Loss of Biodiversity
Information sources
Loss of Biodiversity
Carrington, D. (2018). What is biodiversity and why does it matter to us? The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/12/what-is-biodiversity-and-why-does-it-matter-to-us
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2020). Without biodiversity we wouldn’t have the food we eat today! But it's disappearing before our eyes. United Nations Sustainable Development. Retrieved from https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/02/without-biodiversity-we-wouldnt-have-the-food-we-eat-today-but-its-disappearing-before-our-eyes/
Rafferty, J. (2020). Biodiversity loss: Causes, effects, & facts. Encyclopaedia Brittanica. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/science/biodiversity-loss
UN Sustainable Development Goals. (2020). Biodiversity ‘fundamental’ for global food systems, at “heart’ of development – UN agriculture chief. United Nations. Retrieved from https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/02/1057981
UN Sustainable Development Goals. (2020). Preserving biodiversity vital to reverse tide of climate change, UN stresses on International Day. United Nations. Retrieved from https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/05/1038961
UN Sustainable Development. (2019). UN Report: Nature's Dangerous Decline 'Unprecedented'; Species Extinction Rates 'Accelerating'. United Nations Sustainable Development. Retrieved from https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/05/nature-decline-unprecedented-report/
World Wide Fund For Nature. (2020). How does Biodiversity loss affect me and everyone else?. World Wide Fund For Nature. Retrieved from https://wwf.panda.org/our_work/biodiversity/biodiversity_and_you/
- Biodiversity and Bees
- Internationally:
Bees in Decline. (2014). The bees in decline: Risk for agriculture in Europe. Greenpeace. Retrieved from http://sos-bees.org/
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2020). Declining bee populations pose threat to global food security and nutrition. United Nations. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1194910/icode/
Greenpeace. (2020). Save the Bees. Green peace. Retrieved from https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/sustainable-agriculture/save-the-bees/
Grossman, E. (2013). Declining Bee Populations Pose a Threat to Global Agriculture. Yale Environment 360, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. Retrieved from https://e360.yale.edu/features/declining_bee_populations_pose_a_threat_to_global_agriculture
Jacobo, J. (2019). Nearly 40% decline in honey bee population last winter 'unsustainable,' experts say. ABC News (USA). Retrieved from https://abcnews.go.com/US/40-decline-honey-bee-population-winter-unsustainable-experts/story?id=64191609
- In Australia:
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment Australia. (2020). Bees and bee pests and diseases. Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment Australia. Retrieved from https://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/bees
Hanna, E. (2017). Whats the buzz about bees? Parliament of Australia. Retrieved from https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/FlagPost/2017/December/Whats_the_buzz_about_bees
Hauxwell, C. (2018). How we can still save our bees. Australian Geographic. Retrieved from https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2018/02/how-we-can-still-save-our-bees/
Smilie, S. (2018). Bees are dying. What can we do about it?. ABC News (Australia). Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-25/bees-are-dying-are-we-next/9904464
Veenstra, A. (2020). What does the bee decline mean for civilisation?. Deakin University. Retrieved from https://this.deakin.edu.au/society/what-does-the-bee-decline-mean-for-civilisation
Biodiversity and Overfishing
Australian Marine Conservation Society. (2020). Fisheries Campaign. Australian Marine Conservation Society. Retrieved from https://www.marineconservation.org.au/fisheries/
Edgar, G., & Ward, T. (2018). Australian fish population decreasing. Marine, Antarctic & Maritime, University of Tasmania. Retrieved from https://www.utas.edu.au/news/2018/6/7/637-australian-fish-population-decreasing/
Farndon, J. (2011). State of our oceans. Australian Geographic. Retrieved from https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-environment/2011/04/state-of-our-oceans/
Hannam, P. (2018). 'Shocking': Fish stocks in Australian waters drop a third in a decade. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved from https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/shocking-fish-stocks-in-australian-waters-drop-a-third-in-a-decade-20180605-p4zjip.html
Jetson, K. (2014). Impact of Overfishing On Human Lives. Marine Science Today. Retrieved from http://marinesciencetoday.com/2014/04/09/impact-of-overfishing-on-human-lives/
Mehta, A. (2019). Over-fishing a worse threat to oceans than climate change. Ethical Corporation. Retrieved from http://www.ethicalcorp.com/over-fishing-worse-threat-oceans-climate-change
O'Gorman, D. (2016). Overfishing is as big a threat to humanity as it is to our oceans. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/feb/16/overfishing-is-as-big-a-threat-to-humanity-as-it-is-to-our-oceans
