National parks and nature reserves are vital for conservation, but are also great places for recreation. Balancing the two is tricky, but it can be done if we realise parks are not just playgrounds.
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Rural Westerners have been stereotyped as angry ranchers who hate government. But for every gun-wielding militia member, there are many others who work collaboratively to protect what they value.
Malaria can be transmitted from humans to gorillas, with devastating effects.
The number of giraffes in Africa has dropped by 40% over the past 30 years, but the reasons for this remain largely unknown.
Researching the most resilient corals could help us find ways to better protect reefs in the future.
Coral reefs are in crisis around the world, and may disappear entirely. 3D printing is a new idea to help them – but it won’t be a cure all.
Saving the rhino means tackling demand for its horn.
This study gives science-based recommendations where exactly the investment for conservation should go.
As both beneficiary and victim of EU policies, yellowhammers are apt symbols for Brexit’s divisions.
Efforts to conserve nature needs to include communities.
Scientists asked young people to draw what they would like the natural world to look like when they’re older. Their imagination could help make conservationists more ambitious.
With their jewel-like colours, Colombia’s poison frogs are coveted by collectors. Does naming their species help protect them or make them a target for trophy hunters?
Confrontation between French and British scallop fishers is a warning about the resource conflicts of the future.
Botswana has been an unparalleled elephant conservation success story. That seems to be changing.
Sharks have a PR problem. But new research shows that shark ecotourism programs boost people’s knowledge and attitudes towards shark conservation – even among those who are green-minded to begin with.
The ibis has become an Australian cultural phenomenon. The birds’ tenacity and fearlessness as environmental refugees mean they attract love and hate alike.
Tanzania faces the challenge of conserving forests in a developing country with a rapidly expanding population.
When it comes to small-scale fisheries, there is no one route to sustainability. Finding success stories can help map those paths.
A new analysis explores what making space for nature means for our global food production systems.
Land is culturally and historically important to people and often this is ignored when addressing land issues.
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland
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