Monthly Archives: May 2013

  This blog is inspired by a field trip to the Warra long-term ecological research site in South-East Tasmania during a summer course at the University of Tasmania. We observed alternative forestry logging methods in wet native forests. Personal notes and readings … Continue reading →

Alexandre Arthur Schelbauer – u5319773 I would like to talk a little about a place I knew last year in Brazil, in a cross country fieldtrip with my home university. But first some about the history of the place: The … Continue reading →

Suburbs are home to an increasing proportion of the world’s human population. In Australia, some of the strongest population growth is occurring in the outer suburbs of major cities.[1] Suburbanisation is a divisive issue in ecological debates, with strong advocates … Continue reading →

Wetland park right next to my house! By Lok Sze, Law U4603888 Hong Kong wetland park is one of the conservation promotion projects, aimed at promoting and education the importance of biodiversity conservation as well as a tourism booster. The … Continue reading →

Have we halted the course of natural selection through our conservation efforts? Natural selection is a process by which only the best-adapted individuals produce the healthiest young; these young continue to carry the adaptations into the next generation, essentially weeding … Continue reading →

The Ciliwung River Basin is one of the largest river systems in Indonesia, flowing along a 97km narrow corridor from the Tugu Puncak in the mountains near Bogor, through the Jakarta metropolitan area, and terminating in the sea in Jakarta … Continue reading →

Cats versus  Native Cats   Martyn Ellis   When it comes to describing pet cats words like loveable, intelligent and affectionate spring to mind. However there are other words to describe them: cunning, calculating and a major threat to biodiversity … Continue reading →

So lately I’ve been reading this book by Paul Ehrlich called “The Machinery of Nature”. The book provides a neat overview of how evolution has led to the biodiversity of life which exists today. Particularly interesting was a chapter which … Continue reading →