Is winning about mental toughness? How about coping with social isolation? Or will it be the one who’s in awe of a sunset?
L’expertise universitaire, l’exigence journalistique
Articles sur Wilderness
Affichage de 1 à 20 de 32 articles
This is a green light for creating the largest-ever compensation fund for sex abuse claims.
Plath’s sublime nature poetry deserves widespread appreciation for its unfettered joy and deep attunement to the natural world.
The idea that human activity threatens nature, and that it is important to protect wild places, dates back to the dawn of the Industrial Revolution.
Exposure to diverse microbes boosts our immunity, while spending time in nature restores wellbeing. And COVID reminds us of the risks of new viruses when we intrude on and degrade natural habitats.
A study of over 2000 early landscape photographs shows how nature was framed as a wilderness, empty of First Nations peoples.
During COVID, many therapists took their sessions online. But others went outside with their clients, taking a leisurely stroll through a near-by park.
In 2019, 44 bushwalkers had to be rescued in Tasmania. New research identified who tends to take the most risks, and how to be better prepared for your next hike.
One-fifth of Earth’s land could be restored to wilderness by reintroducing animals and improving management.
Jan. 11 marks the birthday of conservationist Aldo Leopold (1887-1948), who called for thinking about land as a living community to protect, not a resource to exploit.
Conservation or copper? A proposed mine in northern Minnesota pits industrial jobs against a thriving outdoor economy.
US ideas about conservation center on walling off land from use. That approach often means expelling Indigenous and other poor people who may be its most effective caretakers.
Protecting the continent’s remaining pristine wilderness areas is urgent, but achievable.
Zooming in on deforestation and other wild habitat loss can help us work out how best to protect wilderness.
As people have grown closer and more connected, the old definition of loneliness slipped away – and a new one has emerged.
More than two-thirds of Earth’s remaining wilderness is in the hands of just five countries, according to a new global map. A concerted conservation effort is needed to save our last wild places.
From wealth, to the natural world, to genes and intelligence, a podcast exploring the theme of inheritance.
The world has some 500 million square kilometres of ocean. But just 55 million square kilometres remain untouched by intensive human activities such as fishing.
Many studies have shown that time outdoors is good for our physical health. Three wilderness education experts explain why periods alone in nature also provide mental and spiritual benefits.
Imagine being one of the last few people alive. Would that make it ok to destroy the natural world? This thought experiment reveals the true value of nature, beyond the benefits to humans.
Les contributeurs les plus fréquents
-
Professor, The University of Queensland
-
Postdoctoral research fellow, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland
-
Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
-
Research scientist, The University of Queensland
-
Associate Professor and FRBC/West Fraser research chair, Ecosystem Science and Management Progam, University of Northern British Columbia
-
Environmental Social Scientist, Newcastle University
-
W. M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis and History, Pomona College
-
Director, Griffith Climate Action Beacon, Griffith University
-
Associate professor, University of Tasmania
-
Associate Professor, Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
-
Professor of Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania
-
Associate Professor, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney
-
Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
-
Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Salford
-
Director, Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future, Monash University
