Biodiversity
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Perth festival opens with an exquisite million-dollar spectacle – and an urgent warningIn the open-air spectacular Boorna Waanginy, scientists, botanists and school children came together with Noongar elders to deliver a powerful message
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In an engineered world, who benefits from biological diversity?Molly Bond and Deborah Scott: A global summit on biodiversity has sparked debate over whether advances in the life sciences are encouraging biopiracy
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Bee's knees: a new $4m effort aims to stop the death spiral of honeybeesGeneral Mills is co-funding a project with the federal government to restore the habitat of pollinators such as bees and butterflies on North American farms
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Can Mars' bid to publish genetic maps of historic African crops boost nutrition?Confectionery company says initiative will help breed more drought-tolerant seeds, but critics fear that small-scale farmers will lose out
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The return of the bittern and common crane to the Norfolk Broads gives reason for optimismSpecies are dying out, but we don’t have to let it happen
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'The Pantanal is national heritage': protecting the world's largest wetlandsSpanning Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia and home to 4,700 species, the Pantanal wetlands are under threat from deforestation and agriculture. But local people are taking on the challenge to protect this unique region
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‘O Pantanal é patrimônio nacional’: protegendo a maior planície alagável do planetaOcupando um território que se estende por Brasil, Paraguai e Bolívia e abriga 4,700 espécies, o Pantanal é ameaçado pelo desmatamento e pela agropecuária. Mas alguns de seus habitantes encaram o desafio de proteger essa região única
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Frog goes extinct, media yawnsIs the loss of a unique life form on Earth big news? Not according to most media outlets. But how can the public care about global mass extinction if they aren’t even told about its victims?
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The whinchat in decline on lowland farmsBirdwatch Forty years ago there were as many as 150 breeding pairs of whinchats on the Somerset Levels. Now there are none
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In a world of 7 billion people how can we protect wildlife?With the planet at a crossroads, September will bring two crucial global conferences on the urgent issue of how best to protect endangered species
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Human impact on environment may be slowing down, study showsMongabay: Humanity’s environmental footprint has increased, but at a much slower rate compared to population and economic growth because of more efficient use of natural resources
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The multicoloured wonders of Atauro Island – in picturesA Conservation International team has counted a total of 642 species of reef fish in the waters around Atauro Island – more per site than any other place on the planet
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Atauro Island: scientists discover the most biodiverse waters in the worldConservation International finds 643 species around Timor-Leste island, some of which are believed to be entirely new
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Biodiversity greater inside Earth's protected areas, study findsScientists show for the first time that there are 15% more individual plants and animals and 11% more species inside terrestrial conservation zones
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Biodiversity is below safe levels across more than half of world's land – studyHabitat destruction has reduced the variety of plants and animals to the point that ecological systems could become unable to function properly, with risks for agriculture and human health, say scientists
State of the Environment report: bright spots, but much more to do