As an overhauled rulebook for commercial forestry comes into force, there are concerns it could weaken safeguards as climate risks intensify.
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Canada’s wildfire aviation system remains decentralized. That model worked when fire seasons were staggered geographically. Increasingly, they are not.
An analysis shows forestry clear-cutting limits in Tairāwhiti have barely been applied, as new rules take a more permissive stance on slash risk.
The government’s resource management reforms aim to make development easier. But will the new regime benefit everyone equally?
New Zealand’s plants and animals are globally unique and underpin primary production and tourism. The government’s fast-tracking proposal threatens to erode the natural capital the economy relies on.
Smart water management isn’t just good for the earth. It’s good for business.
Some New Zealand universities have proposed staff and course cuts in earth sciences. This could leave the country ill prepared to deal with natural hazards and extreme weather.
Climate adaptation, digital transformation and geopolitical shifts are among the ‘megatrends’ Australia must navigate to thrive in the coming decades.
For the opening of the One Ocean Summit in Brest from February 9 to 11, 2022, France’s marine research institute looks at promising avenues of research to protect the planet’s largest ecosystem.
By the end of this century the world’s population will have increased by half, creating a housing problem that needs to be solved now.
Our cities need to become much more efficient not just to conserve precious resources but to improve the economy, wellbeing and resilience to environmental change and disasters.
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Associate Director (International) - Melbourne Centre for Cities, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Future Construction, University of Edinburgh
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Monash University
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Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management, Auburn University
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management, University of Tasmania
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Senior Principal Scientist, Strategy and Foresight, CSIRO
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Associate Professor of Ecology, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Rédactrice à la Direction de la communication, Ifremer
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Lecturer in Ecology, University of Otago