England’s new ‘biodiversity net gain’ policy is ambitious, but researchers have identified flaws and loopholes.
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The most comprehensive Australian carbon budget assessment completed to date shows the nation flip-flops from source to sink of carbon emissions, depending on the prevailing conditions.
Australia’s latest climate change statement shows we have little hope of reaching net zero emissions by 2050. There’s good news on the 2030 target, but then what?
Britain has lost large areas of semi-natural habitat since the 1930s.
A new study suggests a radical rejigging of where food is grown. But is such a world even possible?
Building too close to cliffs and slopes, weak soils, lack of vegetation and increased rainfall all played a part in the massive storm damage to Auckland. The city needs to change the way it uses land.
Mountain environments are rich in plant and animal species, but the dual threat of human habitation and climate change means urgent action is needed to protect them.
Environmental footprint calculators may promise to help consumers lead a greener life. But they may in fact encourage choices that don’t benefit – or even harm – the environment.
A new study provides a detailed way to calculate the climate impact of food production, which could lead to more sustainable farming policies and methods.
To protect natural ecosystems we will need a system that actually counteracts market forces.
Abandoned US oil and gas wells and their associated land cover more than 2 million acres, a recent study estimates – an area larger than Delaware and Rhode Island combined.
The transition to 100% renewable energy will require a lot of land – mostly in regional Australia. This presents big challenges, and opportunities, for the farming sector.
Food farmed in tropical and Mediterranean climates comes at a higher cost to biodiversity than that grown elsewhere.
Our research shows we could feed the world sustainably – but conservation will have to become a lot more proactive.
Despite clear air as a result of the pandemic reducing human activities, our emissions still soar.
Oil palm plantation on remote locations is not mutually exclusive with increase wealth and improve living standards at remote locations.
Villagers of Sumatra and Kalimantan relunctant to participate in peatland restoration, contributing to the recent forest fires in Indonesia.
Big development projects can mean the loss of a community’s identity and connection to their past.
The Canadian Prairies are vanishing more quickly than the Amazon rainforest as they are converted for agriculture and industrial uses.
We have developed an online tool to help authorities identify which areas they should focus on for reducing forest fires and haze in order to maximize overall health benefits.
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Senior Fellow, UN Foundation and University Professor, George Mason University
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Conservation Planning Biologist, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada and Adjunct Professor of Conservation Biology, University of Saskatchewan
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Professor of the Politics of Development, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Tropical Ecology, University of York
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Senior Research Fellow in Chemistry-Climate Interactions, Harvard University
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, University of New England
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Research Associate, Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
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Elbert L. Fausett Distinguished Professor of Biology, Hendrix College
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PhD Candidate in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
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Associate Physical Scientist, RAND Corporation; PRGS Faculty Member, Pardee RAND Graduate School
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Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University
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Adjunct professor - Wetland ecology, University of Saskatchewan
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Postdoctoral Fellow studying ornithology and conservation biology, University of Alberta
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Adjunct Professor, University of New England
