Tag: environmental policy
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Evidence provided to Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee
In May I provided evidence to the Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee’s inquiry into the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standards and Assurance) Bill 2021. This occurred following my written submission to the Inquiry, which can be downloaded here, and after my work as a member of the Consultative Group as part of…
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Australia’s species need an independent champion
Euan Ritchie, Deakin University; Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University; Don Driscoll, Deakin University; Geoffrey Heard, Charles Sturt University; James Watson, The University of Queensland; Megan C Evans, The University of Queensland, and Tim Doherty, Deakin University Furore erupted last week among many Australians who care for our native species. First we heard that land clearing…
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Deforestation in Australia: drivers, trends and policy responses
Here is my presentation delivered at the Society for Conservation Biology – Oceania Conference this week in Brisbane, where I spoke within the symposium Conservation Oceania Style: Highlighting Oceania’s unique approaches to conservation biology and on ground outcomes The talk summarises my recent paper in a special issue of Pacific Conservation Biology. There’s also a short summary in…
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#NACCB2014 and beyond: a month PhDing in the USA
I recently returned back from a 4-week trip to the United States, where I attended the 2014 North American Congress for Conservation Biology (NACCB) in Missoula, Montana from 12-17 July. Given this was my first time visiting the US and one of my case-studies is on conservation banking, I made sure I extended my trip beyond the…
Megan C. Evans 