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– WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas, WMO climate statement: past 4 years warmest on record Greenhouse gas emission are continuing to increase, temperatures over the past four years have been the warmest on record. The oceans are hotter, higher, and more … Continue reading →

Our recent paper in Biological Conservation provides an eerie insight into the cryptic impacts of development in otherwise relatively intact landscapes. Aided by a crew of intrepid volunteers, I spent over a year and walked over 560 km, surveying the … Continue reading →

Addressing bias in conservation efforts: through song! A big thank you to the Wilderness Society of Australia for this fabulous clip. And thank you to all the ugly (and not so ugly) things that make our planet tick! Rock it … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Thinking like a human:
Emery Roe, an American policy scholar, first developed the idea that ‘narratives’ – stories about the world and how it works – are used in policy making processes to cut through complexity and…

­My tweetentation (presentation via tweets) for the Inaugural @ARC_CEED Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions Twitter Conference #CEEDTC2018. To view on Twitter click here. @kerenraiter Abstract: We’re using emerging information on species distribution, dispersal & genetic variation combined with insights … Continue reading →

Next Tuesday, 22nd May, the Australian-based Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (@ARC_CEED) will be holding it’s first Twitter conference! Excellent conservation scientists from around the world will ‘gather’ in the virtusphere on World Biodiversity Day to share and discuss … Continue reading →

I was recently invited to write a ‘hot topic’ article for the Ecological Society of Australia, to provide an evidence-based synthesis of a timely and relevant issue in ecology and environmental policy. It was an interesting process synthesising the story, … Continue reading →

I’ve just had an article published in Decision Point, the bimonthly magazine of the Australia Research Council’s Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED). It presents news and views on environmental decision making, biodiversity, conservation planning and monitoring. http://decision-point.com.au/article/lines-in-the-sand/ Click here … Continue reading →