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Want to make a change in our world that positively helps biodiversity conservation?
Change is hard, but not impossible. Guest blog post by Matthew Bowie, who is in the final months of his PhD which focuses on consumer behaviour change and sustainable coffee. Many of the threats facing biodiversity are the result of human actions. This is simply a fact of the world we live in. However, I see […]
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Environment Institute members shine with multiple ARC Discovery Projects funded for 2021
We are delighted to share the achievements of our members, with many receiving funding during the latest ARC Discovery Projects 2021 round 1. Congratulations to the efforts of our sensational team. Images shown are of Environment Institute members. Evolution and function of mammalian sex chromosomes. Professor Frank Gruetzner; Associate Professor Paul Waters; Professor Jennifer Graves; […]
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Open letter to PM Malcolm Turnbull – There is No Planet B
A group of scientists and industry leaders have called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to take action on climate change. In an open letter entitled There Is No Planet B, 154 Australian scientists urged the Government to address the root causes of climate change. “We are as humans conducting a massive science experiment with this […]
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Biosecurity: Embracing new technologies in biosurveillance
Recent growth in Australia’s trade and tourism requires that the country must investigate and potentially utilize a wide variety of new technologies available in biosurveillance and biosecurity. As a consequence of the considerable growth in imports, cost-effective technologies used for inspecting containers and other import risks, that will realistically protect the environment, are urgently required. […]
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Biosecurity: Analysing Australia’s current and future biosecurity landscape
Higher-risk importers and exporters, and their products, are amongst a collection of biosecurity concerns that need to be targeted to ensure high levels of biosecurity continue in Australia. Recent reviews of Australian biosecurity have argued strongly that current security systems, including quarantine inspection, are more efficient and effective if they target potentially high-risk importers and […]
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New Paper: A comparison of indices and measured values of eggshell thickness of different shell regions using museum eggs of 230 European bird species
A new paper involving Environment Institute members Golo Maurer and Phillip Cassey (both also University of Birmingham) as well as Steven Portugal (University of Birmingham and Royal Veterinary college, Hertfordshire) has recently been published in the International Journal of Avian Science (IBIS). The paper titled ‘A comparison of indices and measured values of eggshell thickness […]
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