Australian government outlaws illegal logging
Welcome news from November 21st – the Australian Federal Government has passed the Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill in order to crack
Tag: conservation
Where’s the action?
We all agree that we need to act on climate change. We all agree that biodiversity is a good thing.
Conservation ‘arks’ under attack from external cocktail of threats
Once we establish reserves to protect species or an important biodiversity hot spot, we tend to think those species as
The cost of protecting species is less than half bankers’ bonuses – but can we afford not to save biodiversity?
Donal McCarthy from BirdLife International recently led a study to estimate the annual cost of saving species from extinction. Based around
Extinction vortex
There are many reasons why we should care about biodiversity, as scientists in Sweden have discovered: loss of the most
TREND’s vision praised at launch
The official launch of the TREND program on April 27 2012 was an opportunity to showcase the work that researchers
Tracking the wood through the trees
Around ten percent of wood imported into Australia comes from illegally logged forests – those situated outside designated logging areas
Managing Biodiversity
We’re still using old-fashioned or knee-jerk methods for conservation prioritisation. Reserves are allocated when land becomes available, instead of strategically
Measuring Biodiversity
Despite the catastrophic loss of species, we still don’t monitor the levels of biodiversity or ecosystems in an internationally agreed
Biodiversity Revolution 