Predirections
Jonathan Tonkin, Tim ChristophersenWeekly future-focused writing on biodiversity, climate, and water for a changing world — by Prof. Jonathan Tonkin.
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The four-year planet
Credit: J. Tonkin.
I applied for a grant recently. Grant writing is something us academics have to do to keep our research programme running. I treat grants like writing a Nature paper. Every word is scrutinised to ensure it’s the best use...
Ten ideas from ecology that help explain the world
Connectivity, memory, resilience, diversity. Source: Google Earth.
I've spent more than twenty years studying ecology. My world view has been shaped by my quest to understand how the natural world works.
But ecology isn’t just about pla...
Is restoration chasing ghosts?
Biodiversity needs large spaces. Places like this can feel empty to some, but they’re fully functioning ecosystems. Mt. Muztagh Ata, China.
Picture a restored ecosystem for a minute. What do you see? Is it something that’s pristine, where...
We're great at documenting decline and surprisingly bad at understanding recovery
Recovery, rewilding, and why we're measuring the wrong things (Nexus Notes #30)
I’m travelling back from two weeks in Europe. What a special time it was. I spent a week in the beautiful Spanish Pyrenees discussing how to make ecology more...
The elephant’s mental map: Why our future depends on the living world
Photo by Sergi Ferrete on Unsplash
Tim Christophersen is the author of Generation Restoration and has spent years at the intersection of ecosystem restoration, policy, and finance, including leading work on the UN Decade on Ecosystem Resto...
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Anticipating the future of our living world. Professor of ecology published in Nature and Science and winner of NZ Prime Minister’s Emerging Scientist Prize. I use systems thinking to map out where our planet is headed and how we can navigate it.
Author of 'Generation Restoration', a manual for repairing humanity's relationship with nature towards reciprocity, diversity, and abundance.
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