Paltry spending means many species severely impacted by the Australian megafires were left in desperate trouble, potentially pushing some closer to extinction. Research by @manammichelle, Ayesha 🏳️‍🌈🦄🐕🦜🌿🌈🧘‍♀️🎻🏝 + James Watson: #Auspol QUT @UQ_news bit.ly/3PplqDh

New Paper: 'Biodiversity risks and safeguards of China’s hydropower financing in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Countries' w/ Martine Maron, Steve HC Teo, James Watson, Alex Lechner, UQ News, @UQ_CBCS authors.elsevier.com/a/1fm9N9C%7EIt….🧵

How much impact do Chinese-funded #hydropower dams in #BeltandRoadinitiative countries cause to #biodiversity? Find it out in this Article by Divya Narain James Watson Martine Maron & colleagues cell.com/one-earth/full… #BiodiversityRisks #Safeguards

Our #review on protected areas and #insect #conservation is now published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution. In addition to summarising the current trend in literature, we propose a four-step research agenda to mitigate insect #decline. @UQ_CBCS iDiv Biodiversity Research doi.org/10.1016/j.tree… (1/17)

While PAs are a crucial part of biodiversity conservation, there has been little assessment of how well PAs conserve insects. In another study, we show that 76% of insect species are inadequately represented by PAs globally. dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.… (2/17)

The birds in the #AussieBirdCount I did with Senator Janet Rice today in a native forest earmarked for logging were so good we did a second survey further up the track. A combined 74 birds of 19 species that wouldn’t just be able to ‘move somewhere else if their home was logged

I’m delighted to announce an awesome new project, launching next week. A great team and I are aiming to crowdfund enough to track the endangered Australian Painted-snipe for the first time. Please consider supporting us and spreading the word. Tracking Australian Painted-snipe 📸 Leo

We have an amazing team, including Stephen Garnett RIEL, Chris Purnell and Andrew Silcocks BirdLife Australia, Lori Gould ourANU, Danny Rogers @DELWP_Vic, Birgita Hansen Inka Veltheim James Watson … A “dream team” for this species.

Very excited about this project. In most years, Australian Painted-snipe is possibly the most difficult Australian bird to find. We just don’t know how many are out there-could be thousands, could be only a handful. Help Matt and co find out!

Now online: mining threats to mammal habitat globally. Considerable mismatch between IUCN assessments and observed risks from mining. Threatened and DD species most impacted. Mining for ETMs may inordinately impact mammal habitats if precautions not taken tinyurl.com/2s3m2vf2

It is critical to distinguish different types of restoration to meet the objectives of the GBF to increase natural ecosystem area and integrity. Contributions to #CBD #COP15 led by Paul Leadley and a great international group. See PLOS Sustainability and Transformation journals.plos.org/sustainability…

We looked at when offsets far from an impact site might be beneficial, and found that (at least for migratory shorebirds) the risks and uncertainty likely outweigh the benefits Martine Maron @SamNicol16 Megan Saunders James Watson conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co…

If Queensland was a country, it would have been the ninth highest forest destroying nation globally in 2019. And it's largely to farm cattle. This comes at a huge cost to our native animals and plants. bit.ly/3DoeUtt @manammichelle James Watson UQ News

Human responses to climate change will likely determine the fate of biodiversity | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

New research published today reveals the extinction and ongoing loss of Australia’s rarest bird of prey, the #RedGoshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus), over two-thirds of its historical range in just the past four decades…. doi.org/10.1080/015841…

However, this region is also subject to ongoing development pressure from agriculture, mining, and gas projects which require large-scale habitat removal or alteration. abc.net.au/news/2023-01-1…

Northern Australia supports the largest expanse of in-tact tropical savanna in the world, and the last known breeding populations of RG's. Striking the right balance between development and habitat preservation will be critical to the persistence of this unique Australian species

Australia’s red goshawk is disappearing. How can we save our rarest bird of prey from extinction? theconversation.com/australias-red… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

The red goshawk, Australia’s rarest bird of prey, is on the verge of extinction. #UQ researchers led a team that analysed 40 years of sightings by citizen scientists to uncover its population trends. Read more: bit.ly/3Zmqb5Z UQ Science James Watson Chris MacColl

Australia's red goshawk has disappeared from 34% of its range, & the results of a new population assessment from Chris MacColl & James Watson were "worse than expected." Yikes. theconversation.com/australias-red…