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Gender Bias Holds Women Back in Conservation Careers
Researchers surveying Nature Conservancy staff find that gender bias and inequity hold women back across their conservation careers. The study, […]
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How Can Fisheries Weather Climate Change? New Tool Offers Guidance
A new toolkit helps natural resource managers adapt fisheries management in an uncertain future.
A New Way to Prioritize Climate-Resilient Coral Reefs
A study on coral reefs helps overcome the inherent uncertainty in modeling the future climate scenarios necessary for prioritizing conservation efforts.
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Planting Trees in Pasturelands Keeps Things Cool
Farmers in the tropics can harness the cooling benefits of tree cover by incorporating trees within their pasturelands.
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Star Bright: What Are Dark Sky Reserves?
In a world of artificial light, how can we protect our view of the night skies?
Tropical Deforestation May Reduce Safe Work for Millions
Deforestation reduced safe work hours for more than 4.9 million people across the tropics.
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Tracking Nature Inequity and COVID-19 Case Rates
A new study quantifies nature inequity across all urbanized areas in the United States and found that neighborhoods with less nature access had greater COVID-19 case rates.
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Mapping Monitoring Zero-Deforestation Commitments
How do companies translate zero-deforestation commitments into action?
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Invasive Wild Pigs = 1 Million Cars Per Year of Carbon Emissions
Australian scientists estimate that invasive wild pigs release the carbon-dioxide emissions equivalent of more than 1 million cars per year.
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Energy Matters: The Importance of Mitigating the Land Impacts of Energy and Extraction
Energy and mining could convert nearly as much land as agriculture by 2050 – including nearly 80% of all projected expansion into the world’s most intact natural lands.
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How Cattle Egrets Took Over the World
In the past 150 years, cattle egrets have self-populated nearly every continent on earth. Just how, and why, remains somewhat of a mystery.
Indigenous Lands Are Critical for Mammal Conservation
A new analysis reveals the importance of indigenous lands to global mammal conservation.
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