... issues (e.g., forestry, water pollution, rnis-uses of agricultural chemicals, environmental threats to human health) has experienced the jibes and retributions of employers and colleagues. Articles written for lay people or lectures to public (non-professional) audiences are given little value or weight...

... of policies that a policy officer in DECC might work on include policies on land acquisition for the reserve system, policies on park management eg fire- fighting and commercial activities, policies on private and public forestry activities, policies on water management, and policies on threatened species...

... to sort out the ecological messes left by forestry, industrial agriculture, mining, and urban intensification. Some ecologists study relatively pristine systems, the ecology of pristine systems is almost completely irrelevant to solving the environmental problems of today. The loss of trophic cascades...

..., N. 2000. Controlling small mammal predators using sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) in bait stations along forestry roads in a New Zealand beech forest. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 24: 3-9. Controlling small mammal predators using sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) in bait stations along forestry...

... as a researcher moves up the ranks of their profession and has less time for hands-on research. I have also experienced changes in technical support during the early stages of my research, and this revealed a danger of inconsistency in recognition of species and degree of taxonomic splitting or lumping...

... no longer only of concern to a few trappers and public opinion was turning in the possum's favour. Many now saw the possum, like the koala, as harmless and inoffensive. In addition, forestry officers, farmers and graziers began to feel possums had real value as consumers of mistletoe and sawfly larvae, both...

... and administering national parks. In his preface, Wirth also commented that public servants are subject to constant criticism, and they are often the victims of misrepresentation without benefit of any opportunity or means of rebuttal. Yet, Wirth adds, many of the best administrative, professional and scientific...

... and believe in findings long discredited in the mainstream. There are few data to determine how prevalent fraud is we like to think it is relatively rare, and that our education systems inculcate an understanding of, and respect for, an ethical professional ethos, but this may be self-delusion. Detected...

... the environmental movement professes concern for nature conservation, many of its actions contribute little to biodiversity conservation when viewed either holistically or from a long-term perspective. Often, the actions of the environmental movement have adverse long-term effects for nature conservation. Inaction...