Our medicine, cosmetics and other everyday products contain compounds taken from nature. But Traditional Owners may not have given permission for the materials or their knowledge to be used.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Biodiversity
Displaying 461 - 480 of 899 articles
Wildlife populations have plummeted by 68% since 1970. But we have a plan to turn things around.
A new plan targets areas around the world that can store carbon and protect large numbers of species. It calls for preserving these lands, working with Indigenous peoples and connecting wild areas.
With targeted conservation action, we might just save many of these species before it’s too late.
Shifting baseline syndrome affects everyone. It’s blinding us to the long-term deterioration of wildlife and ecosystems.
Zoos are struggling more than most businesses.
The €24 billion spent supporting farm incomes in richer regions could more than cover the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy.
CC BY-NC-ND7.02 MB (download)
After the oil spill, the usual sight of families strolling by the sea was quickly replaced by volunteers working hard in a concerted effort to protect their coast.
Scientists find inequality between humans also harms the birds, the bees, the microbes and the trees.
Recent reports of dramatic declines in insect populations have sparked concern about an ‘insect apocalypse.’ But a new analysis of data from sites across North America suggests the case isn’t proven.
Fish need to cross roads too. But the tunnels built to channel rivers under roads and railways can block their migrations.
Rich and diverse microbiomes in our local environment are important for keeping us healthy.
From a Hugh Jackman-esque spider to honouring traditional Indigenous words, these species have memorable names.
Pandas have done more to raise awareness of biodiversity loss than any other species. But they may not be good at stopping it themselves.
Framing cats as responsible for declines in biodiversity is based on faulty scientific logic and fails to account for the real culprit – human activity.
To reverse the current climate and ecological crises, governments must put an end to the damaging forms of technology, innovation, investments and incentives that contribute to it.
The extraordinary story of a stingray, its discovery and its uncertain fate in the Yemen war.
Protecting the continent’s remaining pristine wilderness areas is urgent, but achievable.
The Kaputar rock skink is thought to have have one of the smallest ranges of any reptile in New South Wales – at the summit of a single extinct volcano, Mount Kaputar.
The steep decline in biodiversity is worrying, especially as wild species are important for pollination and pest control.
Top contributors
-
Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
-
Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning, Leader, Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group (ICON Science), RMIT University
-
Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
-
Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
-
Professor, The University of Queensland
-
Senior Lecturer, Public Sector Management, School of Business, UNSW Sydney
-
Professor in Conservation Science, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne
-
Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
-
Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
-
Jaana Dielenberg is a Friend of The Conversation.
University Fellow, Charles Darwin University
-
Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
-
Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University
-
Ecologist and Researcher, Flinders University
-
Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
-
Curator, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology, Australian Museum, UNSW Sydney
