An update on the 'Biodiversity Arks' paper

An update on the '' paper, released on the 25th July 2012, which investigates the plight of protected tropical reserves around the planet.

The paper features Professor as a senior author and was covered in this .

A month after the anticipated release of the 'Biodiversity Arks' paper we have seen:

YouTube
242 views of the 90 second YouTube Teaser video created by the Environment Institute.

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Twitter
Interestingly, looking at the statistics and Twitter trends from the release date of the paper, the popular social media platform appeared to be abuzz with mentions of 'biodiversity' and related terms.

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The paper was tweeted and broadcast by the globally recognised BBC News, who currently enjoy approximately 3 million followers on Twitter.
Since the paper was released 102 institutions, from all over the world, have tweeted or re-tweeted about the 'Biodiversity Arks' paper.

Blogs/Media Releases
The 'Biodiversity Arks' paper has been blogged on over 40 different blogs and has been featured in mutliple online releases.
Read the 成人大片 media release regarding the paper



As mentioned the paper features Environment Institute member Professor as a senior author, along with over 200 researchers from around the world, and was published in Nature. The lead author of paper is William Laurance (James Cook University).



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