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World’s greatest conservation tragedy you’ve probably never heard of
I admit that I might be stepping out on a bit of a dodgy limb by claiming ‘greatest’ in the title. That’s a big call, and possibly a rather subjective one at that. Regardless, I think it is one of the...
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Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss XXXIX
Six more biodiversity cartoons coming to you all the way from Sweden (where I’ve been all week). See full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here. — Filed under: cartoon,...
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Potential conservation nightmare unfolding in South Africa
Like most local tragedies, it seems to take some time before the news really grabs the overseas audience by the proverbial goolies. That said, I’m gobsmacked that the education tragedy unfolding in...
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Boreal forest on the edge of a climate-change tipping point
As some know, I dabble a bit in the carbon affairs of the boreal zone, and so when writer Christine Ottery interviewed me about the topic, I felt compelled to reproduce her article here (originally...
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In conversation with Current Conservation
In August I had the pleasure of visiting the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bengaluru, India, and while there I was interviewed by Hari Sridhar of Current Conservation. I admit that I...
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Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss XL
That’s ’40’, of course. Six more biodiversity cartoons, and the last for 2016. See full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here. — Filed under: cartoon, conservation,...
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Influential conservation ecology papers of 2016
As I have done for the last three years (2015, 2014, 2013), here’s another retrospective list of the top 20 influential conservation papers of 2016 as assessed by experts in F1000 Prime. Scaling laws...
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Where do citizens stand on climate change?
Climate change caused by industrialisation is modifying the structure and function of the Biosphere. As we uncork 2017, our team launches a monthly section on plant and animal responses to modern...
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The Evidence Strikes Back — What Works 2017
Tired of living in a world where you’re constrained by inconvenient truths, irritating evidence and incommodious facts? 2016 must have been great for you. But in conservation, the fight against the...
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Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss XLI
Number 41 of my semi-regular instalment of biodiversity cartoons, and the first for 2017. See full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here. — Filed under: cartoon,...
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Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss XLII
Number 41 of my semi-regular instalment of biodiversity cartoons, and the first for 2017. See full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here. —
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It’s not all about temperature for corals
Global warming of the atmosphere and the oceans is modifying the distribution of many plants and animals. However, marine species are bound to face non-thermal barriers that might preclude their...
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Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss XLIII
Number 43 of my semi-regular instalment of biodiversity cartoons. See full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here. —
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Which countries protect the most of their land?
One potentially useful metric to measure how different nations value their biodiversity is just how much of a country’s land its government sets aside to protect its natural heritage and resources....
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Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss XLIV
Number 43 of my semi-regular instalment of biodiversity cartoons. See full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here. —
View ArticleCartoon guide to biodiversity loss XLV
The last set of biodiversity cartoons for 2017. See full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here. —
View ArticleInfluential conservation ecology papers of 2017
As I have done for the last four years (2016, 2015, 2014, 2013), here’s another retrospective list of the top 20 influential conservation papers of 2017 as assessed by experts in F1000 Prime. More than...
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The first set of biodiversity cartoons for 2018. See full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here. —
View ArticleDrivers of protected-area effectiveness in Africa
I’ve just read an interesting paper published in late 2016 in Conservation Biology that had so far escaped my attention. But given my interest in African conservation recently (and some interesting...
View ArticleOffshore Energy & Marine Spatial Planning
I have the pleasure (and relief) of announcing a new book that’s nearly ready to buy, and I think many readers of CB.com might be interested in what it describes. I know it might be a bit premature to...
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