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Thom van Dooren

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Living on the Edge

  • September 27, 2023December 4, 2023
  • 2 Min Reading
The last snail: conservation and extinction in Hawai’i

The last snail: conservation and extinction in Hawai’i

February 28, 2013January 2, 2022

As I stood in the presence of this individual, the last of a species, I was reminded of how incredibly ill equipped we are as

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Living with crows

Living with crows

December 6, 2012December 10, 2021

Conservation in haunted landscapes: In 2002 the last free living Hawaiian crow died. As of this time, the only surviving members/participants of this species have

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Science can’t do it alone: the environment needs humanities too

Science can’t do it alone: the environment needs humanities too

November 5, 2012January 2, 2022

Here’s a (belated) link to a short piece that I wrote for The Conversation in early October 2012. The piece is about the emergence of

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Albatross, plastic and the undoing of generations

Albatross, plastic and the undoing of generations

November 3, 2012January 2, 2022

In the middle of the North Pacific Ocean, at the far north west end of the Hawaiian Archipelago, lie a few tiny coral and sand

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My book in progress…

My book in progress…

November 2, 2012January 2, 2022

I’m incredibly pleased to announce my contract with Columbia University Press for my new book on ethics and extinction in a world of avian entanglements.

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I acknowledge the traditional custodians of Country in Australia,
including the Dharug and Gundungurra peoples of the Blue Mountains where I live,
and the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation where the University of Sydney is located.

I pay my respects to elders, past, present and emerging
and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

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