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Conservation is as much about the critical role of communities as custodians of biodiversity as it is about creating people-free zones. (Quang Nguyen Vinh/Pexels)

Why communities must be at the heart of conserving wildlife, plants and ecosystems

Derek Armitage, University of Waterloo; Ella-Kari Muhl, University of Waterloo; Merle Sowman, University of Cape Town; Philile Mbatha, University of Cape Town, and Wayne Stanley Rice, University of Cape Town

With the 2020 deadline for conserving biodiversity almost past, communities must now play a larger role in conservation.
Fire cut a devastating swath through Australia in 2019-20, leaving a heavy toll of death and destruction in its wake. (Shutterstock)

Money won’t save the planet, so philanthropy needs to adapt

Diane Alalouf-Hall, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM); Caroline Bergeron, Université de Montréal; David Grant-Poitras, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), and Jean-Marc Fontan, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

Philanthropy in the form of financial donations is not a solution to the natural disasters caused by climate change. A new philanthropy of social change is needed.
Without a radical change of course on climate change, Australians will struggle to survive on this continent, let alone thrive. AAP/Dave Hunt

Scientists hate to say ‘I told you so’. But Australia, you were warned

Will Steffen, Australian National University

For decades Australian scientists have, clearly and respectfully, warned about the risks to Australia of a rapidly heating climate. After this season’s fires, perhaps it’s time to listen.
Three North American little brown bats with signs of white-nose syndrome, which is virtually certain to hit Australian bats without further action. KDFWR/Terry Derting

Australia’s threatened bats need protection from a silent killer: white-nose syndrome

Christopher Turbill, Western Sydney University and Justin A. Welbergen, Western Sydney University

It’s been a deadly summer for Australia’s wildlife. But beyond the fires, we need to act now to protect bats – which make up a quarter of Australian mammal species – from a silent overseas killer.
At least 250 threatened species have had their habitat hit by fires. Gena Dray

Six million hectares of threatened species habitat up in smoke

Michelle Ward, The University of Queensland; Aaron Greenville, University of Sydney; April Reside, The University of Queensland; Ayesha Tulloch, University of Sydney; Brooke Williams, The University of Queensland; Emily Massingham, The University of Queensland; Helen Mayfield, The University of Queensland; Hugh Possingham, The University of Queensland; James Watson, The University of Queensland; Jim Radford, La Trobe University, and Laura Sonter, The University of Queensland

Approximately 70 nationally threatened species have had at least 50% of their range burnt, while nearly 160 threatened species have had more than 20% burnt.

Related Topics

  1. Agriculture
  2. Climate change
  3. Conservation
  4. Ecosystems
  5. Endangered species
  6. Environment
  7. Extinction
  8. Forests
  9. Insects
  10. Wildlife

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