Here are 8 more biodiversity cartoons (with a human population focus, given recent events) for your conservation-humour fix (see full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here).
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Here are 8 more biodiversity cartoons (with a human population focus, given recent events) for your conservation-humour fix (see full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here).
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I am the Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology at Flinders University.
Many animals avoid contact with people. In protected areas of the African savanna, mammals flee more intensely upon hearing human conversations than when they hear lions or sounds associated with hunting. This fear of humans affects how species use and move in their habitat. Throughout our lives, we interact with hundreds of wildlife species without…
Deep-sea sharks include some of the longest-lived vertebrates known. The record holder is the Greenland shark, with a recently estimated maximum age of nearly 400 years. Their slow life cycle makes them vulnerable to fisheries. Humans rarely live longer than 100 years. But many other animals and plants can live for several centuries or even millennia, particularly…
Procreating with a relative is taboo in most human societies for many reasons, but they all stem from avoiding one thing in particular — inbreeding increases the risk of genetic disorders that can seriously compromise a child’s health, life prospects, and survival. While we all inherit potentially harmful mutations from our parents, the effects of…








While it is true that population is increasing, it is also true that 80% resources are being used by 20% of the existing population, Accd to UNESCO reports consumption activities are driven by Northern customers (US,Canada and like) while less than 15% is consumed by others.
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There is a lot about population here. Everyone seems to be talking about how no-one is talking about it (and hasn’t this been the case for many years in conservation circles?). I agree that it is an issue, but several cogent commentators would say that while we are talking about why no-one is talking about population, what we are not talking about is why no-one is talking about consumption. It may get alluded to, but it is never seriously addressed, and it plays just as large a role in our global footprint, whilst also having many implications for social justice and humanitarian issues. I would suggest that anyone who wants to comment on the population problem starts by reading something like this by George Monbiot – http://www.monbiot.com/2009/09/29/the-population-myth/ – just to keep their position in perspective.
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