Shocking scenes of scorched koalas in the 2019-20 bushfires sparked research into cultural burns for wildlife. A two-year study on the world’s second-largest sand island suggests it’s the way to go.
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Welsh place names often reflect local legends, fauna and topography. The coining of English names to replace them has sparked an ongoing campaign to protect them.
Conservation that places less emphasis on who may or may not use a piece of land could result in better outcomes for people and wildlife.
This is no simple story, but one of a generational mining community on the brink of social change and an often thankless, hard-won battle for ecological recognition in the heart of coal country.
Even in small, densely populated countries, reintroducing large wildlife is possible.
The area’s iconic national parks are home to grizzlies, elk and mountain snowfall that feeds some of the country’s most important rivers. A new report show the changes underway as temperatures rise.
New research found nearly half of land-based ecosystems and threatened species in Australia have inadequate protections. Yet most of the budget for national parks will go to infrastructure upgrades.
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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PhD Candidate and Research Assistant at Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney
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Researcher in Koala, Detection Dogs, Conservation Genetics and Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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London NERC DTP PhD Researcher, UCL
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Professor of Human Geography, Aberystwyth University
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Professor of Paleoclimatology and Paleoecology, University of Wyoming
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Professor, Washington University in St Louis
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Community Land & Sea manager at Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation, Indigenous Knowledge
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PhD Candidate, University of the Sunshine Coast
