The concept of ‘nature prescriptions’ — where health professionals prescribe patients time outside to improve their health — is gaining traction, but conservation must be part of the equation.
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New research has revealed the scale of the carbon-storage potential of the seabeds around Canada, conservation efforts must take this new data into account.
The Supreme Court drastically reduced federal protection for wetlands in 2023. Two environmental lawyers explain how private businesses and nongovernment organizations can help fill the gap.
Urban bee hives in Canada face unique challenges and making our cities healthier for bees may just help them become better places for us all.
The need to restore native vegetation is clear, but we can’t properly repair nature without good, diverse supplies of native seeds.
The emerald ash borer is a destructive invasive pest which has killed tens of millions of trees across North America and has now been sighted in Vancouver.
For more than three decades, Jane Goodall has inspired generations of conservationists through her youth-led action program Roots & Shoots. Now it’s time to take this approach into schools.
Giraffes show remarkable genetic differences between populations.
Formerly one of the world’s largest markets for tiger bone, new research sheds light on the current situation in South Korea.
There’s a strong case to be made for private landholders to conduct their own cool burns, for dual purposes of reducing fuel load and restoring the ecology.
Biodiversity efforts in B.C. lack co-ordination with real implications for conservation efforts. These are the way in which this must change.
Migratory birds could bring the lethal bird flu variant that is assailing the rest of the world’s birds.
Native forest logging was meant to be over in Victoria. Why are the chainsaws still going?
When Labor took office, it promised to reverse nature’s decline. But that looks more and more like greenwashing
Understanding how humans came to exert such enormous pressure on Earth’s ecosystems can inform more sustainable ways of living.
Most Australians don’t need to be persuaded of the benefits of rules that require owners to stop their pet cats roaming outside their properties. Only 8% of those surveyed were against this policy.
Interventions to prevent crime against wildlife can be effective, but significant gaps in our knowledge remain.
What’s in the budget for the environment? Lots for green industry, little for conservation
Reintroducing locally extinct species is a challenging affair, but with the right partnerships everyone can help make it happen.
States are once again turning to desalination to secure freshwater supplies. The problem is, they’re often choosing the wrong spot for ecosystems and fisheries
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
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Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University
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Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University
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ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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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
