The implications of biodiversity loss for the dynamics of wildlife in Australia

Ward‐Fear, Georgia; Hayward, Matt W.; L'Hotellier, Felicity; Herman, Kerryn; Kabat, Alexander P.

doi:10.1111/acv.12326

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“…In Australia alone, twenty species of mammals have been declared extinct, and nearly half of marsupial and monotreme species are now on the extinct, endangered or vulnerable list as a result of habitat loss and degradation since European settlement. Currently, on average, 100 million reptiles are lost year on year from land clearing alone in Australia, much of which is still associated with agriculture of non-native species [ 35 ]. It can also be argued that the way communities interact and utilise flora and fauna in Australia remains to be in the context of Anglo-Saxon traditions.…”

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“…Epistemological barriers often relate to the way that the knowledge of Indigenous communities is expressed. Barriers continue to arise when Western systems disregard the relevance of social, cultural and spiritual forms of Indigenous knowledge, and when Western property rights, including intellectual property rights, impose over Indigenous peoples’ rights [ 35 ]. The Westernised requirement to have information written down, or translated, poses another problem for Indigenous communities who have concerns over codifying and appropriating knowledge.…”

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Scaling up the global reef restoration activity: Avoiding ecological imperialism and ongoing colonialism

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Newlands

et al. 2021

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The health and condition of the world’s reefs are in steep decline. This has triggered the development of fledgling micro-scale coral reef restoration projects along many reef coastlines. However, it is increasingly recognised that the scale and productivity of micro-scale coral gardening projects will be insufficient to meet the growing global threats to reefs. More recently, efforts to develop and implement restoration techniques for application at regional scales have been pursued by research organisations. Coral reefs are mostly located in the unindustrialised world. Yet, most of the funding, and scientific and engineering method development for larger-scale methods will likely be sourced and created in the industrialised world. Therefore, the development of the emerging at-scale global reef restoration sector will inevitably involve the transfer of methods, approaches, finances, labour and skills from the industrialised world to the unindustrialised world. This opens the door to the industrialised world negatively impacting the unindustrialised world and, in some cases, First Nations peoples. In Western scientific parlance, ecological imperialism occurs when people from industrialised nations seek to recreate environments and ecosystems in unindustrialised nations that are familiar and comfortable to them. How a coral reef ’should’ look depends on one’s background and perspective. While predominately Western scientific approaches provide guidance on the ecological principles for reef restoration, these methods might not be applicable in every scenario in unindustrialised nations. Imposing such views on Indigenous coastal communities without the local technical and leadership resources to scale-up restoration of their reefs can lead to unwanted consequences. The objective of this paper is to introduce this real and emerging risk into the broader reef restoration discussion.

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Scaling up the global reef restoration activity: Avoiding ecological imperialism and ongoing colonialism

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Newlands

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The first ecological study on the oldest allochthonous population of European cave salamanders (Hydromantes sp.)

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Guillaume²,

Blaimont

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The introduction of allochthonous species often represents a serious problem for ecosystems and native species. Usually, these cases involve common widespread species that show high adaptability and strong competitiveness against local species. Within amphibians, the introduction of allochthonous species mainly deals with anurans, while cases involving caudata are few and poorly studied. We report the first assessment of an introduced population of European plethodontid salamanders. This population is located in the French Pyrenees and represents the oldest allochthonous Hydromantes population. We reconstructed the history of its introduction and collected data on the ecology and feeding habits of this population. Our results show that this population is stable and reproductive, showing strong similarities to Italian mainland species of Hydromantes. This study provided the base for further studies focused on this allochthonous population of European cave salamanders.

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The implications of biodiversity loss for the dynamics of wildlife in Australia

Abstract: This article is corrected by: Errata: Erratum for ‘Could biodiversity loss have increased Australia's bushfire threat?’ and ‘The implications of biodiversity loss for the dynamics of wildlife in Australia’ | Volume 20, Issue 2, 213, Article first published online: 3 April 2017

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Scaling up the global reef restoration activity: Avoiding ecological imperialism and ongoing colonialism

Scaling up the global reef restoration activity: Avoiding ecological imperialism and ongoing colonialism

The first ecological study on the oldest allochthonous population of European cave salamanders (Hydromantes sp.)

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