Nature
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Nature’s decline is driving a surge in diseases
Our health is personal, but health risks are not. Around the world, entire populations — both human and wildlife —…
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For fashion industry, a new model for working with Indigenous Peoples
News headlines about the fashion industry with the word “Indigenous” in them don’t often presage good news. The fashion industry’s…
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The ocean provides — and needs to be protected. Can humanity do both?
Conservationists had reason to cheer as 2020 dawned. On January 1, the Pacific island nation of Palau officially closed 80…
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With new protections, a critical fishery gets new lease on life
Fishing is a way of life in Peru. And two out of every three fish consumed in Peru is caught…
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Mining could disrupt manta ‘superhighway’
If you’re a reef manta, there are few better places to be than northeastern Indonesia. In the clear blue seas…
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Climate change hurts soil’s ‘essential workers’
It’s easy to take what happens under our feet for granted. Whether you know it or not, thousands of species…
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Landmark debt swap to protect Indonesia’s coral reefs
The government of Indonesia announced this week a deal to redirect more than US$ 35 million it owes to the…
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Can an ancient tradition save an African grassland?
EDITOR’S NOTE: Few places on Earth are as evocative — or as imperiled — as the vast grasslands of sub-Saharan…
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On World Oceans Day, charting a new course for our seas
It’s the origin and the engine of life on our blue planet. The ocean feeds us, regulates our climate and…
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To protect high seas, take heed of climate change
An unprecedented heat wave is gripping the world’s oceans. Temperatures, exacerbated by El Niño weather patterns, have soared to record-breaking highs every day…
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