How do we quantify Australia’s ecosystem services?
We need to develop the measures and metrics used to track the state, condition and trajectory of our ecosystem services if we are to value and ultimately restore them.
Author: Prof Andy Lowe
Prof Andy Lowe is a British-Australian scientist and expert in plants and trees, particularly the management of genetic, biological and ecosystem resources. He has discovered lost forests, championed to eliminate illegally logged timber in global supply chains, served the United Nation’s Office of Drugs and Crime and is a lead author of the Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services – Land Degradation and Restoration report.
He has helped secure a quarter of a billion dollars worth of research funding in his field and is an experienced and respected executive leader, board member, as well as mid-career mentor. Andy is a passionate science communicator, he has been Scientist in Residence at The Australian Financial Review and the Advertiser and is a regular author, speaker and podcast host.
Towards a global picture of plant ecological function
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Deep insights into plant evolution from gene scans
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Natural Wonder – Why do trees lose their leaves?
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Tackling the causes of the Amazon forest fires
Whilst the fires are still raging across the Amazon, Brazil has finally accepted some international assistance from neighbouring Chile to help
Natural Wonder: Why is the colour blue so rare in nature?
Blue is a very prominent colour on earth – it’s the colour of the sky and the ocean. But when
Urban rewilding can help lower chronic disease
Replanting urban environments with native flora could be a cost effective way to improve public health because it will help
Plants vs ants: who will survive the climate change challenge?
We are increasingly observing the impact of climate change on biodiversity, but will ants or plants win out? Climate change
Learning the dark arts of media communication
9 essentials for getting academic and scientific ideas into the public domain
Liveable Futures
Our Biodiversity Revolution continues, however, this week we’ll be evolving our own online perspective to spending more time addressing Liveable
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