China is Australia’s dominant trading partner and Xi was spot-on in identifying the mutual benefit to both countries. But in recent years, China has increasingly been viewed by Canberra as a security threat. The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation first warned in 2017 of an increase in China’s attempts to
20 Jan 2021
Imagine being able to stop species becoming unexpectedly endangered in the first place.
Researchers have demonstrated that ecosystem management can be modelled to highlight potential adjustments to ongoing control strategies which might improve outcomes of system flips - that point when a species transitions from relative security to vulnerability.
Image: New research can help ecosystem managers identify species vulnerabilities and prevent populations from becoming at risk, like the endangered Mexican gray wolf
Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
More than 3,000 animal species in the world today are considered endangered, with hundreds more categorised as vulnerable. Currently, ecologists don t have reliable tools to predict when a species may become at risk.