The Earth is losing plants and animals at rates not seen in millions of years. Ecologists explain how protecting habitat on working lands – farms, forests and ranches – can help conserve species.
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Scientists have a new approach to understanding how pollution threatens species at risk in Canada.
As much as one-third of animal species in the tropics could be eradicated if their habitats continue to be converted for monoculture farming. We can all do something to make a difference.
Analysis of extinction rates over the past centuries shows that humans are causing the sixth mass extinction in the history of the Earth.
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Researcher in Conservation Decision Science and Land Use, University of Oxford
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Researcher of Ecology and Zoology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
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Professor of Resources, Environment and Sustainability and Professor of Zoology, University of British Columbia
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Assistant Professor, Department of Biology & School of Environmental Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of Community and Ecosystem Ecology, Universidad de Córdoba (Argentina)
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Professor of Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor and Director, Institute for Research in Natural Resources, Agroecology and Rural Development, Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro