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Protected conservation areas double since 2010 - but miss important areas
1+ week, 4+ day ago (628+ words) The southern black-throated finch is one of more than 200 threatened species that lives in the brigalow belt; a high-risk, under-protected ecosystem. Image: Deborah Metters / iNaturalist CC BY-NC The study, just published in Conservation Science and Practice, examined changes in protected…...
‘Optimistic spin’ hides worsening nature crisis in government report to UN, experts say | Biodiversity Council Australia
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1244+ words) The threatened malleefowl in freshly burnt bushland. Image: Joe Tilley The Biodiversity Council has called out the Australian Government's first report to the United Nations under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The…...
The women who inspired these conservation science leaders
3+ week, 5+ day ago (312+ words) -Dr Jody Gunn, Australian Land Conservation Alliance - Professor Catherine Lovelock, The University of Queensland - Professor Justine Bell-James, The University of Queensland Wendy Cooper with samples of a rare vine in the Daintree. Image: Daintree Boatman Wildlife Cruises "Wendy inspires me…...
New analysis reveals NSW land clearing laws are failing native species | Biodiversity Council Australia
4+ week, 1+ day ago (641+ words) The endangered eastern mourning skink (Lissolepsis coventryi) was one of 12 nationally threatened species that had more than 5% of their likely NSW distribution cleared. Image: Reiner Richter / CC BY-NC-SA iNaturalist For the first time, scientists have published a detailed analysis that…...
Webinar: Preparing for a more volatile future
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (160+ words) Image: Matt Palmer / Unsplash Across Australia, devastating bushfires, floods, a marine heatwave and enormous harmful algal bloom are affecting communities, wildlife and ecosystems. While natural disasters have long shaped this country, climate change is increasing their frequency and intensity, creating…...
Cats and foxes did it. Leading Scientists refute “Invasive Species Denialism,” reaffirming introduced predators as a major cause of mammal extinctions | Biodiversity Council Australia
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1223+ words) The Critically Endangered pygmy possum, as well as many small-bodies mammals, are hunted by feral cats and foxes. Image: BW Brook and JC Buettel / University of Tasmania It follows a scientific uproar over a widely publicised and controversial 2025 paper in…...