FLglobalstudyWPC At the World Parks Congress in Sydney last November, Fiona presented a lecture about the Global Study into Protected Area Management Effectiveness. There was a lot of interest in the topic, and a copy of the powerpoint is posted here.
It was great to hear Thomas Friedman talking at the World Parks Congress last week. If only we had some more press recognising the importance of keeping – and expanding – our protected areas! Read his article
A mid-term analysis of progress toward international biodiversity targets. Tittensor, D.P., Walpole, M., Hill, S.L.L., Boyce, D.G., Britten, G.L et al (51 authors with Fiona Leverington a very minor contributor!) In 2010 the international community, under the auspices of the Convention on Biological Diversity, agreed on 20 biodiversity-related “Aichi Targets” to be achieved within a decade. We provide a comprehensive mid-term assessment of progress toward these global targets using 55 indicator data sets. We projected indicator trends to 2020 using…
PLOS ONE: Local Scale Comparisons of Biodiversity as a Test for Global Protected Area Ecological Performance: A Meta-Analysis. Coetzee, BW, Gaston, KJ, Chown, SL. Published: August 27, 2014. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105824 Terrestrial protected areas (PAs) are cornerstones of global biodiversity conservation. Their efficacy in terms of maintaining biodiversity is, however, much debated. Studies to date have been unable to provide a general answer as to PA conservation efficacy because of their typically restricted geographic and/or taxonomic focus, or qualitative approaches…
A small protected area can still make an important contribution
02 July 2014 | Article A team of scientists working in partnership with IUCN has revealed that intergovernmental commitments to expand global protected areas could still leave many species in danger of disappearing from our planet. A strategy to expand protected areas from 13% to 17% of the earth’s land surface by 2020 was put in place as part of the 20 Aichi Targets in the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) strategic plan in Nagoya, Japan in 2010. However, the…
This property was purchased with National Reserve System funding – will they pay it back? One risk in putting effort and funding into private protected areas!
Inquiry into streamlining environmental regulation, ‘green tape’, and one stop shops On Thursday, 27 February 2014 the Minister for the Environment, The Hon Greg Hunt MP, asked the Committee to inquire into and report on streamlining environmental regulation, ‘green tape’, and one stop shops. The Committee invites interested persons and organisations to make submissions addressing the terms of reference by Friday, 11 April 2014. Please refer to our brochure called preparing a submission for more information. In order to facilitate…
A new study published about lions in West Africa. Our associate Lauren Coad is a co-author Shocking Study Finds Lions are Nearly Extinct in West Africa By John R. Platt | January 8, 2014 | 23 Email Print Physically and emotionally demanding. That’s how Philipp Henschel, Lion Program Survey Coordinator for the big-cat conservation organization Panthera, describes the six years he and other researchers spent combing the wilds of 17 nations looking for the elusive and rarely studied West African lion. The…
A couple of photos of Fiona’s home in the middle of a very remote Australian national park – we are still in the midst of dire drought! Yellow-spotted monitor on patrol – pretty sure he is king of all he surveys.Thanks Rob for the photo