Developing countries suffer the most in the conflict between large carnivores and humans. We need better financial incentives for these communities to make sure these iconic predators are protected.
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Conservation practitioners and policymakers must organize and prioritize the management of habitats around whether species are more beneficial or harmful to biodiversity.
Vultures help protect us from disease and in many cultures they are a symbol of strength and wisdom.
Russia has vast natural resources and is involved in many conservation efforts. Its diplomatic isolation as a result of the war in Ukraine is making it harder to protect many wild species and places.
Nigeria’s incoming president must prioritise environmental protection to avert further loss of the country’s biodiversity.
Most of Iran is wild and beautiful, but development threatens to degrade highly-prized ecosystems. Now new research is honing in on the hotspots, to preserve biodiversity in expanded protected areas.
One meadow made enough sand to create a new island in 18 years.
The Bahama warbler favours large pine trees and palms, fieldwork shows.
The swamp has not yet been drained everywhere.
To guard against extinction, we must advocate for common species.
Tinkering around the margins of English farms won’t benefit biodiversity, research suggests.
Sharks and rays are traded for their meat, liver and other products. The global demand for these products has increased, and in India, the trade affects livelihoods and culture.
Our research looked at data from the government’s annual baking competition. Upon close analysis, we find a dangerous lack of diversity and biases towards cute, cuddly mammals.
Despite their sharp-looking pincers, earwigs have a reputation for being tender parents.
Atlantic rainforests once lined the island’s west coast – and could one day return.
Tigers exist in South Africa because they’re being intensively farmed for commercial trade in live individuals or their body parts.
A new gecko species in New Zealand was named te mokomoko a Tohu in consultation with a local Māori tribe. This could be a good example for how taxonomists might approach the naming of new species.
Destructive mining in Congo’s protected areas is rampant because it generates money for citizens, officials and armed groups.
The findings suggest that poaching rates are lower where there is strong national governance and levels of local human development are higher.
The idea that human activity threatens nature, and that it is important to protect wild places, dates back to the dawn of the Industrial Revolution.
Principales colaboradores
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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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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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University
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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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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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Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University
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ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
