A cautionary tale for conservation policy
Accounting for the cost of conservation is necessary to help save species
Better addressing global sustainability challenges
Who’s ready for climate change? You can Google that…
On 22 May 2018, aligned with World Biodiversity Day, CEED hosted its inaugural online Twitter Conference with a focus on Environmental Decisions.
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Agricultural expansion is the most well-known driver of deforestation and it is estimated to account for roughly 80% of global deforestation.
Despite a wealth of case studies, few general conclusions can be made regarding the causes of deforestation as the drivers often occur in complex feedbacks and operate at different scales.
A lack of accurate and consistent estimates of the cost of conservation interventions has been hindering conservation decisions, both at local and international scales.
A team of leading researchers has taken action towards resolving this problem to improve conservation practice and help save species.
What do you do if you have a question? You probably ‘Google it’.
Now a team of researchers at The University of Queensland is using the big data produced from Google search histories to gauge how ready countries are for the impacts of climate change.
PhD candidate Carla Archibald, from the Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, said the researchers used the information to assess general awareness of climate change.
Read more: Who’s ready for climate change? You can Google that…
To overcome global sustainability challenges, social and ecological sciences need to be integrated into research to provide a better understanding of systems involving people and natural resources as a whole, rather than looking at it as a one-way model.
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Many studies have shown roads have severe impacts on local animal populations, but what about local insects?
Magdelena Lenda and a team of researchers find out.
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