From Australia to Africa, fences are stopping Earth’s great animal migrations

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Wildebeest crossing the Mara River in Tanzania during their annual mass migration. Jane Rix/Shutterstock

Authors

  1. Bill Laurance

    Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University

  2. Penny van Oosterzee

    Adjunct Associate Professor James Cook University and University Fellow Charles Darwin University, James Cook University

Disclosure statement

Bill Laurance receives funding from various scientific and philanthropic organisations. He is director of the Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science at James Cook University, and founded and directs ALERT — the Alliance of Leading Environmental Researchers & Thinkers — a science-advocacy group that reaches 1-2 million readers weekly.

Penny van Oosterzee does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

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