David Salt

Canberra

Managing Editor at Global Water Forum

Science writer / Canberra; Edits Dbytes & Sustainability Bites; Managing Editor, Global Water Forum. Good governance is the key to good outcomes.

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Articles

Dbytes #668 (8 May 2025)

1 week ago | sustainabilitybites.com | David Salt

Info, news & views for anyone interested in biodiversity conservation and good environmental decision making“The world is asking for a manifesto, and we are responding with an emoji,”Waleed Aly-~<>~-In this issue of Dbytes1. Decision making under deep uncertainty and the great acceleration2. Temporal Loss of Genome-Wide and Immunogenetic Diversity in a Near-Extinct Parrot3. The 30 × 30 Protection Target: Attitudes of Residents from Seven Countries4.
Dbytes #667 (30 April 2025)

2 weeks ago | sustainabilitybites.com | David Salt

Info, news & views for anyone interested in biodiversity conservation and good environmental decision making“If not now, then when? The climate crisis is worsening before our eyes. We cannot afford to remain silent on the necessity of responsible research into nature-based climate repair. We must explore these approaches as part of a holistic climate response, not in place of deep emissions reductions, but as a complement to them.”Professor Sir David King, We passed the 1.5C climate threshold.
Earth Day 2025 - a force for change or another siren song of BAU

2 weeks ago | sustainabilitybites.com | David Salt

Earth Day – does it provide hope, make a difference or is it actually something that blinds us to a greater truth? Protect the environment, it demands; let us create a truly sustainable future, it implores. But shift the status quo?
Dbytes #666 (23 April 2025)

3 weeks ago | sustainabilitybites.com | David Salt

Info, news & views for anyone interested in biodiversity conservation and good environmental decision making“The polarization of trust in science is a complex phenomenon—one that is both shaped by, and increasingly also shaping, our political identities.
Dbytes #665 (16 April 2025)

1 month ago | sustainabilitybites.com | David Salt

Info, news & views for anyone interested in biodiversity conservation and good environmental decision making“Night science is where we explore the unstructured realm of possible hypotheses, of ideas not yet fully fleshed out. In day science, we falsify hypotheses and observe which are left standing; in night science, we create them.”Yanai & Lercher, Night Science-~<>~-In this issue of Dbytes1. Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity2.
Dbytes #664 (9 April 2025)

1 month ago | sustainabilitybites.com | David Salt

Info, news & views for anyone interested in biodiversity conservation and good environmental decision making“But along the way, I also realised that data and science are only part of the picture, and that there’s a heck of a lot of non-scientific stuff involved. People’s perspectives and priorities vary enormously and not everyone values and is interested in nature to the same extent that ecologists, conservationists and naturalists are.
Dbytes #663 (2 April 2025)

1 month ago | sustainabilitybites.com | David Salt

Info, news & views for anyone interested in biodiversity conservation and good environmental decision making“A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact.”Daniel Kahneman-~<>~-In this issue of Dbytes1. The cost of preventing extinctions in Australia’s marine environment2.
Dbytes #662 (26 March 2025)

1 month ago | sustainabilitybites.com | David Salt

Info, news & views for anyone interested in biodiversity conservation and good environmental decision making“Biodiversity conservation is currently the most frequently stated outcome of tree-planting organizations worldwide and is often used by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), private companies and governments to leverage investments, public support and stakeholder engagement in forest restoration initiatives.
Cultural Conservation Methods of Water at Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe

1 month ago | globalwaterforum.org | David Salt

Joshua Matanzima, The University of Queensland, AustraliaAt Lake Kariba, scientific methods are dominant when it comes to the conservation of natural resources. Yet, there is scope for the incorporation of local cultural methods when it comes to water conservation. Unfortunately, these are downplayed. Furthermore, little effort is being put in place to teach local school children and youths about existing cultural conservation methods and their importance.
Dbytes #661 (19 March 2025)

1 month ago | sustainabilitybites.com | David Salt

Info, news & views for anyone interested in biodiversity conservation and good environmental decision making“We estimate that mangroves protected 4006 dwellings and 7653 people around Australian coastlines. These mangroves prevented more than an estimated $57 million worth of damages to these dwellings,” Jonathon Khoo, ABS head of environment statistics (see item 4)In this issue of Dbytes1. Nature Positive—What Does It Mean for Australia? 2. Word on the street & conspiracy3.