The health of five World Heritage sites in Australia has worsened, according to a sobering report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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Researchers have come up with a new framework that assigns an invasive species threat score to World Heritage Sites. This will improve how these species monitored and managed.
With growing drought, rising seas and heavier storms, how do we protect Venice and other world treasures? The answer: creative, proactive measures that may alter them in important ways.
Fracking in Botswana could have an impact not only the country’s groundwater, but also that of Namibia and South Africa.
Because the forecast for rainfall in the Rift Valley basin is a rising trend, the lake levels look set to rise even more in the future.
New research found nearly half of land-based ecosystems and threatened species in Australia have inadequate protections. Yet most of the budget for national parks will go to infrastructure upgrades.
Study finds that Victoria Falls, a nature-based tourism resort town, is a significant contributor to carbon emissions throughout the tourism value chain in the area.
The next ten years will be a critical period in which research agendas can be developed.
National governments are using political lobbying and empty symbolic efforts to stave off an “in danger” listing for their World Heritage sites.
Without a clear framework within which decisions can be made, heritage resources will forever be threatened by development.
Social networks tend to encourage behaviour considered deviant by local populations.
When the loss of this heritage is used as a weapon of war, it represents a loss for the country affected as well as for humanity. It targets the memories, history and identity of a people.
The destruction of a country’s historical and cultural heritage sites is a distressing byproduct of conflict, but there are now strategies in place to prevent it happening.
If the US makes good on the president’s threat, Iran’s heritage won’t be the only thing damaged. Washington’s reputation would also take a hit.
Australia says the reef’s world heritage values are fine and the threats are in hand. But the reality is far different.
It’s imperative that we understand what creates and sustains the delta for the future management of the system.
History has told us Aboriginal people in Tasmania almost exclusively occupied open plains. Revelations to the contrary could transform modern conservation.
We all know that climate change is hurting the Great Barrier Reef. But scores of other less-publicised threats also threaten the future of the natural wonder.
The World Heritage Listing for Victoria’s Budj Bim fish traps was ground-breaking. Here are five other Australian Indigenous sites that also deserve greater attention.
Remains found in the Joggins Cliffs at the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia reveal further clues about ancient ecosystems.
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Associate Professor in Physics, James Cook University
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Distinguished Professor, James Cook University
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
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Director, Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
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Professor of International Law, University of Sydney
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Corporate governance lecturer, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Professorial Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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Honorary Fellow in Economics, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Architectural HIstory and Theory, UNSW & Honorary Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Architectural History, Urban and Cultural Heritage (ACAHUCH), UNSW Sydney
