In research published in the journal Nature, CSIRO and an international team of scientists have revealed global maps showing how fast and in which direction local climates are shifting. This new study points to a simpler way of looking at …
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A newly published global analysis explores the impacts of urbanisation on birds (54 cities) and plants (110 cities). The density of species has declined substantially compared with non-urban estimates, but cities still retain endemic native species providing opportunities for regional and global …
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Stress has become a constant for many city residents. The research brief Feeling Stressed? Take a Time Out in Nature summarises the evidence proving the benefits of urban green spaces in buffering stress.
The Don’t Shoot Bats campaign began in early 2012 with a group of conservationists, wildlife carers and advocates. At the time, permits to shoot flying-foxes were issued in NSW, and since then, Queensland has reintroduced previously banned shooting in orchards, …
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) researchers and other authors in the new book Biodiversity and Environmental Change have maintained monitoring sites, often for one or more decades, in an array of different ecosystems across the Australian continent. This book highlights …
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The Australasian Network for Ecology and Transportation (ANET) is a professional association that promotes the practice of road ecology amongst engineers, planners and scientists. The impacts of linear infrastructure and the vehicles they carry are are considerable and are responsible …
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A new online Global Freshwater Biodiversity Atlas presenting spatial information and species distribution patterns has been launched. The Atlas is a resource for better, evidenced-based decision making in the area of water policy, science and management.
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) report Assessing Global Land Use: Balancing Consumption with Sustainable Supply explores how the management of land-based biomass production and consumption can be developed towards a higher degree of sustainability across different scales. Specifically, it …
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The University of Queensland fee-free online TROPIC101x course will introduce you to the incredible plants and animals that create tropical coastal ecosystems, and you will go on to explore the challenges these ecosystems are facing such as overfishing, coastal pollution, …
Biophilia is a term popularized by Harvard University myrmecologist and conservationist E.O. Wilson to describe the extent to which humans are hard-wired to need connection with nature and other forms of life. We need nature in our lives more than …