VicForests just won a landmark Federal court case against the local community, throwing light on an outdated definition of sustainability.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 …
Seaspiracy on Netflix: a review. The reaction from marine scientists is baffling.
Poor people who can’t feed themselves can’t afford to save wildlife. So when we talk about stopping eating fish altogether, we must clearly caveat that with some exceptions. Because eating …
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 …
They say a picture paints a thousand words but acoustics is more powerful than any other sense. It conveys a vast density of information that, for the most part, is …
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 …
There is a lovely statement in the opening paragraph of Tyson Yunkaporta’s book Sand Talk. It says that ‘fifty per cent of the echidna brain is used for some of …
Tuna’s Last Stand A really well researched (long read) in Hakai Magazine about the rise of the tinned tuna industry and how this has depleted larger species, leaving Skipjack. The …
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Top 5 reasons to conserve ocean animals and ecosystems
Why is ocean conservation important? The temperature, chemistry and nutrient patterns of the ocean, as they relate to human survival, are regulated by animals. Without animals, the ocean would become …
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Sharks scare dugongs and increase seagrass resilience to climate change
A paper just published in the Journal of Animal Ecology [1] looks at how sharks scare dugongs and increase seagrass in a tropical environment. While their modelThe process, either mathematically …