Reintroducing wolves can restore important ecological processes, but it can have unintended effects when smaller predators like coyotes are driven closer to people, a team of ecologists found.
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Fascination with shiny technological gadgets may divert scarce resources from the on-the-ground approaches we need to restore degraded ecosystems around the world.
Restoring entire ecosystems is a difficult and expensive process. Thankfully, certain species, called ecosystem engineers, can make restoration easier. Gaining social and political support is critical too.
Indigenous engineering and care for Country points to a better way to manage the Baaka.
The ability of the Osun River to support biodiversity is being threatened by pollution and can only be rescued if the contamination ends.
One-fifth of Earth’s land could be restored to wilderness by reintroducing animals and improving management.
Restoring former prairies that have been plowed under for farming delivers land, wildlife and climate benefits. But a new study finds that the weather plays a surprising role.
Thousands of dams across the US are aging and overdue for maintenance. Taking them down can revive rivers, restore fish runs and create new opportunities for tourism and outdoor activities.
North America’s prairies once were home to millions of wild animals. Today, most of that land is farmed or developed, but some grasslands have never been plowed and could be rewilded.
The current state of our climate shouldn’t be dismissed as a ‘new normal’. The hard truth is many of our ecosystems will not recover from the damage.
Populations of plankton are in decline. If we push this critical foundation of the marine food chain to extinction, we could cripple ecosystems for millions of years.
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Professor, University of Tasmania
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Research Fellow in Environmental Science, University of Tasmania
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Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Archaeology, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Climatology, Director, Climate Futures Program, University of Tasmania
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Tomas Remenyi is a Friend of The Conversation.
Climate Research Fellow, Climate Futures Programme, University of Tasmania
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Barbara Cox Anthony Chair in Wildlife Conservation, Colorado State University
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Postdoctoral researcher, marine ecology, University of Adelaide
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Professor, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Micropalaeontology, UCL
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Lecturer, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton
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Lecturer in Life and Earth Sciences, University of Gibraltar
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Senior Lecturer, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Adjunct Faculty, University of Nevada, Reno
