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• Fast-lane Mesopredators

  

  © F. Fish http://goo.gl/rWG8fIAnother post from Alejandro Frid (a modified excerpt from a chapter of his forthcoming book).–I fall in love easy. Must be my... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Saving World’s Most Threatened Cat Requires Climate Adaptation

  

  © CSIC Andalusia Audiovisual Bank/H. GarridoThe Iberian lynx is the world’s most threatened cat, with recent counts estimating only 250 individuals surviving... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Guilty Until Proven Innocent

  

  The precautionary principle – the idea that one should adopt an approach that minimises risk – is so ingrained in the mind of the conservation scientist that... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Ecology: the Most Important Science of Our Times

  

  The title of this post is deliberately intended to be provocative, but stay with me – I do have an important point to make.I’m sure most every scientist in... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• The Economy Worse off Since 1978

  

  Can’t eat moneyI was only a little tacker in 1978, and as any little tacker, I was blissfully unaware that I had just lived through a world-changing event. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Relaxed Laws Imperil Australian Wildlife

  

  Christmas Island pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus murrayi). © M. SchultzOn the continuing theme of the demise of laws designed to protect Australian biodiversity... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Conservation and Ecology Journal Impact Factors 2012

  

  It’s the time of year that scientists love to hate – the latest (2012) journal ranking have been released by ISI Web of Knowledge. Many people despise this... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• I Love Biodiversity

  

  © G. GalliceA corker of an idea, and post, from Diogo Veríssimo.–I don’t like biodiversity. I like beef lasagna, I like the British museum and I like... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Australia’s National Parks Aren’t ‘national’ at All

  

  Following our The Conversation article a few weeks ago about the rapid demise of national parks in Australia, a few of us (me, Euan Ritchie Emma Johnston)... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Learning How to Fail

  

  On the way to work yesterday I was listening to ABC Radio National‘s Life Matters program hosted by Natasha Mitchell about how school children are now apparentl... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT, LIFE COACH

• Cartoon Guide to Biodiversity Loss XIX

  

  Here are 6 more biodiversity cartoons illustrating through humour the sad state of the natural world (see full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Conservation Hypocrisy

  

  telegraph.co.ukAnother soul-searching post from Alejandro Frid.–Confession time. This is going to be delicate, and might even ruffle some big feathers. Still,... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Our National Parks Must Be More Than Playgrounds Or Paddocks

  

  It’s interesting when a semi-random tweet by a colleague ends up mobilising a small army of scientists to get pissed off enough to co-write an article. Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• A Carbon Economy Can Help Save Our Species Too

  

  We sent out this media release the other day, but it had pretty poor pick-up (are people sick of the carbon price wars?). Anyway, I thought it prudent to reprin... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Learning from Danger

  

  Study vehicle, a group of vicuñas and a guanaco in San Guillermo National Park (San Juan, Argentina) [courtesy of Marco Escudero]. Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Take Credit for Your Work

  

  If science is the best way to reduce subjectivity when asking a question of how something works, then an inherently essential aspect of this is getting your... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Seven Signs Your Country Has an Environmental Problem

  

  1. It’s almost always hazy – and not just in the cities. The particulate matter pollution makes even sunny days appear like it’s about to rain. Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Touchy-feely Ecologists

  

  One of the many reasons I started this blog nearly five years ago was to engage both minds and hearts that my (and my colleagues’) scientific journal papers wer... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Help Us Restore a Forest

  

  I’m not usually one to promote conservation volunteer opportunities, but this is a little different. First, I’m involved in this one, and second, it’s very... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• Software Tools for Conservation Biologists

  

  Given the popularity of certain prescriptive posts on ConservationBytes.com, I thought it prudent to compile a list of software that my lab and I have found... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 ENVIRONMENT, TECH