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Oct 16, 2024 | 
dailybulletin.com.au | Stephen T. Garnett
First Peoples’ names for animals and plants undeniably enrich Australian culture. But to date, few names taken from a language of Australia’s First Peoples have been widely applied to birds. About 2,000 Australian bird species and subspecies occur in Australia and its territories. However, just 35 of these have common names taken directly from First Peoples’ languages.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
phys.org | Stephen T. Garnett |Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares
Everyday people understandably rely on information quoted by scientists. But when that information turns out to be incorrect, things get complicated. For more than two decades, the claim that 80% of biodiversity occurs on the territories of the world's Indigenous peoples has been treated as fact.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Stephen T. Garnett |Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares
Everyday people understandably rely on information quoted by scientists. But when that information turns out to be incorrect, things get complicated. For more than two decades, the claim that 80% of biodiversity occurs on the territories of the world’s Indigenous Peoples has been treated as fact. It has taken root in public discourse as an established truth. The figure, however, is wrong, as we show in a comment article published today in the leading science journal Nature.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
nature.com | Stephen T. Garnett
For the past 20 years or so, a claim has been made in all sorts of outlets, from reports and scientific publications to news articles, that 80% of the world’s biodiversity is found in the territories of Indigenous Peoples. Those using this figure invariably aim to highlight the essential roles that Indigenous Peoples have in conserving biodiversity, and seem to have quoted it in the belief that it is based on solid science.
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May 28, 2024 | 
nature.com | Hanno Seebens |Aidin Niamir |Stephen T. Garnett |Joy A. Kumagai
AbstractBiological invasions are a growing challenge in a highly interconnected and globalized world, leading to the loss of native biodiversity. Indigenous peoples’ lands (IPLs) play a vital role in biodiversity conservation through activities such as land stewardship and management practices. Similar to protected areas, they are also often remote, with fewer connections to international trade networks. The extent to which IPLs are threatened by the spread of invasive species is still unknown.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
yorkshiredales.org.uk | Stephen T. Garnett
Our longstanding and much-loved annual guide to the Yorkshire Dales National Park is packed full of features and useful information to help you discover this stunning part of the world – and it’s FREE! This edition marks 70 years since the Yorkshire Dales National Park was created in 1954; read the fascinating story of the UK National Parks movement Limestone & leaping salmon! Enjoy a wonderful walk in the Ribble Valley discovering its historical past Parklife – discover the Dales’ rare...
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | John Woinarski |Stephen T. Garnett
Australia is in the grip of an escalating extinction crisis. Since colonisation, 100 native plant and animal species have become formally listed as extinct due to human activities. The actual number is undoubtedly far higher. Surveys suggest Australians want to prevent extinctions, regardless of the financial cost. But when it comes to the crunch, how much do we really care?
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
phys.org | John Woinarski |Sarah Legge |Stephen T. Garnett
What does it mean to save threatened species? How often do we achieve it? And how often do we fail? Our new research answers these questions for Australian birds. One of the goals of conservation is to reduce the risk of a species becoming extinct.
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Feb 11, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | John Woinarski |Sarah Legge |Stephen T. Garnett
What does it mean to save threatened species? How often do we achieve it? And how often do we fail? Our new research answers these questions for Australian birds. One of the goals of conservation is to reduce the risk of a species becoming extinct. While this might be seen as a low bar for conservation managers, it is seldom achieved. A new set of research papers on the conservation of Australian birds looks at cases of success over the past 30 years and where we have failed over the past 200.
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Feb 1, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Gemma Ware |Stephen T. Garnett
In our chaotic, rapidly changing modern world, many of us have come to rely on science to provide sense of order. So it may be disconcerting to learn that there is no single, definitive list of all life on Earth. And there never has been. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we take you inside the world of taxonomy, where competing lists, rogue taxonomists and recent accusations of anarchy have revealed the messy struggle to classify the world around us.
