With submissions about to close on the government’s proposed fast-track consenting legislation, its possible impact on New Zealand’s diminished and delicate ecosystems demands proper scrutiny.
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Some butterflies are expanding their ranges as the climate changes, others are dwindling.
New Zealand’s plants and animals are globally unique and underpin primary production and tourism. The government’s fast-tracking proposal threatens to erode the natural capital the economy relies on.
We need every tool at our disposal to stop feral cats and foxes from decimating Australia’s incredible wildlife after fires. Artificial refuges show promise.
More tools are available to collate biodiversity data that can be used for conservation decision making.
News about the growing ecological crisis may cause people to feel grief and fear. It is understandable to seek relief from these feelings and look for good news. But what if grief is the good news?
A group of prominent environmental scientists devised this list of 5 things we must see in Australia’s new national environmental laws, if we are to avoid calamity and hasten recovery.
Technologies such as remote sensing and artificial intelligence are making it easier to gather more accurate data on biodiversity. Developing these digital tools will help vital ecosystem restoration.
Britain has lost large areas of semi-natural habitat since the 1930s.
A therapist shares advice for harnessing your stress over climate change and other environmental harms and putting it to work.
Australia’s biosecurity system is on high alert for alien invaders. Here’s a hit list of eight baddies we believe pose the greatest threat to Australia’s biodiversity.
Alien invaders are penetrating the borders of every country in the world. Now the full extent of the problems and potential solutions have been exposed, in a new United Nations report.
The UN ‘30 by 30’ biodiversity strategy aims to set aside 30% of land as protected areas. New research shows these areas do support biodiversity, but big parks also increase it outside their borders.
I have spent five years tracking down more than 10,000 accounts of wildlife by naturalists, travellers, historians and even poets, all written between 1529 and 1772
Hungry for development and industry investment, the Northern Territory government is putting one of the world’s last intact tropical ecosystems at risk. Scientists are calling for better protections.
A new survey finds Australians care deeply about the environment but many are not aware of the full extent of biodiversity loss.
Any law that protects threatened wildlife should be welcomed – but a ban alone will not prevent illegal activity.
Human civilisation is headed for collapse. Collectively, we are pushing planet Earth beyond the limits of endurance. There has to be a better way. Now a new book makes the case for systemic change.
What does Karl Marx have to say about climate change? Quite a lot, according to a new book.
If environmental harm wrought by the port cannot be addressed, the project should not be allowed to proceed.
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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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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Honorary Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Jaana Dielenberg adalah Sahabat The Conversation.
University Fellow, Charles Darwin University
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Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, 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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Associate Professor, Singapore Management University
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Adjunct professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Toronto
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Professor, Charles Darwin University
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Research Director CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, CSIRO
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Associate Professor in Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
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Associate Professor, Massey University
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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
