Yesterday I was asked – what do koalas do? How are they important? After all, how can something that just sits in a tree all day be much use to …
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 ConservationWhy is animal conservation important? Animal conservation is important, because animals are the only mechanism to create biodiversity, which is the mechanism that creates a habitable planet for humans. …
Biodiversity processesChaos reductionFarmlandNature-based SolutionsRewildingWhy animals are important
There is no field of dreams without animals to begin with
Science Daily recently published a piece titled “Study challenges ecology’s ‘Field of Dreams’ hypothesis”. The hypothesis, put simply, is if you build a habitat, the animals will come. The article …
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 …
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