What’s stopping scientists from being heard?

November 5, 2012 Valuing biodiversity

Ever wondered why scientific advice doesn’t seem to get the traction it deserves? Ever wondered why public acceptance of the

The five stages of climate change denial

October 30, 2012 Liveable Futures / Threats and extinction

Stage 1: “It doesn’t exist” Stage 2: “Okay maybe it does exist, but it’s just part of the natural cycle

SPECIAL REPORT – Seeing the wood through the trees *

October 23, 2012 Threats and extinction

* From time to time we’ll post a special report, which will be longer than our normal posts. See also The

Crystal ball gazing – future publication impact

October 21, 2012 Uncategorized

Metrics of publication success are now a common feature of academic life. We are all familiar with concepts such as

TREND’s vision praised at launch

September 24, 2012 Citizen Science

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

September 18, 2012 Managing Biodiversity

Around ten percent of wood imported into Australia comes from illegally logged forests – those situated outside designated logging areas

Bringing species identification into the genetics era – DNA Barcoding

September 11, 2012 Discovering Biodiversity

DNA barcoding is one of the most exciting new frontiers in biomolecular science. Originally dreamt up in 2003 by a