Global tree-planting campaigns can harm natural drylands. Effective climate restoration must work within dryland ecosystems, not seek to replace them.
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By studying antelope fossils, researchers can revisit long-standing questions about how the Cradle of Humankind’s environment evolved through time.
New research examines the reasons for the decline of small mammals in Australia’s tropical savannas and identifies the most effective practical solutions.
A new report reveals the perilous state of nature in the Top End of the Northern Territory. Here’s how to arrest the decline of threatened species and habitat.
The Grassland Society of Southern Africa has been conducting scientific research for 60 years, adapting to new challenges.
A new publication sheds light on the plants of Burkina Faso and Mali.
Effective conservation of old-growth ecosystems will work best if it considers their varied ecology.
Planting millions of trees in natural grassland is largely ineffective in the battle against global warming because it adds little or no additional carbon storage.
Giraffes are vulnerable to extinction, mainly due to habitat loss and killing for bushmeat markets. The good news is human actions can alleviate that danger.
The largest ever giraffe tracking study shows how these massive animals are responding to human pressures across many different habitats throughout Africa.
Almost all theories of human bipedalism explain it as a terrestrial adaptation. A new study does not support that view.
Savanna grasslands are burnt early in the dry season to reduce the chance of large fires later. But it’s making air pollution worse.
Fire must be allowed to play its natural role.
New research suggests 75% of the rainforest has become less resilient to stress since the early 2000s.
It may not be extinct, but our research suggests the buff-breasted button-quail may only be hanging on by a thread, at best.
Fires in arid Australia are extensive, largely unmanaged, often destructive and significantly under-reported.
Efforts to preserve biodiversity and slow climate change make natural bedfellows.
Deforestation in Brazil recently reached a 12-year high, prompting France to cut soybean imports from the country.
As in humans, environmental changes provoked chimpanzees to develop a diverse range of behaviours.
Not only can plants survive fire, they can use the experience of being burned to prepare themselves for future blazes.
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Professor of Ecology, Charles Darwin University
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Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Asso. Professor in Anthropology, University College London, UCL
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Postdoctoral fellow, Decision Science, The University of Queensland
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Research scientist working on savanna and forest distribution, Université de Montréal
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Professor in Biodiversity and Conservation, The University of Queensland
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Research Scholar in Ecology and Economics, Princeton University
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PhD Candidate, Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland
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Course Director, MSc Biodiversity, Conservation and Management, University of Oxford
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires, University of Wollongong
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Extraordinary lecturer, University of Pretoria
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Associate Research Scholar in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy, Princeton University