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Protecting a 40,000-Year-Old Culture
Can forest carbon markets provide a hopeful future for Tanzania hunter-gatherers?

Does Biodiversity Really Protect Us From Disease?
The idea has gone mainstream over the last year — but new scientific evidence might dash hopes that conservation could be directly relevant to human health.

The Strangest Wildlife Rescue?
Meet the animal that was saved from extinction because someone broke a wildlife law.