Australia committed to restore 30% of degraded ecosystems by 2030 when we signed the global biodiversity framework. But what does that really mean? It’s open to interpretation. So let’s be ambitious.
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The SUPERB project, part of the EU’s Horizon programme, aims to restore thousands of hectares of forest landscape across Europe.
Nature, everyone agrees, is in trouble. But can Australia’s new market-based mechanism help?
Urban rivers and creeks have bounced back from early colonial use as convenient waste dumps. But the restoration work isn’t done yet, as Melbourne’s Darebin Creek shows.
When we stopped whaling, the whales recovered. But our vital kelp forests won’t return without our help
Offering ‘carrots’ like biodiversity credits to landholders won’t stop natural collapse. Banning land clearing and stronger environmental laws are much more likely to work.
New research finds nature restoration only marginally lowers global warming. This pours cold water on the idea of using carbon offsets to solve the climate crisis.
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Senior Research Fellow, Environmental Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in marine ecology, UNSW Sydney
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Research Fellow, Climate & Energy College, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow at The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Postdoctoral research fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Chemistry, RMIT University
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Associate Professor, University of Adelaide
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Professor in Forest genetics, European Forest Institute
