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Under the radar: offsetting cumulative, offsite, cryptic and secondary ecological impacts in intact landscapes
I spoke on the topic of offsets and how they are, and could be applied cumulative, offsite, cryptic and secondary ecological impacts in intact landscapes at the Ecological Society of Australia’s conference in Melbourne in December 2012. My presentation formed part … Continue reading
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Conservation: are you in it for the long run?
Yesterday I had a discussion with a friend who felt overwhelmed about the peril that nature, and biodiversity are in, and sceptical about the use of biodiversity offsets as a mechanism to deal with some of it. The ecological crisis … Continue reading
The world below the blue: conservation input closes today
The world’s rich marine resources are vastly under-protected, in the face of massive, growing exploitation, and increasing pollution, entanglement in nets, destruction of important habitat and other impacts from various human activities, and the global changes that result. Australia risks joining the … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity conservation, environment, marine, nature, protected areas, science
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Threatened species day: for those we remember, for those we never knew, and for those who still stand a chance
Today we commemorate the death of the last known Thylacine (also called the Tasmanian Tiger or Tasmanian Wolf) in 1936. It is national threatened species day, held each year on 7th September. Without the integral role of top-order predator being … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity conservation, environment, extinction, nature, science, threatened species
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Welcome to sustaining ecology
This blog is about sustaining the wild things that make up the natural world around us; it’s about conserving, protecting, and restoring the diversity of life forms and natural wonders, together with the processes and functioning that makes them all … Continue reading
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Sustaining Ecology 