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Researchers have been estimating the vast numbers of insects, including many pollinators, migrating at one location in the Pyrenees. But climate change and habitat loss could affect their abundance.
The need to restore native vegetation is clear, but we can’t properly repair nature without good, diverse supplies of native seeds.
Rapidly reaching net-zero is vital to avoiding the worst ravages of climate change. But doing so in a way that damages nature is self-defeating.
Even in a concrete jungle like Los Angeles, wild species show up in surprising places. New research identifies the types of wildlife that best tolerate urban development.
Australia is likely to have a new environmental data agency. Here’s what it’s for – and why we need it.
Rewilding is about finding ways to let nature thrive and regenerate. Around the world, cities and community projects are doing just that.
Uniquely, an Australian subtropical peatland ecosystem exists that is not only resilient to the frequent bushfires, but actually needs fire to survive.
Not all reparations involve money. Returning unique scientific resources is also a way of showing respect and righting past harms.
A little corner of the garden set aside for wildlife can make a huge difference, if we all do it.
Underwater rivers ferry large volumes of seaweed from shallow seas into the deep, where its carbon is stored naturally
Biodiversity efforts in B.C. lack co-ordination with real implications for conservation efforts. These are the way in which this must change.
Native forest logging was meant to be over in Victoria. Why are the chainsaws still going?
Twitching can help promote feelings of positivity, improve mood and foster an affinity with nature
When Labor took office, it promised to reverse nature’s decline. But that looks more and more like greenwashing
The majority of 25 surveyed developments around New Zealand lacked healthy, ecologically meaningful vegetation. Applying biodiversity targets for medium-density housing could turn this around.
NoMowMay is a catchy concept, but it doesn’t provide the food that native North American pollinators need or lasting support for them.
Interventions to prevent crime against wildlife can be effective, but significant gaps in our knowledge remain.
Ghana is losing forests because of cocoa farming, firewood harvesting, mining and logging.
The debate about pesticides often gets polarised, pitching farmers against consumers.
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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 in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne
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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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Senior Lecturer, Public Sector Management, School of Business, UNSW Sydney
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Jaana Dielenberg is a Friend of The Conversation.
University Fellow in Biodiversity, Charles Darwin University
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Ecologist and Researcher, Flinders University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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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
