News: conservation
Video platforms normalise exotic pets
Researchers at the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø are concerned video sharing platforms such as YouTube could be contributing to the normalisation of exotic pets and encouraging the exotic pet trade.
Supporting the recovery of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Hills wildlife
Wildlife ecologist Dr Jasmin Packer from the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø’s School of Biological Sciences, has lent her voice to the long-haul recovery of the habitat devastated by the recent ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Hills bushfire, which is home to endangered species and wildlife.Ìý
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Don’t focus on genetic diversity to save our species
Scientists at the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø have challenged the common assumption that genetic diversity of a species is a key indicator of extinction risk.Ìý
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Esteemed biologist to chair Environment Institute
Internationally acclaimed conservation biologist, Professor Hugh Possingham, has been appointed Chair of the Advisory Board for the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø’s Environment Institute.ÌýProfessor Possingham is currently Chief Scientist of The Nature Conservancy, one of the world’s leading environmental organisations, and is completing his term there in the coming weeks. Professor Bob Hill, Director of the Environment Institute, says it is a major coup to appoint such a highly distinguished global conservation leader to chair its Advisory Board.
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