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Team award: John Scott wins 2016 CAWS medal

September 15, 2016March 13, 2017ecosystemchangeecology

John Scott wins the Council of the Australasian Weeds Societies (CAWS) medal for leadership. John Scott, an Honorary Fellow in the Ecosystem Change Ecology team, was awarded the 2016 Council of the Australasian Weeds Societies (CAWS) Medal for Leadership last night. The CAWS Medal for Leadership is awarded for outstanding contributions to weed management in … Continue reading Team award: John Scott wins 2016 CAWS medal

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In the wet tropics of far north Queensland, we’re working with the University of Melbourne to understand how animals can shape the plant communities in which they live. The southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) eats hundreds of different rainforest fruits and then disperses their seeds to places where they have a better chance of survival. We’re looking to find out what impact this mutualism has on plant communities over time, and how these interactions are changing due to recent human influences. 📷: © Ru Somaweera (www.ruchira-somaweera.net) ... ... #cassowary #casuarius #mutualism #botanising #plants #wildlife #nature #ecology #biodiversity #conservation #environment #rainforest #fieldwork #research #science #CSIRO #universityofmelbourne #natgeo #naturephotography #unescoworldheritage #worldheritage #daintreerainforest #discoverthedaintree #PortDouglasDaintree #exploretnq #fnq #thisisqueensland #australia #discoveraustralia #exploreaustralia @csirogram @wettropicsqld @portdouglasdaintree

"Let us regard the forests as an inheritance, given to us by nature, not to be despoiled or devastated, but to be wisely used, reverently honoured and carefully maintained. Let us regard the forests as a gift, entrusted to any one of us only for transient care, to be surrendered to posterity as an unimpaired property, increased in riches and augmented in blessings, to pass as a sacred patrimony from generation to generation" - Baron Sir Ferdinand J. H. von Mueller (1879). ... On Earth Day 2018, please remember to do all you can to tread lightly on our fragile planet. 📷: © Bruce Webber (@webber.photography) ... ... #earthday #earthday2018 #earthdaynetwork #botanising #naturaltexture #nature #wildlife #ecology #biodiversity #tropical #rainforest #conservation #threat #endplasticpollution #globalchange #natgeo #naturephotography #maliau #maliaubasin #sabah #borneo #malaysia @earthdaynetwork @standforearth

A male wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus) in West Bali National Park, Indonesia. Many species of hornbills are threatened from habitat destruction (especially as they need old trees with hollows for nesting), hunting for food and traditional medicine, and collection for the pet industry. 📷: © Ru Somaweera (www.ruchira-somaweera.net) ... ... #hornbill #rhyticeros #wreathedhornbill #wildlife #bird #ecology #biodiversity #conservation #threat #hunting #conflict #humanwildlifeconflict #bali #westbalinationalpark #indonesia

Stinking passionflower overtopping native vegetation along Millstream at the Milstream Chichester National Park in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. We're working with the WA Parks & Wildlife Service with funding from the Gorgon Barrow Island NCB fund to come up with more effective management solutions for this threatening weed. 📷: © Bruce Webber (@webber.photography) ... ... #botanising #ecology #fieldwork #research #CSIRO #waparkswildlife #biodiversity #nature #environment #MillstreamChichesterNationalPark #Pilbara #WesternAustralia #Australia #thisisWA #discoveraustralia #exploreaustralia @waparkswildlife @csirogram

With the world’s oceans being polluted at an alarming rate, filter-feeding marine megafauna such as the reef manta ray (Manta alfredi) are becoming particularly susceptible to high levels of microplastic ingestion and exposure to associated toxins. 📷: © Ru Somaweera (www.ruchira-somaweera.net) ... ... #mantaray #manta #mantaalfredi #microplastic #marine #wildlife #ecology #scubadiving #biodiversity #conservation #threat #pollution #humanwildlifeconflict #komodo #indonesia

The spectacled cobra or Indian cobra (Naja naja) is one of the largest and most common elapids in South Asia, and responsible for a significant number of snake-related human deaths in the region. Albino and hypomelanistic specimens like this one are not rare. 📷: © Ru Somaweera (www.ruchira-somaweera.net) ... ... #cobra #najanaja #snake #elapid #albino #reptiles #herpetofauna #wildlife #ecology #biodiversity #conservation #humanwildlifeconflict #fieldwork #research #columbo #srilanka

Mainland Southeast Asia, with its linkages into the larger Asian market, is one of the world’s busiest wildlife trade hotspots. This trade poses a disproportionally large threat to biodiversity and species conservation. We are interested in finding ways to improve outcomes for all parties in these challenging circumstances, as are groups like @bawabali_official. 📷: © Ru Somaweera (www.ruchira-somaweera.net) ... ... #wildlife #ecology #biodiversity #conservation #threat #wildlifetrade #monkey #macaque #conflict #wildlifeconflict #humanwildlifeconflict #livesforsale #denpasar #bali #indonesia

Undertaking aerial surveys with HeliSpirit looking for stinking passiflora growing on the shoreline of Lake Argyle in the eastern Kimberley, Western Australia. This research forms part of our work with the WA Parks & Wildlife Service and the 31165 Rangers to improve weed management outcomes in the Kimberley. Formed after the construction of the Ord River dam, Lake Argyle is the biggest manmade reservoir in the southern hemisphere, is home to over 35,000 freshwater crocodiles and is a listed Ramsar wetland. 📷: © Bruce Webber (@webber.photography) ... ... #botanising #ecology #fieldwork #research #CSIRO #waparkswildlife #HeliSpirit #biodiversity #nature #environment #LakeArgyle #Kimberley #thekimberleyaustralia #WesternAustralia #australia #thisisWA #discoveraustralia #exploreaustralia @waparkswildlife @helispirit @csirogram

Looking out over Cape Range National Park to the nearby Ningaloo Reef from Pilgonoman Gorge, Western Australia. Despite having no real wet season and an inconsistent 250mm of annual rainfall, stinking passionflower remains a weed problem in the region. We're working here with the WA Parks & Wildlife Service with funding from the Gorgon Barrow Island NCB fund to come up with better management solutions for this weed. 📷: © Bruce Webber (@webber.photography) ... ... #botanising #ecology #fieldwork #research #CSIRO #waparkswildlife #biodiversity #nature #environment #CapeRangeNationalPark #Ningaloo #Pilbara #WesternAustralia #Australia #thisisWA #discoveraustralia #exploreaustralia @waparkswildlife @csirogram

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