Parks and refuges are important for conservation, but without connections, they’re like islands. Linking them by protecting land in between makes it possible for wildlife to move over bigger areas.
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Efforts to fast-track a review of stewardship land could result in more mining access to conservation land as the governments wants to prioritise land where mining applications have already been made.
Threatened species don’t just live in national parks. Almost half of their distributions are on private land.
Land grabs spearheaded by wealthy interests are accelerating deforestation, and Brazil’s National Congress is working to legitimize them.
New research finds Queensland’s laws fail to protect private conservation areas from the hidden impacts of mining on groundwater.
Want to observe native bees? Or seek out invasive species? There are many ways to get hands-on science learning. An expert on adult STEM education suggests four places to start.
The Biden administration is restoring full protection to three national monuments that President Trump sought to cut down drastically.
Outdoor recreation is booming across the US, but research shows that the presence of humans – or the trails they hike and ski on – can have harmful effects on wildlife at less-than-close range.
It’s hard to preserve national parks “unimpaired,” as US law directs, when they’re overrun with tourists who stray off paths, strew trash and harass wildlife. A parks scholar calls for crowd control.
Biosphere reserves are the living labs in which people and nature learn how to live and thrive together. Four pilot sites in Africa show the programme’s promise.
The sport of trail running is one of the fastest growing in the world, but now is facing two major challenges at the same time, the Covid-19 pandemic and ecological crisis.
If confirmed, US Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico would be the first Native American to run the agency that interacts with tribal nations. But her agenda extends far beyond Indian Country.
The curator at UC Merced describes the evacuation and shows a selection of photographs from the 110-year history of the park.
Republicans and Democrats take sharply different positions on managing US public lands, but there’s solid consensus on some issues.
US ideas about conservation center on walling off land from use. That approach often means expelling Indigenous and other poor people who may be its most effective caretakers.
For some viewers, President Trump’s July 3 speech at Mount Rushmore represented love of country. Others saw it very differently.
Our research investigated 900 ‘alien’ species across almost 200,000 protected areas worldwide.
With national parks closed in many parts of North America, now is the time to rethink how we protect natural areas.
New research identifies areas where species may take refuge as the climate changes and finds they’re largely unprotected.
Largely self-taught, Adams learned to harness the communicative power of photography during his years as a marketing photographer.
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for Environment and Public Lands and University Distinguished Professor, Boise State University
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