Mahmudia became a wasteland under dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu’s communist agricultural policy. But villagers fought to resurrect their home and reconnect with the wilderness.
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This hardy desert plant lives in the hostile Atacama Desert in Chile by sucking moisture out of passing fog. As water resources become ever more scarce, humans could follow suit.
The ocean moderates climate change by absorbing CO₂ emissions, hosts valuable biodiversity and provides food to millions, but all of these services are threatened by pollution and human activities.
The UN’s Ocean Decade demands collaborative action across disciplines, nations, communities, and generations, and its success relies on diverse voices that represent current and future ocean leaders.
Biosphere reserves are the living labs in which people and nature learn how to live and thrive together. Four pilot sites in Africa show the programme’s promise.
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Head of scientific department, Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve
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Professor of Archaeology, Linnaeus University
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Candidate of science (agriculture), deputy director for science, Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve
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Docteur de l’Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, laboratoire de recherche CREW, membre de la Chaire Unesco « Savoir Devenir à l'ère du développement numérique durable»., Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 3
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard University
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Professor in Conservation of Historical Monuments, University of Bamberg
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Assistant Professor in Sustainable Systems, Kentucky State University
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UNESCO Chair in International Relations , Technische Universität Dresden
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Assistant Professor in Architecture and Urban History, Texas Tech University
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Head of the department of general ecology and methods of biology teaching, faculty of biology, Belarusian State University