Here are the last 6 biodiversity cartoons for 2014 because, well, why not? (see full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here).
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Here are the last 6 biodiversity cartoons for 2014 because, well, why not? (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.
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Australia is home to about one in 12 of the world’s species of animals, birds, plants and insects – between 600,000 and 700,000 species. More than 80% of Australian plants and mammals and just under 50% of our birds are found nowhere else. But habitat destruction, climate change, and invasive species are wreaking havoc on Earth’s…
Hi Corey
Nice cartoons, as usual.
I don’t know if you’re a fan of the First Dog on the Moon cartoons, but they often address biodiversity loss e.g. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/01/wont-somebody-think-of-the-swift-parrots
The comments section is worth a read too.
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Reblogged this on for Biodiversity's sake!.
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