Enjoy them while you can? The ecotourism challenge facing Australia’s favourite islands
I fell for Kangaroo Island from my first visit. I recall standing on a headland on the island’s southern coast,…
Indonesia’s Peats Restoration Agency gets an extension despite falling to hit its target: what are the hurdles and next strategies?
Despite falling short of its target, Indonesia’s Peatland Restoration Agency is likely to continue its work to rehabilitate the country’s…
Beluga whistles and clicks could be silenced by an increasingly noisy Arctic Ocean
Under the sea ice, the Arctic Ocean is one of the quietest places on Earth. But it can be very…
A tropical fish evolved to endure rising temperatures – but it may not be fast enough to survive climate change
The climate is changing, and heatwaves are becoming more common and intense as a result. For the Great Barrier Reef,…
The Paris Agreement at 5: Time’s running out. How to get the world back on track to meet its climate goals
COVID-19 has dramatically changed how we live our lives, reducing air travel and automobile use. But even these significant socio-economic…
The Blue Mountains World Heritage site has been downgraded, but it’s not too late to save it
Twenty years ago, UNESCO inscribed the greater Blue Mountains area on the World Heritage List for having “outstanding universal value”.…
‘Severely threatened and deteriorating’: global authority on nature lists the Great Barrier Reef as critical
The Great Barrier Reef is now in “critical” condition and the health of four other Australian World Heritage properties has…
How will sharks respond to climate change? It might depend on where they grew up
They may have been around for hundreds of millions of years — long before trees — but today sharks and…
Daytime sightings of elusive aardvarks hint at troubled times in the Kalahari
Aardvarks are notoriously elusive, nocturnal mammals. They generally hide in their underground burrows during the day and emerge at night…
Humans are changing fire patterns, and it’s threatening 4,403 species with extinction
Last summer, many Australians were shocked to see fires sweep through the wet tropical rainforests of Queensland, where large and…
Threatened Species Rely On Ecotourism To Survive. So What Happens When The Tourists Stop Coming?
Most years, the Beaufort Sea is freezing over by November and a busy season of polar bear viewing is winding…
How ‘net-zero’ and ‘passive’ houses can cut carbon emissions — and energy bills
From the street, you wouldn’t be able to tell a net-zero or passive house from any other recently built home.…
South Africa: Incentivizing conservation | Global Ideas
If landowners set up a nature reserve, they are rewarded with a tax break. The NGO Wilderness Foundation Africa advises…
200 years ago, people discovered Antarctica – and promptly began profiting by slaughtering some of its animals to near extinction
Two hundred years ago, on November 17, Connecticut ship captain Nathaniel Palmer spotted the Antarctic continent, one of three parties…