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Stygofauna, Australian animals that live in underground water, are under threat from the newly approved uranium mine.
Chytrid fungus has caused declines in 501 amphibian species, according to a new analysis. Most of the damage happened in the 1980s, before the fungus itself was even discovered.
Australia is losing mammals faster than any other country, as well as plenty more plants and animals besides. Extinction is theft from future generations – it’s time to treat it as such.
A record of sea-level change from 400 million years ago in South Africa, reveals how ecosystems and environments collapsed at the South Pole.
Most of Australia’s plants and animals are found nowhere else on Earth. This remarkable biodiversity requires a bolder, brighter conservation vision.
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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, Charles Darwin University
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Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Australian National University
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Adjunct Asssociate Professor, James Cook University
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
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Associate Professor in Quantitative Ecology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University
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Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, RMIT University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Molecular and Life Sciences and ARC Centre for Mine Site Restoration., Curtin University
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Adjunct assistant professor, Southern Cross University
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Principal research scientist, CSIRO
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Australian Research Council Industry Laureate Fellow, University of Adelaide
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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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Conservation biologist, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Conservation Physiology, The University of Western Australia
