Yi Fei
@yfchung.bsky.social
Conservation Scientist @ UQ CBCS
Interested in🌳Biodiversity Conservation, 🖺Environmental Policy and 🌡️Climate Change
Interested in🌳Biodiversity Conservation, 🖺Environmental Policy and 🌡️Climate Change
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Yi Fei
@yfchung.bsky.social
· May 30
New research reveals only 44% of biodiversity offset policies and 27% of voluntary conservation programs consider climate risk. These 3 practical steps can help.
Most of Australia’s conservation efforts ignore climate risks – here are 3 fixes
theconversation.com
A @aunz.theconversation.com piece summarising the research.
It highlights how conservation law reform and state level reviews are a great chance to get it right.
Climate change must be considered at every level, actions must be clear, well-funded, and practical.
bsky.app/profile/aunz...
It highlights how conservation law reform and state level reviews are a great chance to get it right.
Climate change must be considered at every level, actions must be clear, well-funded, and practical.
bsky.app/profile/aunz...
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We had a brilliant week at #ICCB2025. Congrats to @yfchung.bsky.social for making the shortlist for best student talk! And thanks to the superb organising committee and all the volunteers 🙏 Loved catching up with so many wonderful colleagues; safe travels home to all
June 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
We had a brilliant week at #ICCB2025. Congrats to @yfchung.bsky.social for making the shortlist for best student talk! And thanks to the superb organising committee and all the volunteers 🙏 Loved catching up with so many wonderful colleagues; safe travels home to all
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Take a look at what the discovery of Leadbeater's possums in NSW, 250 km away from known populations in Vic, means for the conservation of the Critically Endangered species, & why well-resourced biodiversity surveys and large national parks are so important. bit.ly/4dSkbus
Decades of searching and a chance discovery: why finding Leadbeater’s possum in NSW is such big news
For decades, researchers have sought proof this critically endangered possum existed in New South Wales. Now it’s arrived by sheer chance
theconversation.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Take a look at what the discovery of Leadbeater's possums in NSW, 250 km away from known populations in Vic, means for the conservation of the Critically Endangered species, & why well-resourced biodiversity surveys and large national parks are so important. bit.ly/4dSkbus
First publication from my PhD is out!
Do private land conservation policies and programs adequately consider climate change?🌿🌡️
Read: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Huge thanks to my advisors Jonathan Rhodes,
@martinemaron.bsky.social, and Michael Drielsma, and to amazing funding partners
Do private land conservation policies and programs adequately consider climate change?🌿🌡️
Read: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Huge thanks to my advisors Jonathan Rhodes,
@martinemaron.bsky.social, and Michael Drielsma, and to amazing funding partners
Do private land conservation policies and programs adequately consider climate change?
Accelerating climate change is threatening both biodiversity and the effectiveness of conservation policy. Policy mechanisms like voluntary conservati…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:29 AM
First publication from my PhD is out!
Do private land conservation policies and programs adequately consider climate change?🌿🌡️
Read: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Huge thanks to my advisors Jonathan Rhodes,
@martinemaron.bsky.social, and Michael Drielsma, and to amazing funding partners
Do private land conservation policies and programs adequately consider climate change?🌿🌡️
Read: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Huge thanks to my advisors Jonathan Rhodes,
@martinemaron.bsky.social, and Michael Drielsma, and to amazing funding partners
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A big thank you to PhD candidates Hannah Thomas, Yi Fei Chung and Rosa Mar Dominguez-Martinez for presenting at our seminar today.
If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars
If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars
April 1, 2025 at 5:10 AM
A big thank you to PhD candidates Hannah Thomas, Yi Fei Chung and Rosa Mar Dominguez-Martinez for presenting at our seminar today.
If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars
If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars
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Endangered koalas and the ecologist documenting their extinction – video
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Endangered koalas and the ecologist documenting their extinction – video
Maria Matthes, a lifelong conservationist, says loss of habitat and climate change are threatening koalas in eastern New South Wales
www.theguardian.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Endangered koalas and the ecologist documenting their extinction – video
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Allowing forests to regrow and regenerate is a great way to restore habitat - new research from Hannah Thomas estimates the habitat values of regrowth for threatened species in Qld theconversation.com/allowing-for...
Allowing forests to regrow and regenerate is a great way to restore habitat
New research found regrowth in Queensland provided valuable habitat after 15 years, on average, with some species benefiting from trees as young as 3 years of age.
theconversation.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Allowing forests to regrow and regenerate is a great way to restore habitat - new research from Hannah Thomas estimates the habitat values of regrowth for threatened species in Qld theconversation.com/allowing-for...
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New Review: Biodiversity offsets, their effectiveness and their role in a nature positive future 🌎🧪
From @martinemaron.bsky.social and colleagues.
Web: go.nature.com/41jFsar Free online for the year!
From @martinemaron.bsky.social and colleagues.
Web: go.nature.com/41jFsar Free online for the year!
