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Planned optimism
I can’t do everything everywhere, but I can still make a difference (5 minute read)
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Meditation, restoration
My dog and I give the forest recovery a helping hand (13 minute read)
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Holding on
The plight of the palms on Round Island, off the coast of Mauritius (2 minute preview, 4 minute read)
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Scar tissue
I reflect on the paradoxical place of invasive plants in our landscape (9 minute read, free for all readers)
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A stinging attack
How can we protect our honeydew beech forests from wasps (12 minute read)
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Fatal error
What makes the world's most dangerous mushroom so deadly? (14 minute read)
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My enemy's enemies
Sometimes, the answer to an invasive species problem is to introduce more new species (10 minute read)
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Vanishing giants
Close encounters with some of New Zealand’s endangered species (5 minute preview, 10 minute read)
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Rain and fire
The big island of Hawai'i has it all (4 minute preview, 7 minute read)
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An island's warning
How Hawai’i’s environmental problems have helped New Zealand (5 minute preview, 9 minute read)
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Trees in trouble
Can Australia and New Zealand save their native myrtles? (12 minute read)
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Rust never sleeps
The insidious threat to Australia's, and New Zealand's, iconic trees (11 minute read)
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