Announcements last week of the escalating damage to the Great Barrier Reef confirm Australia’s most famous and intensely managed Marine Protected Area has not been properly protected. UNESCO’s recent review…
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Russia blocked the approval of new marine protected areas in the Antarctic this week, demanding more scientific information and a definition of marine protected areas. The surprise move postpones a joint…
The Spotted Handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus) is a small fish that lives on the sea bed in the cool, sheltered waters of south-east Tasmania. It has modified pelvic fins that look like “hands”, hence…
The Chagos Islands marine protected area is the largest of its kind in the world, encircling the dozens of tiny islands of the Chagos archipelago that lie in thousands of miles of Indian Ocean between…
Foundation essay: This article on the future of the Arctic by Tavis Potts, Senior Lecturer in Oceans Governance at the Scottish Association for Marine Science, is part of a series marking the launch of…
Are we spending money on the wrong marine resources? While some $A100 million is being thrown at a new network of marine protected areas – a doubtful investment according to some commentators - the fabulous…
In what is either a win for fishers or another blow to reserves, recreational fishers have been allowed back into marine sanctuaries under controversial new reforms in New South Wales. In the past four…
The diving behaviour of sharks has been shown to be affected by the moon, water temperature and time of day. Research on…
Scientists from the University of Queensland’s Centre of Excellence in Environmental Decisions have found worrying shortcomings…
Ensuring the protection of marine turtle nesting sites is critical to helping the reptiles survive the dangers of climate…
Each year around 640,000 tonnes of fishing gear is lost or thrown overboard by the fisheries around the world. These “ghostnets” drift through the oceans and can continue fishing for many years. They kill…
Whether it’s from fishing and by-catch, finning or even culling, global shark populations are under a growing threat from human activity. But how successful is international law at protecting some of the…
Coral samples taken from a reef in Madagascar have shown ill-effects of river run off. The bay is described as a kindergarten…
The super trawler Margiris is an environmental “experiment” and the conditions placed on it by the government don’t go far enough to protect dolphins, seals and other protected species, fisheries and oceans…
Recent aerial surveys of the southern Great Barrier Reef have revealed a dramatic decline in the region’s dugong population…
Today’s announcement of a national network of marine parks is really a memorable day for Australian nature conservation. The political rhetoric and self-congratulation associated with major events is often…
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Wen Family Chair in Conservation, The University of Western Australia
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Emeritus Professor of Environmental Governance, UCL
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Research Fellow in Ocean Management, Stockholm University
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Professor of Marine Ecology, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate professor in marine biology, Swansea University
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Adjunct Professor, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
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Principal Research Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Senior Conservation Scientist, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Marine Biology, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Marine Science, Deakin University
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Assistant Professor in International Development, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor of Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Wollongong
