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This article published in Heredity highlights the importance of genetic monitoring alongside other conservation actions in saving the exquisite endangered forty-spotted pardalote.

An extensive report compiled by ecologist Dr Tonia Cochran and Tasmania's Threatened Species Unit into the stunningly varied bird, plant and animal species found on Bruny Island.

Mahatma Gandhi was a lawyer who employed the principle of nonviolent resistance to successfully lead the campaign for India's independence from British rule. In this short film he talks about the principle of non-violence.

"I have a dream", is the famous speech delivered by American Civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King Jr. An inspirational moment for all interested in our common future.

Gaining the right to vote for women took decades of dedicated effort to achieve. Here is a rendition of an electrifying speech by suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst.

Walden or Life in the Woods, the reflections of Henry Thoreau on living simply and close to nature, is one of the most influential books in American literature.

In 1983 an audacious campaign to save a wild river became a defining moment in Australian environmental history

Today the Netherlands has a reputation as a kind of bicycling paradise. This was not inevitable but the result of a long and concerted effort.

In this famous and compelling speech, Carl Sagan contextualises humankind's home, Earth.

Biologist and Pulitzer winner E.O. Wilson's proposes a bold plan to preserve the world’s biodiversity: set aside half of the entire planet for natural habitats.

Legendary planetary scientist Carl Sagan puts Earth into the context of our Universe and makes a compelling case for all of us to speak for Earth.

Naturalist Sir David Attenborough addresses the biggest question of our times - how to save our planet.