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Africa’s famous animal migrations are increasingly blocked by fences, erected by farmers to keep their livestock safe from disease. But a new approach aims to deliver healthy beef and healthy wildlife.
This massive savannah needs restoration but we can’t rely on food companies to do the hard work.
Forests and savannas are expected to be strongly affected in the coming decades by changing rainfall patterns. But land use will also have a major impact.
Fire has been viewed as the main protagonist in creating Africa’s iconic savannas. However, new research shows that browsing animals created savannas millions of years before fire became important.
Australia’s Great Northern Savannas are the largest and most intact ecosystem of their kind on Earth. But they still face pressure from grazing, mining and agricultural expansion.
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.
More land is burned in northern Australia during August and October than any other time of the year, and it’s not just a natural disaster.
Africa’s savannas provide high potential for farming development but this needs to be done in a smart manner to not worsen climate change.
Sometimes the best way to deal with mountains of data is to turn to the public for help. That’s what Snapshot Serengeti did to classify millions of photos from savanna camera traps in Tanzania.
Top contributors
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Professor of Ecology, Charles Darwin University
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Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Asso. Professor in Anthropology, University College London, UCL
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Postdoctoral fellow, Decision Science, The University of Queensland
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Research scientist working on savanna and forest distribution, Université de Montréal
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Professor in Biodiversity and Conservation, The University of Queensland
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Research Scholar in Ecology and Economics, Princeton University
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PhD Candidate, Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland
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Course Director, MSc Biodiversity, Conservation and Management, University of Oxford
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires, University of Wollongong
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Extraordinary lecturer, University of Pretoria
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Associate Research Scholar in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy, Princeton University