Orlowski, A. (2019). UN report: Ocean biodiversity in peril due to overfishing and climate change. SeaFoodSource. Retrieved from https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/environment-sustainability/un-report-ocean-biodiversity-in-peril-to-due-overfishing-and-climate-change
Rees, A. (2018). Overfishing: Biodiversity. RESET. Retrieved from https://en.reset.org/knowledge/overfishing
World Wide Fund for Nature. (2018). Overfishing. World Wide Fund for Nature Australia. Retrieved from https://www.wwf.org.au/what-we-do/oceans/overfishing#gs.yh6ygd
- Alternative meat sources + Kangaroo
Bloudoff-Indelicato, M. (2015). Kangaroo: The Next Alternative Meat? National Geographic. Retrieved from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/food/the-plate/2015/05/18/kangaroo-the-next-alternative-meat/
Choice. (2015). Kangaroo meat - is it ethical? Choice Magazine Online. Retrieved from https://www.choice.com.au/food-and-drink/meat-fish-and-eggs/meat/articles/kangaroo-meat
Gibbens, S. (2019). Eating meat has ‘dire’ consequences for the planet, says report. National Geographic. Nationalgeographic.com. Retrieved from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/01/commission-report-great-food-transformation-plant-diet-climate-change/
Godfray, H.C.J., et. al. (2018). Meat consumption, health, and the environment. Science, 361(6399). 2018. DOI:10.1126/science.aam5324. Retrieved from https://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6399/eaam5324
Kardamitsis, N., White, S., & Duncan, C. (2016). Meat the Issues - The Enviro + Health Impacts of Our Food System. Sustainable Table. Retrieved from https://sustainabletable.org.au/all-things-ethical-eating/meat-the-issues/
Science Alert. (2008). Is Kangaroo Really a More Sustainable Choice? Science Alert. Retrieved from https://www.sciencealert.com/is-kangaroo-really-a-more-sustainable-choice
Spiegel, N.B., Wynn, P.C. (2014) Promoting kangaroos as a sustainable option for meat production on the rangelands of Australia. Animal Frontiers, 4(4) 2014, DOI: 10.2527/af.2014-0032. Retrieved from https://academic.oup.com/af/article/4/4/38/4638811
Wahlquist, C. (2019). Australia's kangaroo meat trade could be the most sustainable in the world, despite welfare concerns. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/13/australias-kangaroo-cull-humane-and-sustainable-or-exercise-in-cruelty
Walsh, B. (2020). The Triple Whopper Environmental Impact of Global Meat Production. Time Magazine online. TIME.com. Retrieved from https://science.time.com/2013/12/16/the-triple-whopper-environmental-impact-of-global-meat-production/
Loss of Biodiversity
Carrington, D. (2018). What is biodiversity and why does it matter to us? The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/12/what-is-biodiversity-and-why-does-it-matter-to-us
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2020). Without biodiversity we wouldn’t have the food we eat today! But it's disappearing before our eyes. United Nations Sustainable Development. Retrieved from https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/02/without-biodiversity-we-wouldnt-have-the-food-we-eat-today-but-its-disappearing-before-our-eyes/
Rafferty, J. (2020). Biodiversity loss: Causes, effects, & facts. Encyclopaedia Brittanica. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/science/biodiversity-loss
UN Sustainable Development Goals. (2020). Biodiversity ‘fundamental’ for global food systems, at “heart’ of development – UN agriculture chief. United Nations. Retrieved from https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/02/1057981
UN Sustainable Development Goals. (2020). Preserving biodiversity vital to reverse tide of climate change, UN stresses on International Day. United Nations. Retrieved from https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/05/1038961
UN Sustainable Development. (2019). UN Report: Nature's Dangerous Decline 'Unprecedented'; Species Extinction Rates 'Accelerating'. United Nations Sustainable Development. Retrieved from https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/05/nature-decline-unprecedented-report/
World Wide Fund For Nature. (2020). How does Biodiversity loss affect me and everyone else?. World Wide Fund For Nature. Retrieved from https://wwf.panda.org/our_work/biodiversity/biodiversity_and_you/
- Biodiversity and Bees
- Internationally:
Bees in Decline. (2014). The bees in decline: Risk for agriculture in Europe. Greenpeace. Retrieved from http://sos-bees.org/
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2020). Declining bee populations pose threat to global food security and nutrition. United Nations. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1194910/icode/
Greenpeace. (2020). Save the Bees. Green peace. Retrieved from https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/sustainable-agriculture/save-the-bees/
Grossman, E. (2013). Declining Bee Populations Pose a Threat to Global Agriculture. Yale Environment 360, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. Retrieved from https://e360.yale.edu/features/declining_bee_populations_pose_a_threat_to_global_agriculture
