CONSERVATION NEWS
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Study: Camera traps key to closing biodiversity data gaps
By Mary Kate McCoy
June 7, 2023
As countries ramp up efforts to stem a wave of species extinctions amid a global biodiversity crisis, overcoming data gaps is critical to effective conservation.
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After Australia's bushfires, AI cameras capture wildlife recovery
By Mary Kate McCoy
May 11, 2023
Three years after Australia’s most devastating fire season ever, new images from motion-activated cameras placed across the country’s scorched forests are giving researchers an unequaled view into wildlife recovery.
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Gordon Moore, digital pioneer and philanthropist, dies at 94
By Vanessa Bauza
March 25, 2023
Digital pioneer, business leader and philanthropist Gordon Moore died at his home in Hawaiʻi on March 24. While Moore was best known as a titan of the tech world, his contributions to the natural world were equally pathbreaking.
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Study: Patterns of wildlife 'range loss' could offer clues for conservation
By Mary Kate McCoy
March 14, 2023
More than one million species are at risk of extinction largely because they are being pushed out of places where they have long lived — known as “ranges.” But not all range loss looks the same.
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News spotlight: Mangrove deforestation drops, but new protections still needed
By Emma Cummings-Krueger
November 23, 2022
Worldwide, mangroves — once destroyed for agriculture and development — have seen a sharp decline in deforestation. A new report from the Global Mangrove Alliance offers a plan to end mangrove loss entirely.
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