CBCS’s Associate Professor Diana Fisher recently co-authored a chapter of Kew’s State of the World’s Plants and Fungi report. Read more here: cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/project/kews...

Kew's State of the World's Plants and Fungi report reveals how digital innovation is transforming biodiversity conservation

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A global team of researchers, including CBCS’s Associate Professor Chris Roelfsema, have created the first complete map of the world’s seagrass for clear shallow water, identifying important areas of seagrass as well as vulnerable regions: cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/project/firs...

First complete global seagrass map reveals new opportunities for conservation

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"Thank you to Karann Putrevu for presenting at our CBCS seminar this week. If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars"

📣 Register for TERN's August #webinar, 'Who gets to tell the story? The challenges and opportunities for ensuring the science gets heard'. 📅 5 August 2026 Our three guest speakers will unpack the incentives, biases, and trade-offs behind nature #communication in 2026. 📝: buff.ly/rKgi9ZD

A huge congratulations to four CBCS PhD students who graduated from The University of Queensland this week! 🎓👏 We're proud to celebrate: Ama Wakwella, Rosa Mar Dominguez-Martinez, Vicki Bennion and Devin Rowell!

Associate Professor Carissa Klein is featured on Channel 9 News discussed the benefits of marine sanctuaries ahead of a once-in-a-decade review of its Commonwealth marine park management plans. Watch the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r9S...

Marine Conservation Leadership: Does Australia Walk the Talk?

The conservation of Australia's extraordinary marine biodiversity has been prominently championed over the past three decades by successive Federal and State Governments, who have consistently portra...

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Come along to our next CBCS Friends of Biodiversity event! 🌳 We are excited to invite you to celebrate National Tree Day with us on Sunday 26 July at Toohey Forest for a eucalypt walk and talk led by Professor Rod Fensham. Book your spot here: app4.vision6.com.au/forms/s/1,08...

As cities become more culturally diverse, our green spaces don’t always reflect the needs, values and experiences of the communities they serve. CBCS PhD candidate Samantha Wong-Topp explains why cultural diversity is key to creating more equitable urban nature: cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/project/whos...

Whose nature counts in the city?

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This year CBCS launched its latest funding initiative, the CBCS Community Building Small Grant Scheme. Congratulations to the awardees: Dr Karlina Indraswari, Associate Professor Janni Leung, Nidhi Menon, Chrysanthe Frangos and Liana van Woesik! cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/project/cbcs...

CBCS Community Building Small Grant Scheme 2026: Grantees Announced

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Thank you to Rowan Hilend for presenting at our CBCS seminar this week! If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars

Register now for our CBCS 2026 Winter R Workshops @ UQ if you're ready to take your R skills to the next level! Join us to elevate your R proficiency and become a data manipulation and presentation expert! For more: mathmarecol.github.io/RWorkshop/wi... Any questions: cbcs-workshops@uq.edu.au

CBCSer's Rachakonda Sreekar and James Watson led a research article titled "Disentangling the impacts of agriculture, logging, and extractive industries on Tapanuli orangutan habitat: A geo-ethnographic assessment" in Biological Conservation. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Disentangling the impacts of agriculture, logging, and extractive industries on Tapanuli orangutan habitat: A geo-ethnographic assessment

Rapid land-use change across Southeast Asia has placed many narrowly distributed endemic species at imminent risk of extinction. In the Batang Toru Ke…

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CBCSer's Daniel Dunn and Lily Bentley have contributed to a collaborative piece in Nature Reviews Biodiversity discussing the integration of animal movement data into biodiversity indicators. Check out the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

A call to integrate animal movement into biodiversity indicators - Nature Reviews Biodiversity

Biodiversity indicators are essential for tracking progress towards international biodiversity goals, but existing indicators have important shortcomings and are not based on animal movement data. Thi...

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Register now for our CBCS 2026 Winter R Workshops @ UQ if you're ready to take your R skills to the next level! Join us to elevate your R proficiency and become a data manipulation and presentation expert! For more: mathmarecol.github.io/RWorkshop/wi... Any questions: cbcs-workshops@uq.edu.au

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2026 state of the world's plants and fungi report just released by Kew science @rbgkew.bsky.social. I am one of 400 authors, with Aelys Humphries, discussing how digitised herbarium data can contribute to detecting extinction likelihood in plant species www.kew.org/science/stat...

