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Many threatened plant species aren’t being targeted for conservation. Identifying which are closest to being lost forever is the first step to protect them.
Glaciers support a unique community of plants, many of which are found nowhere else.
Australia’s plants help make our landscapes unique. But many are in grave danger of extinction, and in many cases, the problem is getting worse.
How fast can an animal run? How intense was the fire? Picking which species to help after a bushfire tragedy is no easy task.
Fish, frogs, turtles and platypus at major risk of extinction following the bushfires. So why aren’t they getting much attention?
Without an emergency cull of feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park, the land cannot recover from the bushfires – and threatened species are at grave risk of being annihilated.
In a matter of weeks, the fires have subverted decades of dedicated conservation efforts for many threatened species.
Human-driven land clearing and climate change are sending plants extinct at a rapid rate, risking a devastating biodiversity crash.
Our work represents the first assessment of what social and economic factors are connected to environmental degradation across the entire African continent.
A recent global survey found almost 600 plants have gone extinct. And this figure is likely to be an underestimate.
This small herb hadn’t been seen on Macquarie Island since it was first recorded in 1983, despite several searches over the next 30 years.
Top contributors
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Professor (conservation biology), Charles Darwin University
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ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Post-doctoral research fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Australian National University
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University Fellow, Charles Darwin University
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin 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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Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, University of Sydney
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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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Associate Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University
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Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University
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Professor of Botany, UNSW Sydney
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Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Queensland
