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The organisms that we’re now discovering are often more hidden and more difficult to catch than ever before.
The extinction threat you haven’t heard of: several South American birds teeter on the brink of existence due to habitat loss. And history is not the best guide for how to save them.
New data have revealed a disturbing trend in forest loss: the hearts of the world’s forests are disappearing. To stop them bleeding out, we’ll have to say ‘no’ to some developments.
From drought to economic slowdown, 2016 promises a mixed bag for the world’s forests.
Australia may have reputation for vast areas of wilderness, but in reality the continent’s ecosystems have been chopped and diced. Now we need to protect what’s left.
The world’s rainforests are still being slashed and burned at a dizzying rate to make consumer products. But now there are signs of real political will, especially in Asia, to rein in the destruction.
There are more than three trillion trees worldwide, but that’s only half as many were around at the start of human civilisation according to new research.
We’re heading for mass extinctions in the world’s most diverse ecosystem.
What we think we know, don’t know and things that might surprise us about climate change and the environment.
A new paper shows 1 in 6 species could be extinct due to climate change, and Australia will be particularly hard hit.
At the Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit, which concluded yesterday in Sydney, environment minister Greg Hunt announced A$6 million to combat illegal logging. While the funding builds on legislation to ensure…
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…
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…
“The best thing you could do for the Amazon is to blow up all the roads.” These might sound like the words of an eco-terrorist, but it’s actually a direct quote from Professor Eneas Salati, a forest climatologist…
The Nicaraguan government has granted a concession to a mysterious Chinese company owned by Jing Wang, a little-known Hong-Kong based businessman, to build an inter-oceanic canal. This would provide an…
Drought in the Amazon increases the release of carbon into the atmosphere, according to research published today in Nature. The Amazon plays a key role in the Earth’s climate system, thanks to the extent…
Deforested tropical rainforests have been found to replenish their carbon faster than their rich biodiversity. Research conducted…
With current concerns focusing, quite rightly, on controlling carbon emissions, it is easy to lose sight of the need for continued conservation efforts. In fact our recent study published in the Proceedings…
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Professor of Global Change Science at University of Leeds, UCL
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Reader in Ecology and Conservation Biology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Adjunct Associate Professor James Cook University and University Fellow Charles Darwin University, James Cook University
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Professor Emeritus of Latin American Studies and Geography, University of Florida
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Honorary fellow, University of York
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Professor, Centre for Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Change, James Cook University, Australia., James Cook University
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Lecturer in Statistical Ecology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Conservation Director, Wildlife Ecologist and Microbiologist at the African Conservation Foundation. Lecturer and board member at the Institute of Biodiversity and Non-Profit Studies, University of Buea
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Professor, James Cook University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Applied Ecology, Lancaster University
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Professor of Sustainability, Bangor University
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Honorary Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Nuclear and Energy Research Institute, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
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Honorary Associate Professor, The Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University