Palm oil is responsible for widespread deforestation and labor abuses, but it’s also cheap and incredibly useful. That’s why many advocates call for reforming the industry, not replacing it.
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By studying where rewilding has worked well around the world, we’ve worked out the dos and don'ts.
To get a grip on the biodiversity crisis, we’ll need to understand how wildlife is threatened in our own backyard.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature has made two big decisions related to the conservation of the African elephant.
Debates centred on the role of recreational hunting in supporting nature conservation and local people’s livelihoods are among the most polarising in conservation today.
The official advisor to UNESCO rated the site as being of ‘significant concern’, a drop from ‘good with some concerns’. It’s now in the second lowest category.
The health of five World Heritage sites in Australia has worsened, according to a sobering report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
The Red List ranks species based on how threatened they are. But it can be inaccurate.
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