Michelle Ward

Aug 20, 2024 | conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Hannah Thomas |Michelle Ward |Jeremy S. Simmonds |Martine Maron

INTRODUCTION Forest and woodland ecosystems underpin biodiversity conservation and human well-being, providing a host of crucial ecosystem services (Giam, 2017; Karjalainen et al., 2010). However, global forest cover decreased by one third from 1760 to 2005 (Meiyappan & Jain, 2012).

Aug 6, 2024 | treefrogcreative.ca | Michelle Ward |David Lindenmayer |James Watson |David Elstone

More than half of New South Wales’ forests and woodlands are gone as ongoing logging increases extinction risks, study shows By Michelle WArd, David Lindenmayer and James Watson The Conversation AU August 4, 2024 Category: Forestry Region: International AUSTRALIA — Since European colonisation, 29 million hectares (54%) of the forests and woodlands that once existed in New South Wales have been destroyed. A further 9 million ha have been degraded in the past two centuries. This amounts to more...

Jun 6, 2024 | theconversation.com | Brendan A. Wintle |Andrew Rogers |James Watson |Michelle Ward |Sarah Bekessy

Brendan Wintle has received funding from The Australian Research Council, the Victorian State Government, the NSW State Government, the Queensland State Government, the Commonwealth National Environmental Science Program, the Ian Potter Foundation, the Hermon Slade Foundation, Boundless Earth Foundation and the Australian Conservation Foundation. Wintle is a Board Director of Zoos Victoria and a lead councillor of the Biodiversity Council.

Jun 6, 2024 | theconversation.com | Hugh P. Possingham |Jaana Dielenberg |Michelle Ward |Peter Burnett

Hugh Possingham works for the University of Queensland, Accounting for Nature, and the Biodiversity Council. He currently receives grant funding from the Australian Research Council. He is affiliated with over 20 organisations providing pro-bono or limited renumeration, board or committee level advice.

Jan 31, 2023 | dailybulletin.com.au | Michelle Ward

Wed Feb 1 Written by Michelle Ward, Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Queensland Five years ago, bulldozers with chains cleared forests and woodlands almost triple the size of the Australian Capital Territory in a single year. Brazil? Indonesia? No – much closer: Queensland. In 2018-19, truly staggering land clearing, mostly by farmers and cattle graziers, saw around 680,000 hectares of habitat destroyed – more than the preceding 18 years.