Biodiversity offsets, their effectiveness and their role in a nature positive future - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Biodiversity offsets, applied as part of the mitigation hierarchy, aim to ensure that ‘no net loss’ of biodiversity occurs as a result of human development projects and activities. This Review explore...
go.nature.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
New Review: Biodiversity offsets, their effectiveness and their role in a nature positive future 🌎🧪
From @martinemaron.bsky.social and colleagues.
Web: go.nature.com/41jFsar Free online for the year!
From @martinemaron.bsky.social and colleagues.
Web: go.nature.com/41jFsar Free online for the year!
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‘Increasingly worried’: more than a quarter of a million waterbirds disappear from eastern Australia
‘Increasingly worried’: more than a quarter of a million waterbirds disappear from eastern Australia
One of the world’s longest continuous bird counts has dashed the ‘wistful optimism’ of scientists hoping for a La Niña-driven recovery
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2024 at 10:14 PM
‘Increasingly worried’: more than a quarter of a million waterbirds disappear from eastern Australia
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“Reversing anthropogenic climate change remains the urgent broad-scale solution” for protecting terrestrial biodiversity from megafires.
A swamp wallaby, one of my favourite macropods, on the cover of Nature, and I’m a coauthor on the paper www.nature.com/articles/s41..., led by @dadriscoll.bsky.social.
Achievements unlocked!
Achievements unlocked!
December 17, 2024 at 2:56 AM
“Reversing anthropogenic climate change remains the urgent broad-scale solution” for protecting terrestrial biodiversity from megafires.
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Gave the last talk of my PhD at #ESAus2024 on target-based compensation for achieving #biodiversity net gain on Tuesday. In short: only feasible in a few ecoregions with nickel mining in Indonesia, and expansion in the most mined area globally not compatible with 50% intact forest retention 🦤🌏🌐
December 11, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Gave the last talk of my PhD at #ESAus2024 on target-based compensation for achieving #biodiversity net gain on Tuesday. In short: only feasible in a few ecoregions with nickel mining in Indonesia, and expansion in the most mined area globally not compatible with 50% intact forest retention 🦤🌏🌐
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@martinemaron.bsky.social on the decades long struggle to stop senseless Queensland agricultural land clearing at #ESAus2024 🦤🌏
December 12, 2024 at 12:05 AM
@martinemaron.bsky.social on the decades long struggle to stop senseless Queensland agricultural land clearing at #ESAus2024 🦤🌏
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Ripper of a talk by Brodie Crouch on maintaining brigalow cover in grazing landscapes at #ESAus2024 just now.. in Brodie’s words, “if we had 20% brigalow cover in every paddock we’d be laughing” 🦤 🌏 🐮 🌳
December 12, 2024 at 3:25 AM
Ripper of a talk by Brodie Crouch on maintaining brigalow cover in grazing landscapes at #ESAus2024 just now.. in Brodie’s words, “if we had 20% brigalow cover in every paddock we’d be laughing” 🦤 🌏 🐮 🌳
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#EXCLUSIVE: Tanya Plibersek had a Nature Positive legislation deal in writing before Anthony Albanese vetoed it without her knowledge.
Plibersek had Nature Positive deal in writing before Albanese vetoed without her knowledge
Exclusive: Environment minister agreed detail with Greens but the PM intervened after lobbying from WA premier and miners
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 9:30 PM
#EXCLUSIVE: Tanya Plibersek had a Nature Positive legislation deal in writing before Anthony Albanese vetoed it without her knowledge.
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The New South Wales parliament has passed the “biggest reforms to the biodiversity offsets scheme since its inception” after inquiries triggered by a 2021 Guardian Australia investigation.
NSW government passes bill to repair ‘broken’ biodiversity offset scheme
Reforms include public registers to track how developers are meeting their commitments and avoiding damaging endangered ecosystems
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 6:10 AM
The New South Wales parliament has passed the “biggest reforms to the biodiversity offsets scheme since its inception” after inquiries triggered by a 2021 Guardian Australia investigation.
Reposting this: How to translate nature positive commitment into meaningful conservation policies? We outline 4 key steps!
@science.org: science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Co-led with Hannah Thomas, alongside Brooke Williams @martinemaron.bsky.social, Jonathan Rhodes, Jeremy Simmonds, Michelle Wards
@science.org: science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Co-led with Hannah Thomas, alongside Brooke Williams @martinemaron.bsky.social, Jonathan Rhodes, Jeremy Simmonds, Michelle Wards
As I move over to bluesky, reposting this important new paper on nature positive-aligned environment laws, led by Hannah Thomas & Fei Chung with a critique of Australia’s attempt at nature positive reforms: "Achieving “nature positive” requires net gain legislation" science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Achieving “nature positive” requires net gain legislation
Reforms underway in Australia highlight key challenges
science.org
November 24, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Reposting this: How to translate nature positive commitment into meaningful conservation policies? We outline 4 key steps!
@science.org: science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Co-led with Hannah Thomas, alongside Brooke Williams @martinemaron.bsky.social, Jonathan Rhodes, Jeremy Simmonds, Michelle Wards
@science.org: science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Co-led with Hannah Thomas, alongside Brooke Williams @martinemaron.bsky.social, Jonathan Rhodes, Jeremy Simmonds, Michelle Wards