Once you include insects, snails, worms and other small creatures, it’s clear the fires could cause one of the biggest extinction events of the modern era.
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In a matter of weeks, the fires have subverted decades of dedicated conservation efforts for many threatened species.
Building connections and grassroots efforts will sustain conservation over the long term.
There is little to fear and lots to love about spiders, which have not killed anyone in Australia for 40 years.
It’s well-established that green spaces are good for our well-being. Now we can demonstrate that greater biodiversity boosts this benefit, as well as helping to sustain native plants and animals.
New research shows that slowing deforestation is the most essential step for saving Madagascar’s lemurs, and can help protect them against the longer-term threat of climate change.
Most of Kenya’s biodiversity needs protecting outside protected areas in human‐dominated landscapes that are undergoing rapid change.
Non-living nature such as rocks, landforms, soil and water form the Earth’s ‘geodiversity’ - a crucial part of the planet’s life support system.
Wildlife TV producers used to think that focus on environmental issues could only be structured around doom and gloom stories – scaring away large audiences.
Insects are vital to sustaining life on Earth – and their numbers are falling fast. So consider ditching the fly spray and see what you can do to help.
Weeks out from summer, new research says there is no evidence shark nets keep us safe from sharks.
Biodiversity, public transport and home insulation loom large in Labour’s flagship programme for green governance.
Instead of boycotting palm oil, source it from pastureland and not recently logged forests.
After the woolly mammoth and other megafauna became extinct, surviving animals mingled less. This has big implications for modern conservation.
Although less well known than its cousins, coral reefs and mangroves, seagrass plays a crucial role in climate change mitigation.
Indigenous people used small fires skilfully to prevent larger bushfires. In this time of crisis, we must learn from them.
Expanding on sustainable practices in remote parts of Australia can deliver great benefits to both local Indigenous owners and national and global communities.
Much of the UK’s farmland is unproductive. It could be put to better use storing carbon, offering recreation and providing wildlife habitat.
To save what’s left of nature on this increasingly human planet, conservation needs to become a top priority around the world, from the wildest of wildlands to the densest of cities.
Researchers have tracked how viewers respond to nature documentaries – and the lasting digital impression they leave.
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning, Leader, Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group (ICON Science), RMIT University
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Senior Lecturer, Public Sector Management, School of Business, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Jaana Dielenberg is a Friend of The Conversation.
University Fellow in Biodiversity, Charles Darwin University
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Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University
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Ecologist and Researcher, Flinders University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Associate Professor James Cook University and University Fellow Charles Darwin University, James Cook University
