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April Reside 🦇 @april_reside

Conservation biology, wildlife science, threatened species, climate change, ecology, policy, birds, bats, reptiles. Lecturer @UQ_CBCS

Joined July 2017
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The Conversation - Australia New Zealand
@ConversationEDU
6 Jan 2025
This new research estimates the price and benefits of recovering threatened species – and offers cost-effective ways for environment groups, farmers, governments and others to make a difference. @april_reside @cyclonewatson @CSIRO @UQ_News theconversation.com/fully-re…

Fully recovering Australia’s threatened species would cost 25% of GDP. We can’t do it all at once –...

This new research estimates the price and benefits of recovering threatened species – and offers cost-effective ways for environment groups, farmers, governments and others to make a difference.

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Biodiversity Council
@Biodivcouncil
7 Jan 2025
New research estimates the cost of recovering Australia’s threatened species to be a whopping AU$583B per year for at least 30 years. While the figure isn’t proposed as a realistic budget for biodiversity conservation, it highlights the sheer scale of work to be done. @ConversationEDU @april_reside @UQscience theconversation.com/fully-re…
Koala pausing while climbing up a tree. Text over the image says "Fully recovering Australia’s threatened species would cost 25% of GDP". A quote from the article reads "This, obviously, is infeasible. But it shows the extent of 200 years of human impacts on nature in Australia ... and gives us a way to cost and plan for species recovery at local or regional levels."

ALT Koala pausing while climbing up a tree. Text over the image says "Fully recovering Australia’s threatened species would cost 25% of GDP". A quote from the article reads "This, obviously, is infeasible. But it shows the extent of 200 years of human impacts on nature in Australia ... and gives us a way to cost and plan for species recovery at local or regional levels."
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The best part of my job is working with fantastic, dedicated people who are doing great things for conservation. Honours student Emilee Thomson wrote this great blog about her research. Enjoy! 🦎 ❤️ Dragon detection – Finding the Condamine earless dragon wildlifeconservationlab.com/…

Dragon detection – Finding the Condamine earless dragon

By Emilee ThomsonFinding reptiles can be a challenge at the best of times, they are shy, highly cryptic creatures that are typically only active for some of the year. This is only made more challen...

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Join me @UQscience @UQ_CBCS to work on threatened reptile conservation - domestic scholarship round closes 8 Sept 2024 so be in touch before then! 🦎🐍 Please share! Thanks @CNZdenek for the tile 😀🐍🦎
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Christina N. Zdenek, PhD@CNZdenek
4 Aug 2024
This local habitat is under immediate threat from development. It is one of the few places in the greater Brisbane area that contains the iconic Frill-necked Lizard! The endangered Collared Delma (Delma torquata) is also suspected to be here. Petition: queenslandconservation.org.a…
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PhD projects available on threatened reptiles @UQscience Please be in touch if interested! wildlifeconservationlab.com/…
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What can inner city residents do to repair our environment - Q from @PressClubAust - urban spaces are disproportionately important for biodiversity & threatened species; keeping this biodiversity in cities increases people's exposure to nature. So important and needs care!
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Prof @martine_maron speaking @PressClubAust "We need to stop taking nature for granted"; and that money currently flowing towards the environment equivalent to throwing a cup of water on a raging fire @WentworthGroup report launch
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National Press Club
@PressClubAust
23 Jul 2024
Today: Professor Martine Maron & Professor Jamie Pittock, will Address the National Press Club of Australia on "Launch of Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists Landmark Report “Blueprint to Repair Australia’s Landscapes". Tune in from 12:30 pm AEDT on @abcnews
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Christina N. Zdenek, PhD@CNZdenek
15 May 2024
Replying to @april_reside
100%! For those interested, global evidence also proves this point that small remaining patches of bush are often more valuable for biodiversity conservation: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.18…

Global synthesis of conservation studies reveals the importance of small habitat patches for...

Island biogeography theory posits that species richness increases with island size and decreases with isolation. This logic underpins much conserva...

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Jon-Paul Emery@emery_jp
14 May 2024
Our new paper is out! Evaluating reintroduction trials for two extinct in the wild lizards zslpublications.onlinelibrar…

Evaluation of trial reintroductions of two extinct in the wild reptile species on Christmas Island

We undertook the first reintroduction trials of the Extinct in the Wild blue-tailed skink and Lister's gecko on Christmas Island and assessed their success in the first 15 months post-release...

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April Reside 🦇 retweeted
Brendan Wintle@BrenWintle
14 May 2024
This government promised big on nature but is not delivering - no strong laws and standards to protect, no resources to restore and recover. Hopeless.
Biodiversity Council
@Biodivcouncil
14 May 2024
Disappointing on so many levels. There is still a massive chasm between what is needed to deliver the commitments made by the @AlboMP Government to end extinctions and be nature-positive and the peanuts in the budget. 🥜🥜🥜
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Inspirational; but also a sad truth - we all need to work to save the remaining patches of vegetation around us. Left to the powers-that-be, it would be whittled away, 'offset' etc until very little is left. abc.net.au/news/2024-05-13/t…

At 14, Ned stumbled upon a 'perfect jungle'. He didn't know he would spend the next two years...

When a teenager uncovered a "critical refuge" for endangered species, it marked the start of a journey that eventually saw the parcel of land named after him.

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George Madani@Uncle_Maddog
3 May 2024
This morning I lay witness to perhaps 20% of the entire Swift Parrot population. Thrill and despair in the same scene. To think they could be extinct within a decade. We need to do more. Their value is greater than that of harvested timber.
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Well imagine if we actually listened to the experts ... who predicted this was going to happen ... When will we start taking environmental protection seriously, and start avoiding harm? abc.net.au/news/2024-05-02/a…

Adani mine could be 'causing environmental harm', say Queensland government officials

Queensland government officials have given sworn statements saying Adani's mine could be "causing environmental harm" to protected wetlands after CSIRO rejected the miner's groundwater modelling as...

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Martine Maron@martine_maron
30 Apr 2024
This is a heartbreaking day for so many across the country who care for nature, and especially for the local people and Traditional Owners who have fought so hard to protect this amazing place, and its wildlife much of which will now die. So much for ‘nature positive’.
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Our threatened reptile work made the media! wildlifeconservationlab.com/… Saving Queensland's earless dragons (uq.edu.au)

Saving Queensland’s earless dragons

Wildlife Conservation Lab's threatened reptile research made the media! Radio interviews: ABC Regional Queensland FM at April 12th 2024Syndicated to ABC Southern Queensland, Capricornia, Sunshine...

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Rani Davis@Rani_S_Davis
18 Apr 2024
It was so nice to finally present my honours research at #AusBatSoc2024 after workshopping the idea at the 2022 conference!
Nicholas Wu@NicholasWuNZ
18 Apr 2024
Do artificial light have species-specific effects based on foraging activity? @Rani_S_Davis says yes! Especially for slow close-edge foragers #AusBatSoc2024
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BirdLife Australia@BirdlifeOz
18 Apr 2024
#BREAKING: Toondah Harbour has been saved! 🎉 We are thrilled to tell you that Toondah Harbour has finally been saved after Walker Corp withdrew their real-estate proposal today. This is a huge win for the environment and the birds that call Toondah home!
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Ecological Society of Australia@EcolSocAus
11 Apr 2024
The Call for Abstracts for ESA 2024 is now open! ESA 2024 is shaping up to be HUGE with over 40 Symposia to choose from. Abstract submissions are open for any of these symposia and the Open Forum. esa2024.org.au/ Submissions close Friday 12 July. 📷️: Kristian Bell
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