Keeping lions from livestock — building fences can save lives
Seeing majestic lions strolling along the Maasai Mara at sunset — a dream vision for many conservationists, but a nightmare for pastoralists trying to keep their cattle safe at night. Fortunately a...
View ArticleHuman population growth, refugees & environmental degradation
The global human population is now over 7.5 billion, and increasing by about 90 million each year. This means that we are predicted to exceed 9 billion people by 2050, with no peak in site this century...
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...
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 ArticleBring it back
Restoration of lost habitats and ecosystems hits all the right notes — conservation optimism, a can-do attitude, and the excitement of seeing biologically impoverished areas teem with life once more....
View ArticlePenguins cheated by ecosystem change
Thermal microhabitats are often uncoupled from above-ground air temperatures. A study focused on small frogs and lizards from the Philippines demonstrates that the structural complexity of tropical...
View ArticleWhy populations can’t be saved by a single breeding pair
I published this last week on The Conversation, and now reproducing it here for CB.com readers. — Two days ago, the last male northern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) died. His passing...
View ArticlePrimate woes where the oil palm grows
A new article just published in PNAS reveals how future expansion of the palm-oil industry could have terrible consequences for African primates. Researchers from the European Commission’s Joint...
View ArticleIncreasing human population density drives environmental degradation in Africa
Almost a decade ago, I (co-) wrote a paper examining the socio-economic correlates of gross, national-scale indices of environmental performance among the world’s nations. It turned out to be rather...
View ArticleEnvironmental damage kills children
Yes, it’s a provocative title, I agree. But then again, it’s true. But I don’t just mean in the most obvious ways. We already have good data showing that lack of access to clean water and sanitation...
View ArticleTime for a ‘cold shower’ about our ability to avoid a ghastly future
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,’ said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do...
View ArticleWorried about Earth’s future? Well, the outlook is worse than even scientists...
Daniel Mariuz/AAP Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University; Daniel T. Blumstein, University of California, Los Angeles, and Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University Anyone with even a passing interest in the...
View ArticleConservation paradox – the pros and cons of recreational hunting
Is recreational hunting bad for biodiversity? Not always.
View ArticleRecreational hunting, conservation and livelihoods: no clear evidence trail
Enrico Di Minin, University of Helsinki; Anna Haukka, University of Helsinki; Anna Hausmann, University of Helsinki; Christoph Fink, University of Helsinki; Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University;...
View ArticleAttack of the alien invaders: pest plants and animals leave a frightening...
Shutterstock They’re one of the most damaging environmental forces on Earth. They’ve colonised pretty much every place humans have set foot on the planet. Yet you might not even know they exist. We’re...
View ArticleFancy a pangolin infected with coronavirus? Apparently, many people do
The logic of money contradicts the logic of species conservation and human health. As illegal trade has driven pangolins to near extinction, their hunting and market value has kept increasing ― even...
View ArticleNeo-colonialist attitudes ignoring poachernomics will ensure more extinctions
No matter most people’s best intentions, poaching of species in Sub-Saharan Africa for horn and ivory continues unabated. Despite decades of policies, restrictions, interventions, protections, and...
View ArticleKeeping babies alive will lower population growth
We’ve just published a paper in PLOS ONE showing high infant mortality rates are contributing to an incessant rise of the global human population, which supports arguments for greater access to...
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