CLIMATE EMERGENCY 2021

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Climate emergency not slowed by COVID-19 pandemic and planet’s ‘vital signs’ worsening, scientists say (ABC)

Earth’s vital signs worsen amid ‘business as usual’ climate policy (University of Sydney)

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CLIMATE EMERGENCY 2019

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Climate crisis: 11,000 scientists warn of ‘untold suffering (The Guardian)

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CUTS TO CONSERVATION FUNDING

Cuts to Australian conservation funding worsen endangered species’ plight (CGTN)

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ANIMAL MOVEMENTS AND FIRE

New insights on animal movement in fire-prone landscapes (Phys.Org)

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FOOD WASTE AS A GLOBAL PROBLEM FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

Dumpster diving red foxes and fast food eating macaques (Mongabay)

Don’t feed the animals (BBC)

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DINGO DOMESTICATION

A Domesticated Dingo? No, but Some Are Getting Less Wild (Quanta Magazine)

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BLOW THE LID OFF DEFORESTATION

Australia’s unseen environmental crisis (Quote in Wilderness News)

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DINGO CONTROL AND REWILDING

Mending Fences in the War Between Dingoes and Sheep (NY Times)

‘Rewilding’ missing carnivores may help restore some landscapes (NY Times)

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SCIENTISTS WARNING TO HUMANITY

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Thousands of scientists issue bleak ‘second notice’ to humanity (Washington Post)

You were warned (NY Times)

Summary video: Scientists’ warning most ‘talked about paper’ (You Tube)

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EXTINCTION RISK AND BODY SIZE

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Size matters when it comes to extinction (BBC News)

Extinction: a threat facing many creatures great and small, new research shows (Sydney Morning Herald)

Interview on live TV (ABC 24)

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SAVE AUSTRALIA’S ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Australia to ax support for long-term ecology sites (Science)

Ecologists protest Australia’s plans to cut funding for environment-monitoring network (Nature)

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TOP PREDATORS CONSTRAIN MESOPREDATOR DISTRIBUTIONS

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Example: Reintroducing dingoes can help manage feral foxes and cats, study suggests (SMH)

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GLOBAL IMPACTS OF DOMESTIC DOGS

Ecological ‘paw print’ of domestic dogs much bigger than previously thought (News Week)

Dogs led to 11 vertebrate extinctions: study (Deccan Chronicle)

Not their best friend (The Telegraph)

Dogs kill more livestock in upper Himalayas than wolves (India Today)

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WOLF DOMESTICATION

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Example: Are some wolves being ‘redomesticated’ into dogs? (Science)

Podcast: The redomestication of wolves (BioScience podcast – radio interview)

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HOW MANY FERAL CATS ARE THERE IN AUSTRALIA?

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Example: Australia has a serious cat problem (TIME)

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BUSHMEAT HUNTING

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Example: People are hunting primates, bats, and other mammals to extinction (Science)

TALL POPPY AWARDS

Dr Thomas Newsome Wins NSW Young Tall Poppy Science Award (University of Sydney)

Dr Thomas Newsome to Receive NSW Tall Poppy Award (Deakin CIE)

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SAVING THE WORLD’S TERRESTRIAL MEGAFAUNA

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Example: Urgent Global Action Needed to Stop Extinction of Earth’s Last Megafauna National Geographic (National Geographic)

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COLLAPSE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST HERBIVORES

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Example: Elephants, rhinos and other large plant-eaters face extinction, study says (Time)

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THE VALUE OF THE DINGO IN ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION

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Example: ‘Rewilding’ dingoes could help reverse decline of Australia’s native wildlife (The Guardian)

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PREY SPECIALISATION IN THE HOUSE CAT

Cats will dine until their delicacy is rare: University of Sydney research (SMH)

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A CONTINENTAL SCALE TROPHIC CASCADE

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Example: Bring back the wolf – everywhere (Takepart by Richard Conniff)

Podcast: The wolf effect (Defender Radio)

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DINGO FENCE

Farmers lobby for longer fence (ABC News)

Dog fence proposal reignites debate over role of dingoes (ECOS Magazine)

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DINGO-HUMAN INTERACTIONS

Want dingoes to leave people alone? Cut the junk food (The Conversation)

Can farmers live with dingoes? (ECOS Magazine)

Strange Fruit. The Dingo trees of Western Queensland (Blogs.Crikey)

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FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP

Six research leaders win Fulbright scholarships (The University of Sydney)

Bringing back the wolves: a chance for the dingoes too? (The University of Sydney)

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DINGO PURITY, TANAMI DESERT

Tanami dingoes among purest in Australia (ABC News)

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DINGO RESEARCH NORTH EAST NEW SOUTH WALES

Wild dogs wear bling for research (ABC News)

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