VicForests just won a landmark Federal court case against the local community, throwing light on an outdated definition of sustainability. Ironically, the judge ruled in favour of over 20 individual …
There is a mouse plague in Australia. It’s costing some farmers $200,000 – $300,000 in lost crops and the numbers are so great, they are even getting into hospitals and …
Koala Conservation and Farming: all landowners within Koala habitat, together, have the opportunity to use this iconic Australian species as a lever to start rebuilding farm ecosystem integrity. There are …
Animal ImpactAustraliaBiodiversity processesEvolutionHumans as animalsIndigenous cultureIntelligenceSustainability
How Aboriginal people made the most successful ecosystems
Humans are animals. It seems such an obvious thing to say but we don’t behave, think or talk as though we believe it. And this has a profound effect on …
AustraliaBiodiversity processesFood securityMegafaunaNature-based SolutionsPest / disease reductionRewildingWhy animals are important
Killing kangaroos destroys Australia’s environment. It makes no sense!
At a time when much of the world is busy rewilding, some Australia’s conservationists want to kill millions of kangaroos including Red Kangaroo, the country’s largest remaining megafauna species, an …
AmplificationAnimal ImpactAustraliaBiodiversity processesBirdsFarmlandFood securityInvertebratesNature-based SolutionsPest / disease reductionRewilding
Pesticide use on Australia wildlife makes Plague Locust risk worse!
The ABC’s Landline program published an article last week on the rise of Plague Locusts in Australia. This forecast the possibility of the worst plagues since the 1970s. There was …
Animal ImpactAustraliaBiodiversity processesChaos reductionFood securityOceansRewildingSharks and RaysWhy animals are important
How do you reduce shark attacks? Try increasing shark numbers
Ecology is a complex science and so often, our simplest assumptions about how things work, don’t hold up in practice. Take sharks for example. How do you reduce shark attacks? …
Animal ImpactAustraliaBiodiversity processesBirdsConservation principlesRewildingWhy animals are important
A single lyrebird moves 350 tonnes of soil a year
Lyrebirds will make a few appearances in my forthcoming book. Mostly because they are are an outstanding and visible indicator of animal impact and the origin of most of the …
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How Blue Whales help regulate climate by stirring and fertilising the ocean
How Blue Whales help regulate climate is by stirring and fertilising the ocean. In Indonesia’s Banda Sea, just north of Australia, they contribute to cold layer mixing and significantly contribute …
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