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Why ignoring biodiversity loss is an increasingly risky business
You can read more details in my Twitter thread, or via Thread Reader This article was originally published by Australian Community Media. Read the original article here. Last September, fires had already begun burning in Queensland and New South Wales. The human, ecological, and economic impacts of Australia’s Black Summer were unprecedented, and will continue to…
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Ask an Expert: What is the EPBC Act?
This article was originally posted on the UNSW Canberra website Protecting our Australian biodiversity may be under threat under revised changes to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act. UNSW Canberra academic Dr Megan Evans took the time to outline the ins and outs of the EPBC Act and the impact it will have on…
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SEES Environment Seminar 15 September
Next week I’m delivering the UQ School of Earth and Environmental Sciences Environment Seminar: https://sees.uq.edu.au/event/session/5940 Opportunities and risks in the implementation of biodiversity offset policy in Australia 15 September 2017 2:00pm–3:00pm Biodiversity offset policies have been embraced worldwide as a mechanism for reconciling economic development and environmental protection. Despite its rapid uptake by governments and…
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Future Earth Australia workshop #FutureEarthOz
Since February, I’ve been spending time at the Australian Academy of Science as an intern in their Science Policy team. As part of this role I recently had the privilege of attending the Future Earth Australia workshop. Below is a summary of the event – also posted as a Storify (with tweets and images): https://storify.com/megcevans/future-earth-australia-workshop Over 28-29th…
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Applying a public policy lens to environmental decision making
Here are the slides from my presentation at the opening session of this year’s CEED conference, which I had the privilege of being part of along with 5 other early career researchers from the Universities of Melbourne, Queensland, Western Australia (I was the ANU representative). Looking forward to three days of catching up with old and…
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Seminar: Assisted natural regeneration is good for the climate, biodiversity, and could make you $$$
Here are the details of a talk I’m giving tomorrow: The ACT branch of AARES has invited Megan Evans to speak about her new paper “Carbon farming via assisted natural regeneration as a cost-effective mechanism for restoring biodiversity in agricultural landscapes”. The presentation will be followed by questions and informal discussions in the relaxed social…
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