Forests spark emotional debates in Australia. Much of the rhetoric is about saving “the last of Tasmania’s wild forests” or how we must “stop logging in Australian native forests”. Australian forests…
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Plants have long been known as the lungs of the earth. They play a major role in the exchange of moisture, carbon dioxide and oxygen with the atmosphere. However, no link has ever been found between trees…
A few years ago a friend of mine, Philip Fearnside, feared for his life. Phil had just flown into Manaus, Brazil, where he is a biologist and well-respected critic of illegal loggers and others who threaten…
The Tasmanian forests agreement is hanging by a thread. Political parties have reverted to their old adversarial ways, people who should be getting a say have been excluded from the process, and the large…
We are poised at a pivotal moment for native forests, the wood products industry and climate change. Australia is moving away from a damaging native forestry industry - and a damaging conflict over its…
In June 2012 around 40,000 participants are expected to attend one of the most important environmental gatherings in a generation - Rio+20. A draft agenda has been released, bearing the slogan “The Future…
Australia’s forest conflict gets easier to solve as every day passes. In reality, the conflict will solve itself if the government can just resist reviving the environmentally and economically inferior…
DURBAN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE: Amongst the general brouhaha of the Durban Climate Change Conference, progress of sorts on REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation, plus measures…
Acid rain is harming sugar maple forests and preventing new growth, according to research from the University of Michigan…
Cutting down forests to make way for pastures and farms in Costa Rica is driving away bird species. The birds play crucial…
DURBAN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE: One of the topics under discussion at Durban is the role carbon farming and other forestry measures could have in reducing emissions. With the possibility that negotiations…
Research from the University of California, Davis found that deforestation in the boreal region (45 degrees latitude) creates…
If you live in eastern Australia there’s a good chance you’re one of nine million Australians who call the world’s newest biodiversity hotspot home. In a recent publication, “Forests of East Australia…
“Don’t Californicate Oregon [or Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Washington, Montana etc]” was a popular slogan in the western United States during the 1960s and ‘70s. It was a repudiation of the mindless…
Climate change, land use and other human-driven factors could pit savannas and forests against each other. Without this harmony…
Thousands of beautiful Marri trees throughout the South West of WA, including the wineries region, are dying or are already…
What comes to mind when you think of Indonesia? For biologists like myself, Australia’s northern neighbour provokes visions of ancient rainforests being razed by slash-and-burn farmers, and endangered…
Invertebrates, such as the pill millipede, can help protect woodland biodiversity. george francis Common woodland creatures…
Abedellah Aboudrare/Ecole Nationale d'Agriculture photo The increasing demand for Morocco’s edible argan oil is providing…
We live in an age of vanishing rainforests. Half of the world’s tropical forests have disappeared since World War II and roughly another 10 million hectares are being felled each year — the equivalent…
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Research Associate, University of New South Wales, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin University
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Professor, University of Tasmania
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Professor Emeritus of International Environmental Policy, Tufts University
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Agente de transfert de connaissances pour le Centre de recherche sur la boréalie (CREB), Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
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Master of University House and Professor of Forestry, Australian National University
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Honorary Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor Emeritus of Global Change Biology and Terrestrial Systems Science, Oregon State University
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Professor, Département des Sciences Fondamentales, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
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Professor of Global Change Science at University of Leeds and, UCL
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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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CGIAR System Organization
