James Watson
@cyclonewatson
Director of Science and Research @TheWCS Lab Leader, Green Fire Science (@grnfirescience), Professor @UQ_SEES
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http://www.greenfirescience.com 15-07-2014 02:09:00
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Australia's red goshawk has disappeared from 34% of its range, & the results of a new population assessment from Chris MacColl & James Watson were 'worse than expected.' Yikes. theconversation.com/australias-red…
The red goshawk, Australia’s rarest bird of prey, is on the verge of extinction.
#UQ researchers led a team that analysed 40 years of sightings by citizen scientists to uncover its population trends.
Read more: bit.ly/3Zmqb5Z
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Australia’s red goshawk is disappearing. How can we save our rarest bird of prey from extinction? theconversation.com/australias-red… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
New research published today reveals the extinction and ongoing loss of Australia’s rarest bird of prey, the #RedGoshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus), over two-thirds of its historical range in just the past four decades…. doi.org/10.1080/015841…
If Queensland was a country, it would have been the ninth highest forest destroying nation globally in 2019.
And it's largely to farm cattle.
This comes at a huge cost to our native animals and plants.
bit.ly/3DoeUtt Michelle Ward, PhD James Watson UQ News
We looked at when offsets far from an impact site might be beneficial, and found that (at least for migratory shorebirds) the risks and uncertainty likely outweigh the benefits Martine Maron Sam Nicol Megan Saunders James Watson
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co…
It is critical to distinguish different types of restoration to meet the objectives of the GBF to increase natural ecosystem area and integrity. Contributions to #CBD #COP15 led by Paul Leadley and a great international group. See PLOS Sustainability and Transformation journals.plos.org/sustainability…
We have an amazing team, including Stephen Garnett RIEL, Chris Purnell and Andrew Silcocks BirdLife Australia, Lori Gould ourANU, Danny Rogers @DELWP_Vic, Birgita Hansen Inka Veltheim James Watson … A “dream team” for this species.
The birds in the #AussieBirdCount I did with Senator Janet Rice today in a native forest earmarked for logging were so good we did a second survey further up the track. A combined 74 birds of 19 species that wouldn’t just be able to ‘move somewhere else if their home was logged
Our #review on protected areas and #insect #conservation is now published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution. In addition to summarising the current trend in literature, we propose a four-step research agenda to mitigate insect #decline . UQ Centre for Biodiversity & Conservation Science iDiv Biodiversity Research doi.org/10.1016/j.tree… (1/17)
How much impact do Chinese-funded #hydropower dams in #BeltandRoadinitiative countries cause to #biodiversity ? Find it out in this Article by Divya Narain James Watson Martine Maron & colleagues cell.com/one-earth/full… #BiodiversityRisks #Safeguards