A wake-up call for Australians?
The Great Barrier Reef was recently considered for a World Heritage 'in danger' listing, but was spared in 2015 by the development of the...
Special Issue: Achieving the targets of global biodiversity conventions
The journal Conservation Letters has just released a Special Issue on "Achieving the targets of global biodiversity conventions". This is...
Engaging local communities in fighting the illegal wildlife trade: can a theory of change help?
Recent alarming rises in illegal wildlife trade (IWT) show that tough law enforcement is not enough to stop poachers devastating...
What an ancient water flea could tell us about the future of humanity
More than a dozen authors from different universities and nongovernmental organizations around the world have concluded, based on an...
Spatial dynamics of coastal forest bird assemblages: the influence of landscape context, forest type
Understanding how ecosystems link, connect and function is important for knowing how to conserve them. PhD student Christina Buelow and...
Why fast-tracking the Carmichael coal mine is a bad idea
When the Queensland state government declared the Carmichael coal mine as "critical infrastructure" we were appalled. Projects like the...
Time Magazine: Why Our Wilderness Matters
James Watson wrote an essay for Time Magazine's Issues issue. Read the full article here
Kendall Jones interviewed for local ABC news about global wilderness loss
Kendall Jones, a GFS PhD student was interviewed last week for ABC news about a recent publication on global wilderness loss. The paper...
Catastrophic Wilderness Loss since the 1990's
Globally important wilderness areas are strongholds for biodiversity, for regulating local climates, and for supporting the world’s most...
Australian threatened species research funding for two GFS lab members
This week, Nick and Stephen were successful in attaining funding from the National Environmental Science Program Threatened Species...