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Amid a growing human population, African elephants are confined to an increasingly managed existence. Do we want more for one of the world’s most loved species?
Approximately 50% of the UK’s poorest people live over 15 miles from a national park and most people require transport to get to them.
Local tetrapod biodiversity exploded after the dinosaurs, but has barely changed in 60m years.
Polar bears ‘invading’ a Russian village have renewed concern over climate change in the Arctic, but human-wildlife conflicts are flaring up everywhere.
Countries can protect biodiversity and recognize Indigenous peoples as conservation partners.
Citizen science game offered clues to why shore crabs get greener as they grow.
These technologies could turn into a powerful tool for fighting global warming, and they have the potential to address historical climate injustices.
Brazil’s new president could clear the way for plans to develop remote areas around the Tapajos River basin over the objections of the indigenous people who live there.
One gram of songbird meat is estimated to sell for the equivalent of one gram of marijuana.
In Europe, biodiversity is under threat. But three major trends mean we’re still optimistic.
Agriculture and the environment don’t need to be at odds with each other. They are more closely interdependent than we realize.
When species are threatened, we lose more than just biodiversity.
Few people could argue that hunting wildlife for trophies is moral, but conservationists have bigger fish to fry to reverse biodiversity loss
The Gila monster gave humans a treatment for diabetes. What other medical miracles are we losing by failing to protect wildlife and ecosystems?
Expanding cities and farmland have created many small, often isolated patches of vegetation. Long seen as having limited ecological value, a new study shows these are vital for endangered species.
There is an urgent need to reconsider the importance of diversity. It is not a simple wealth. It is both a property of the living and an essential condition for its survival.
A massive new discovery this summer of miles of corals in deep waters off South Carolina shows how much we have yet to learn about life on the ocean floor.
Without an array of ecosystems and species, it’s tough for farmers to grow crops or ranchers to raise animals.
At an international summit in Egypt this month, nations will hopefully make progress towards recognising the economic value of wildlife and other environmental assets.
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, 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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Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, 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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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Ecologist and Researcher, Flinders University
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Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
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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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Adjunct Associate Professor James Cook University and University Fellow Charles Darwin University, James Cook University
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
