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Continental-scale governance and the hastening of loss of Australia's biodiversity

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posted on 2023-05-21, 23:42 authored by Ritchie, EG, Bradshaw, CJA, Dickman, CR, Hobbs, R, Christopher JohnsonChristopher Johnson, Johnston, EL, Laurance, WF, Lindenmayer, D, McCarthy, MA, Nimmo, DG, Possingham, HH, Pressey, RL, Watson, DM, Woinarski, J
Against a global backdrop of rapid environmental change, conserving biodiversity poses one of the biggest and most important challenges to society. For this reason, systems of nature reserves have never been more important. Protected areas are under threat in many parts of the world (Mascia & Pailler 2011), but the weakening of protected areas in a rich, developed country with a global reputation for conservation leadership (Harrison 2006) is particularly alarming (Ritchie 2013). Consequently, we are concerned about the recent spate of substantial policy, legislative, and management changes being made by three of six Australian state governments for exploitative uses of national parks—actions that could affect much of Australia and have negative effects on biodiversity.

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Publication title

Conservation Biology

Volume

27

Issue

6

Pagination

1133-1135

ISSN

0888-8892

Department/School

School of Natural Sciences

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.

Place of publication

USA

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Terrestrial biodiversity

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