CONSERVATION NEWS

News, views and features from the front lines of conservation

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Study: Nature has saved us from worst climate impacts — for now

By Kiley Price

September 16, 2021
A new study finds that without Earth’s complex web of terrestrial and marine ecosystems we would already be seeing far more severe climate impacts than we are now.
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Why is biodiversity important?

By Julie Shaw

November 15, 2018
Four reasons biodiversity is essential to humanity.
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What on Earth is the ‘blue economy’?

By Sophie Bertazzo

March 7, 2018
On the first day of the Economist World Ocean Summit, we break down the “blue economy.”
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In parched South Africa, herders find ally in nature

By Tori Linder

May 2, 2017
Higher prices for cattle plus healthier rangelands means small-scale ranchers are better prepared for the next drought.
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To a country on the edge of development, what is nature worth?

By Rachel Neugarten

March 21, 2017
Conflict, poverty and disease prevented the collection of data on the state of Liberia’s ecosystems for decades — until now.
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