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Tags: Associated Press biodiversity Climate Change cyclones gemstones livelihoods Madagascar migration mining sapphires water

In Madagascar, rush for precious stones threatens a precious forest

By Bruno Vander Velde

April 4, 2017
The recent “sapphire rush” in Madagascar poses an urgent and destructive threat to the nation’s forests and people.
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Tags: fisheries Johann Bell migration Pacific Islands Science Magazine species tuna

Climate-induced species migrations could upend human society: study

By Sophie Bertazzo

April 3, 2017
A new study in Science on climate change’s effect on mass species migration reveals the impact on humans will be monumental.
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