Register now for our CBCS 2026 Winter R Workshops @ UQ if you're ready to take your R skills to the next level! Join us to elevate your R proficiency and become a data manipulation and presentation expert! For more: mathmarecol.github.io/RWorkshop/wi... Any questions: cbcs-workshops@uq.edu.au

Thank you to our HDR students Harrah Friedlander, Vanessa Lopez Corona, Samantha Wong-Topp, Tapash Alister, Ben Lucas and Liana van Woesik for presenting at our CBCS seminar this week for our very first CBCS Flashtalks event! If you're interested in attending our next seminar ➡️ bit.ly/CBCSseminars

Register now for our CBCS 2026 Winter R Workshops @ UQ if you're ready to take your R skills to the next level! Join us to elevate your R proficiency and become a data manipulation and presentation expert! For more: mathmarecol.github.io/RWorkshop/wi... Any questions: cbcs-workshops@uq.edu.au

The Waitt Foundation offers $20,000 for 6-month projects supporting sustainable fishing and marine protected areas in island nations. Applications are reviewed monthly on a rolling basis. Closing date: continuous More info here: www.waittfoundation.org/roc-grants

ROC Grants | Waitt Foundation | Funding for Ocean Conservation and Blue Prosperity

The Waitt Foundation is a grantmaking organization that provides funding and resources for ocean research, policy, marine protection, and Blue Prosperity initiatives around the globe. We are a foundin...

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Dr April Reside writes a piece for CBCS outlining a recent CBCS submission to koala conservation strategy discussions. The submission outlines how a stronger science-based approach could help reverse koala decline across Southeast Queensland. Learn more: cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/project/cbcs...

CBCS leads a submission to koala conservation strategy discussions

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Jaime Restrepo has published a new paper titled, Ecological Insights and Management Implications of the Global Migratory Connectivity of Green Turtles, with several other CBCSers. Check it out here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Ecological Insights and Management Implications of the Global Migratory Connectivity of Green Turtles

Aim Green turtles are a widely distributed and highly migratory species; despite extensive data on their movement, there is no species-specific global synthesis on the subject. Based on three decade...

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Very excited to take on a new role this year as a Deputy Director of CBCS. The Centre means a great deal to me, and I’m really looking forward to supporting and growing our programs of work. It’s a privilege to be part of such a passionate and compassionate community of researchers.

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This year, the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science (CBCS) welcomes a new leadership team, including its Director and Management Committee, who will help guide the Centre’s strategic direction and research priorities. Meet the new committee here: cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/project/cbcs...

CBCSer's Rachakonda Sreekar & James Watson have published a Comment in Nature Reviews Biodiversity titled, Updating species representation targets for protected and conserved area planning. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1038/s44358-026-00169-7

Register now for our CBCS 2026 Winter R Workshops @ UQ if you're ready to take your R skills to the next level! Join us to elevate your R proficiency and become a data manipulation and presentation expert! For more: mathmarecol.github.io/RWorkshop/wi... Any questions: cbcs-workshops@uq.edu.au

Thank you to Jack Bojan for presenting at our CBCS seminar this week. If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars

This year, the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science (CBCS) welcomes a new leadership team, including its Director and Management Committee, who will help guide the Centre’s strategic direction and research priorities. Meet the new committee here: cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/project/cbcs...

CBCS welcomes new management committee for 2026

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We spoke to CBCS's Emeritus Professor Marc Hockings about his recent appointment as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to environmental conservation. Read the full article here: cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/project/rede...

Redefining conservation success: Marc Hockings recognised with Order of Australia

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Register now for our CBCS 2026 Winter R Workshops @ UQ if you're ready to take your R skills to the next level! Join us to elevate your R proficiency and become a data manipulation and presentation expert! For more: mathmarecol.github.io/RWorkshop/wi... Any questions: cbcs-workshops@uq.edu.au

Thank you to Ian Brennan for presenting at our CBCS seminar this week. If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars

How is Australia going with setting aside more protected areas? What’s working well? What do we still need to change – and why? CBCS's Professor James Watson will answer these questions in the 2026 Romeo Lahey Memorial Lecture this Saturday (May 9th). npaq.org.au/romeolahey20...