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• Who’s Responsible for Climate Change? Not Ecologists, Right?

  

  It’s sometimes difficult to take a long, hard look in the mirror and admit one’s failings. Today’s post is a thought-provoking challenge to all ecologists... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2012 DEBATE, ENVIRONMENT

• The Invader’s Double Edge

  

  The Ogasawara Archipelago (Bonin Islands,) encompasses several tens of small islands ~ 1000 km from mainland Japan. In 2011, UNESCO declared this archipelago a... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Costs and Benefits of a Carbon Economy for Conservation

  

  I’ve had the good fortune of being involved now in a several endeavours funded by the Australian Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (ACEAS); two of... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Get Boreal

  

  I’ve been a little quiet this last week because I’ve had to travel to the other side of the planet for what turned out to be a very interesting and... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• It Couldn’t Have Been Us!

  

  A few months ago I asked Chris Johnson of the University of Tasmania to put together a post on his recent Science paper regarding Australian megafaunal... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Ghosts of Bottlenecks Past

  

  I’ve just spent the last week at beautiful Linnaeus Estate on the northern NSW coast for my third Australian Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (ACEAS... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Can Australia Afford the Dingo Fence?

  

  I wrote this last night with Euan Ritchie of Deakin University in response to some pretty shoddy journalism that misrepresented my comments (and Euan’s work). Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Conservation Value of Paddy Wagon Currency: Civil Disobedience by Scientists

  

  A couple of years ago, James Hansen visited Adelaide and I was fortunate enough to attend dinner with him and his lovely wife Anniek. A truly inspiring scientis... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2012 DEBATE, ENVIRONMENT

• No More Ecology

  

  To all ecology people who read this blog (students, post-docs, academics), this is an intriguing, provocative and slightly worrying title. As ecology has mature... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Sharks: the World’s Custodians of Fisheries

  

  Today’s post comes from Salvador Herrando-Pérez (who, incidentally, recently submitted his excellent PhD thesis). – Three species co-occurring in the Gulf of... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• We Only Have Decades…

  … not centuries.Here’s a little video production The Environment Institute put together that explains some of our lab‘s work and future directions.– –CJA... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• To Corridor, Or Not to Corridor: Size is the Question

  

  I’ve just read a really interesting post by David Pannell from the University of Western Australia discussing the benefits (or lack thereof) of wildlife... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Take a Leaf from Insurance Industry’s Book

  

  Just a quick one rehashing today’s media release on the iREDD paper I blogged about a while back. The full, online version is available upon request. Stay... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• The Wounded Soldiers of Biodiversity

  

  Here’s another great post from Salvador Herrando-Pérez. It is interesting that he’s chosen an example species that was once (a long, long time ago in a galaxy... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Tentacles of Destruction

  

  This last post before Easter is something I’ve thought more and more about over the last few years. I wouldn’t have given it much time in the past, but I’m now... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Humans Suddenly Become Intelligent

  

  Some described it as the “eco-topia”; some believed they had died in the night and awoken in a different universe. Some just stood there gaping stupidly.Yet... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Eat a Feral a Week

  

  Just a quick post this week about something I’ve been contemplating for a while. What if every Australian pledged to eat a feral animal a week? Yes, I know... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Bill Laurance Wins Heineken Prize

  

  I’ve just learnt some fantastic news about my good friend and colleague, Professor Bill Laurance of James Cook University.Bill has the distinction of being name... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Worlds Collide: Greenwashed Development to Kill Biodiversity

  

  Another development fiasco that, if it goes ahead, will devastate a Biodiversity Hotspot and ultimately, reduce the livelihood prospects of millions of West... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Unholy Trinity of Leakage, Permanence and Additionality

  

  I begin with the the proverbial WTF? The title of this post sounds a little like the legalese accompanying a witchcraft trial, but it’s jargon that’s all the... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2012 ENVIRONMENT