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Government's threatened species plan 'last chance to get it right'

The Federal Government is being urged to massively expand efforts to save native plants and animals from extinction, as it develops a...

Impact of 2019–2020 mega-fires on Australian fauna habitat

Australia’s 2019–2020 mega-fires were exacerbated by drought, anthropogenic climate change and existing land-use management. Here, using...

Recent Australian wildfires made worse by logging and associated forest management

The recent fires in southern Australia were unprecedented in scale and severity. Much commentary has rightly focused on the role of...

Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity

Renewable energy production is necessary to halt climate change and reverse associated biodiversity losses. However, generating the...

Mining needed for renewable energy 'could harm biodiversity'

Study warns sites must be protected in search for materials to build infrastructure. The mining necessary for producing renewable energy...

Renewable energy can save the natural world – but if we’re not careful, it will also hurt it

A vast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is crucial to slowing climate change. But building solar panels, wind turbines...

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'We may not survive' - UN issues dire warning over climate change

Fire regimes are changing in both Australia and Brazil

Ambitious and holistic goals key to saving Earth’s biodiversity, study says

How Australia Can Rise From The Ashes

Change in terrestrial human footprint drives continued loss of intact ecosystems

Minimising the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in an intact landscape under risk of.....

World’s protected areas lack connections, recent study finds

Study finds a Mexico-sized swath of intact land lost to human pressure

Planetary ‘safety net’ could halt wildlife loss and slow climate breakdown

Isolation of protected areas a major blind spot in habitat conservation