Jacobo, J. (2019). Nearly 40% decline in honey bee population last winter 'unsustainable,' experts say. ABC News (USA). Retrieved from https://abcnews.go.com/US/40-decline-honey-bee-population-winter-unsustainable-experts/story?id=64191609
- In Australia:
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment Australia. (2020). Bees and bee pests and diseases. Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment Australia. Retrieved from https://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/bees
Hanna, E. (2017). Whats the buzz about bees? Parliament of Australia. Retrieved from https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/FlagPost/2017/December/Whats_the_buzz_about_bees
Hauxwell, C. (2018). How we can still save our bees. Australian Geographic. Retrieved from https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2018/02/how-we-can-still-save-our-bees/
Smilie, S. (2018). Bees are dying. What can we do about it?. ABC News (Australia). Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-25/bees-are-dying-are-we-next/9904464
Veenstra, A. (2020). What does the bee decline mean for civilisation?. Deakin University. Retrieved from https://this.deakin.edu.au/society/what-does-the-bee-decline-mean-for-civilisation
Biodiversity and Overfishing
Australian Marine Conservation Society. (2020). Fisheries Campaign. Australian Marine Conservation Society. Retrieved from https://www.marineconservation.org.au/fisheries/
Edgar, G., & Ward, T. (2018). Australian fish population decreasing. Marine, Antarctic & Maritime, University of Tasmania. Retrieved from https://www.utas.edu.au/news/2018/6/7/637-australian-fish-population-decreasing/
Farndon, J. (2011). State of our oceans. Australian Geographic. Retrieved from https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-environment/2011/04/state-of-our-oceans/
Hannam, P. (2018). 'Shocking': Fish stocks in Australian waters drop a third in a decade. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved from https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/shocking-fish-stocks-in-australian-waters-drop-a-third-in-a-decade-20180605-p4zjip.html
Jetson, K. (2014). Impact of Overfishing On Human Lives. Marine Science Today. Retrieved from http://marinesciencetoday.com/2014/04/09/impact-of-overfishing-on-human-lives/
Mehta, A. (2019). Over-fishing a worse threat to oceans than climate change. Ethical Corporation. Retrieved from http://www.ethicalcorp.com/over-fishing-worse-threat-oceans-climate-change
O'Gorman, D. (2016). Overfishing is as big a threat to humanity as it is to our oceans. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/feb/16/overfishing-is-as-big-a-threat-to-humanity-as-it-is-to-our-oceans
Orlowski, A. (2019). UN report: Ocean biodiversity in peril due to overfishing and climate change. SeaFoodSource. Retrieved from https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/environment-sustainability/un-report-ocean-biodiversity-in-peril-to-due-overfishing-and-climate-change
Rees, A. (2018). Overfishing: Biodiversity. RESET. Retrieved from https://en.reset.org/knowledge/overfishing
World Wide Fund for Nature. (2018). Overfishing. World Wide Fund for Nature Australia. Retrieved from https://www.wwf.org.au/what-we-do/oceans/overfishing#gs.yh6ygd
- Alternative meat sources + Kangaroo
Bloudoff-Indelicato, M. (2015). Kangaroo: The Next Alternative Meat? National Geographic. Retrieved from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/food/the-plate/2015/05/18/kangaroo-the-next-alternative-meat/
Choice. (2015). Kangaroo meat - is it ethical? Choice Magazine Online. Retrieved from https://www.choice.com.au/food-and-drink/meat-fish-and-eggs/meat/articles/kangaroo-meat
Gibbens, S. (2019). Eating meat has ‘dire’ consequences for the planet, says report. National Geographic. Nationalgeographic.com. Retrieved from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/01/commission-report-great-food-transformation-plant-diet-climate-change/
Godfray, H.C.J., et. al. (2018). Meat consumption, health, and the environment. Science, 361(6399). 2018. DOI:10.1126/science.aam5324. Retrieved from https://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6399/eaam5324
Kardamitsis, N., White, S., & Duncan, C. (2016). Meat the Issues - The Enviro + Health Impacts of Our Food System. Sustainable Table. Retrieved from https://sustainabletable.org.au/all-things-ethical-eating/meat-the-issues/
Science Alert. (2008). Is Kangaroo Really a More Sustainable Choice? Science Alert. Retrieved from https://www.sciencealert.com/is-kangaroo-really-a-more-sustainable-choice
Spiegel, N.B., Wynn, P.C. (2014) Promoting kangaroos as a sustainable option for meat production on the rangelands of Australia. Animal Frontiers, 4(4) 2014, DOI: 10.2527/af.2014-0032. Retrieved from https://academic.oup.com/af/article/4/4/38/4638811
Wahlquist, C. (2019). Australia's kangaroo meat trade could be the most sustainable in the world, despite welfare concerns. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/13/australias-kangaroo-cull-humane-and-sustainable-or-exercise-in-cruelty
Walsh, B. (2020). The Triple Whopper Environmental Impact of Global Meat Production. Time Magazine online. TIME.com. Retrieved from https://science.time.com/2013/12/16/the-triple-whopper-environmental-impact-of-global-meat-production/