National University
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Professor of Consumer Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Head of Communications at Borneo Futures
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Professor in the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution & Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University
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Lecturer in Ecology, Griffith University
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Head of department of Conservation Biology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
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Professor of Organisms and Environment, Cardiff University