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Research news | 2023-02-14

Biodiversity policies need to move beyond economic growth

A post-capitalist approach to conservation is key for humans to live sustainably with nature

Research news | 2022-10-13

Scientific narratives risk reinforcing colonial structures in tropical forests

Rural forest communities are made the scapegoat for environmental destruction in tropical forests

Research news | 2022-06-27

Sand extraction: the biggest resource crisis you’ve never heard about

Sand is the world’s most exploited mineral but little is known about the industry behind it

Research news | 2021-03-03

New report calls for nature to be put at the heart of decision making

Earth’s interrelated environmental emergencies must be addressed together. Everyone has a part to play in the transformation to a sustainable future, says new UNEP report

Research news | 2020-11-16

Artificial breeding site offers perfect platform for seabird observations

On the island of Stora Karlsö, the steel built lab gives researchers access to observe the largest seabird colony in the Baltic Sea

Research news | 2020-04-15

Big networks are shaped by key individuals

For a network of seemingly disconnected actors to function properly, intermediaries are essential. A new approach reveals their influence

Research news | 2019-10-23

Being biocultural

Why biocultural diversity can contribute to both local and global sustainability

Research news | 2019-08-28

Practice makes perfect

Why the idea that scientific expertise rests on the strict application of pre-determined technical methods is misplaced

Research news | 2019-08-06

Nurturing nature

New research explores how environmental stewardship attitudes are influenced by the benefits humans receive from their environment

Research news | 2019-06-24

A buzz or a baller?

New study tests the theoretically popular notion that bottom-up approaches to urban environmental governance lead to a better match between social institutions and ecological realities

Research news | 2019-06-20

Caring as Country

A collaborative research effort by Aboriginal custodians and academics in Western Sydney demonstrates how a caring attitude be applied in natural resource management

Research news | 2019-04-24

Eight steps to action

There is a lot of scholarship dedicated to understanding knowledge of natural resource management but less on how learning influences real-world natural resource management

Research news | 2018-09-02

Encroachment

Increase in woody plants are increasingly affecting the African savannahs, reducing grazing for cattle and affecting mobility

Research news | 2018-05-28

Why the white gold can never be green

Amid financial struggle and environmental degradation, prospects of sustainable rubber production in Laos and Myanmar look dim

Research news | 2017-11-27

Not reaping the fruits

What plantain farmers in Costa Rica can teach us about the inconsistent links between access to ecosystem services and well-being

Research news | 2017-11-08

What good natural resource management should look like

The Sakuraebi fishery in Taiwan is known as a success story among natural resource management scientists. New study looks at how leadership helped influence success

Research news | 2017-11-06

Learning, set, action!

Why the need to understand the links between learning and action is critical to the sustainable management of natural resources

Research news | 2017-08-25

Fed to the lionfish

Invasion of the Indo-Pacific lionfish outside Jamaica reveals need to improve collaboration within marine protected areas

Research news | 2017-04-25

Learning by doing

New modeling approach can help boost learning to deal with unexpected changes in management of renewable resources

Research news | 2017-01-23

Second best – better in the long run

Creating strong cooperatives might be more important than fishing at the most sustainable level, new study suggests