CSI trees – how forensic science is helping combat illegal logging
Forensic science has achieved infamy, thanks to television dramas like CSI. But it isn’t just about solving human crimes. Scientists
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Science can identify illegally logged timber – so lets start implementing
Science can identify the source of timber and verifying legality. So it should be a simple case to apply the
Islands in the sky
Roof top gardens aren’t just a quasi hipster architect’s dream concept, but really help insulate and cool buildings, capture rainwater
What are ecovillages?
A global movement is underway to design and live in ecovillages, but what are they and what can they offer?
Conserving the fertile crescent
The fertile crescent is the birth place of modern agriculture, where humans changed from shifting nomads to become settled farmers. But in
Shifting restoration’s mindset away from the ‘Garden of Eden’
There has been a recent recommendation to set restoration baselines as pre-degradation ecological communities. However this is a nostalgic aspiration, akin
Grubs up
Shouldn’t we be taking the idea of eating insects – or entophagy – a bit more seriously? Now I
Engaging hearts and minds to reverse the biodiversity crisis
Lets us be in no doubt – we are in the midst of the greatest biodiversity crisis the world has
Give the land a break, and have some confidence in resilience
The ability of the bush to bounce back after extensive grazing cannot be guaranteed. A farmer from Sanderson in the
Local is not always best
The use of local seed is widely advocated for habitat restoration and is based on the premise that locally sourced
Biodiversity Revolution 