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Many cities fail the 3-30-300 benchmark for urban nature. The ‘3’ is often met and the ‘300’ is patchy due to poor tree canopy coverage. Cities need better planting conditions and governance to support tree growth @_ficus @TerrEcolGroup @geoconR @sbekessy nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Overseas, the ‘3-30-300' city planning rule is increasingly seen as critical to human health and wellbeing.
But new research from @RMIT has found Sydney and Melbourne are failing when it comes to one key component - tree cover.
au.news.yahoo.com/two-aussie…
New paper from ICON Science @RMIT_CUR @HughStanford1 @HollyKirk @GeorgiaGarrard @HurleyJoe
📢Our OA research shows informal green spaces (IGS) are an integral part of the #urbanNature landscape, contributing as much as formal green spaces to species richness!🌿
Using crowdsourced data we assessed how different #greenspace supports birds & plants
link.springer.com/article/10…
ALT Dot & line graph showing the modelled number of species per survey across all taxa for each land sub-type when controlling for covariates. Points are coloured by land type with the median species per survey shown as a grey dashed line. Bars represent standard error for each point. The number of surveys per land sub-type are included as whole numbers. Utility easements (IGS) have the greatest number of species per survey, closely followed by recreational public green spaces (formal green space)
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Find out about the new "Nature Pledge for Developers" launched by @sbekessy @Biodivcouncil at the recent Global Nature Positive Summit!
#naturePositive #urbanNature
Will your organisation join others in signing the pledge?
icon-science.org/nature-pled…
ICON Science RMIT retweeted
@mb_dahlstrom you’ve nailed this article - such an important message about caring for nature in our scramble to build more houses @ICON_Science @Biodivcouncil @RMIT_CUR
Melbourne has a bold new suite of housing reforms, and while they appear to have been created with good intentions, a leading urban planning expert has spotted a "big" omission.
“None of them are actually good for nature."
- @sbekessy
au.news.yahoo.com/big-error-…
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Businesses need to jump into nature reporting - yes, it's complex, but there are simple approaches and datasets available so there's no excuse (& the planet can't wait) @Biodivcouncil @ICON_Science @RMIT_CUR @BrenWintle @EconOConnor
theconversation.com/yes-natu… via @ConversationEDU
ICON Science RMIT retweeted
Here at the global nature positive summit in Sydney - excited about our Built Environment session coming up soon - hoping for some tangible ways forward for the development industry to embrace nature positive @ICON_Science @RMIT_CUR @Biodivcouncil
Fresh post on the ICON blog
icon-science.org/ecology-ins…
The @BioUrbanDesign team with Nature Collective presented their first "Nature Insights" series to a huge range of industry people across the property sector:
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The environment matters. Email the PM and tell him that it is time to work with the Senate crossbench to get a strong EPA. pm.gov.au/contact
This is the week that negotiations and decisions are being made. Like and share if you want to see a strong EPA with teeth!
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MAGPIES, EAGLES, OWLS & TAWNYS POISONED - BUNNINGS, STOP SELLING SGAR RODENTICIDES! - Sign the Petition! chng.it/8Qw7M89Pyt via @ChangeAUS
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One day (soon?) 'everyday nature' will be a basic human right. Read our new paper for the latest on how to rethink design of cities to build everyday nature into the urban fabric
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.c… @Biodivcouncil @RMIT_CUR @GeorgiaGarrard @RewildingOZ @livingbuilding
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A great piece by @_ficus and @HollyKirk for @ConversationEDU on using 'stepping stones' to connect isolated #wildlife habitats to help #birds and #insects thrive in our cities. #UrbanWildlife #NatureInCitites theconversation.com/stepping…
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📢 Our new OA research shows spatially targeting new green spaces to connect bigger patches of habitat can maximise investment for #urbanbiodiversity
@_ficus explains it nicely! vimeo.com/941090209
🌱🗺️🐝🐦🦗
Paper with @sbekessy @GeorgiaGarrard here: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Our cities’ secret gardens: we connect with nature in neglected green spaces just as much as in parks, explain @HughStanford1 and @HollyKirk
Read here: theaustraliatoday.com.au/our…
@DrAmitSarwal @Pallavi_Aus @rishi_suri @RMIT @JacintaAllanMP @opdwivedi82
Great to see some movement with NSW's nature laws, but does this really go far enough when it comes to habitat destruction?
NSW biodiversity conservation laws are getting an overhaul. New commitments by @PennySharpemlc @ChrisMinnsMP address many major issues enabling ongoing nature loss in NSW, such as the biodiversity offsets scheme - but there are still significant gaps, such as inadequate action to address land clearing.
Learn more:
biodiversitycouncil.org.au/n…
Research from ICON scientists @HughStanford1 @HollyKirk @RMIT_CUR in the @ConversationEDU today!
#urbanNature #natureConnection #citizenscience
Check out this summary of our recent work on the value of informal green space for human-nature interaction!
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theconversation.com/our-citi…
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This paper describes transdisciplinary collaboration between @DEECA_Vic @ICON_Science @BehaviourWorksA @RMIT_CUR #ARIscience pertaining to the Victorians Value Nature framework ari.vic.gov.au/research/peop… – at Melbourne, Victoria
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📢 OA #urbanNature research by @HughStanford1 hot off the press!
With @HurleyJoe @GeorgiaGarrard
we use #citsci data to explore where people are connecting with nature in informal green spaces across Melbourne - it's surprisingly often! Read more here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.…
ALT Map of the extent and distribution of citizen science observations across the Greater Melbourne Case Study, showing observations to be relatively evenly dispersed across the urban landscape.
ALT The number of observations per hectare modelled by the generalised linear mixed effects model for each land sub-type when controlling for covariates. Points are coloured by land type. Recreational public green spaces (RPGS) have the greatest number of observations by a large margin, with railway and utility IGS also hosting substantially more than the median number of observations (grey dotted line).