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Mangrove forests are shrinking due to human activities, yet they’re essential for shoreline protection and carbon sequestration. Ongoing research explores the concept of “floating” mangrove forests.
Nigeria’s forest resources have dwindled and are in danger of disappearing in a few decades if nothing is done to save them.
Effective use of genomic identification could revolutionize the control of the illegal timber trade.
Illegal logging entrenches systemic corruption, undermines accountability in governance, and finances insecurity.
A review of Australia’s illegal logging laws tests the Morrison government’s commitment to halting global forest loss.
Following scandals over illegal logging, and with an appetite for rare, old-growth wood, the guitar industry is rethinking its environmental footprint. Australian companies are leading the way.
Researchers have uncovered what appears to be widespread logging of steep slopes in Victoria, which has the potential to damage critical water supplies.
The federal government is considering watering-down laws against importing illegal timber, but this flies in the face of international evidence.
A new mapping study shows that roads have sliced and diced almost the entire land surface of Earth, leaving huge areas prone to illegal logging, mining and hunting.
Illegal logging is a serious threat but new ways of detecting illegal timber could help save global forests.
The islands of São Tomé and Príncipe must work hard to protect their native forests from deforestation.
At the Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit, which concluded yesterday in Sydney, environment minister Greg Hunt announced A$6 million to combat illegal logging. While the funding builds on legislation to ensure…
Illegal logging is a major contributor to tropical deforestation and forest degradation. Australia is currently considering legislation to prevent the importation of illegally logged wood. But if the legislation…
Illegal logging is booming, as criminal organisations tighten their grip on this profitable global industry. Hence, it comes just in the nick of time that Australia, after years of debate, is on the verge…
The Australian Senate is about to take on the task of stopping illegal logging, with legislation banning the importation and sale of timber products containing illegally logged timber being considered…
As the Australia Parliament currently debates legislation to fight illegal logging, it’s worth considering the impact of the American and European laws on which the Australian effort is modelled. We may…
A few years ago a friend of mine, Philip Fearnside, feared for his life. Phil had just flown into Manaus, Brazil, where he is a biologist and well-respected critic of illegal loggers and others who threaten…
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Director, Environment Institute, University of Adelaide
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Postdoctoral researcher, Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Universidade de Lisboa
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Molecular Biologist, University of Adelaide
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Executive in Residence, Centre for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor in Environmental Change, University of Leeds
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Timber Forensics, University of Adelaide
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Associate lecturer, University of Sydney
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Senior Academic Associate, Africa Center for Strategic Studies
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Chief of Natural Sciences, Bangkok office, Unesco
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Postdoctoral researcher in forest genetics, Université Laval
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Scientific Research, Unesco
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Senior Lecturer in Economic Geography, University of Wollongong
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Senior lecturer and academic lead, humanitarian engineering, UNSW Sydney
