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Around 700 families were evicted from the Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam, India in November 2017, following an order of the Guwahati High Court. ZUMA PRESS /ALAMY

25 Nov 2022 4 minute read

For whose protection?

A target to turn 30 per cent of the world’s land into protected areas for nature by 2030 is set to be agreed by world...

Home under threat: Endangered savanna elephants have a migratory corridor in the Kavango region. A CURIOUS APE

12 Nov 2021 8 minute read

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Paradise lost?

A vast area of Namibia and Botswana is under threat from oil and gas exploration. Devastating consequences are feared for...

16 Mar 2021 2 minute read

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Saving the Sundarbans

Nilanjana Bhowmick on the double whammy of natural disaster and Covid-19 that has brought a vulnerable...

Machiguenga children at play in Manu’s spectacular wilderness, while their pet spider monkey explores a tree. CHARLIE JAMES/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC/ALAMY

23 Feb 2021 6 minute read

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The limits of eden

Indigenous people living in Peru’s Manu National Park have been locked out of its management. Could change be on the horizon...

Seirian Sumner gives voice to a creature of amazing ecological value that humans usually consider a pest and the stinging scourge of summer picnics.

17 Feb 2021 4 minute read

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Why I matter

A tiny but fierce hunter explains to Seirian Sumner why humans need it around.

From left to right: Bullseye harlequin poison dart frog from the rainforest of Colombia. Dirk Ercken/Alamy; A conservationist demonstrates to a class of schoolchildren the whooping crane costume used to rear chicks. Nature and Science/Alamy; Andatu, the first Sumatran rhinoceros born in captivity in Indonesia. Reynold Sumakyu/Alamy

16 Feb 2021 5 minute read

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What it takes

Four case histories of extraordinary efforts to save threatened species.

A majestic Indian tiger on the prowl. India’s tiger numbers are up – to roughly 3,000 from fewer than 2,000 in 1970 – as a result of a massive conservation effort. But it has also forcibly displaced many tribal peoples, who had lived sucessfully with the animals, from their ancestral lands. PANORAMIC IMAGES/ALAMY

8 Feb 2021 9 minute read

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The case for nature

As the alarm sounds on the sixth mass extinction, Dinyar Godrej squares up to what we need to do to avert...

Baiga women in Madhya Pradesh, India collecting leaves. Credit: ephotocorp.

29 Sep 2020 4 minute read

This article is almost three years old.

How to bend the curve of biodiversity loss

As the UN convenes the Biodiversity Summit in New York, Joji Cariño, Andy Whitmore, Milka Chepkorir...

16 Sep 2019 12 minute read

This article is almost four years old.

Who owns the sea?

Vanessa Baird examines the free-for-all consensus when it comes to the world’s oceans, and its implications...

30 Sep 2019 4 minute read

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Deep-sea dilemma

Sea-bed mining promises many riches, but at great risk. Should we pause for thought? asks marine biologist Diva Amon...

26 Sep 2019 5 minute read

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Marine gene rush

The race is on to patent all marine life – and some have got a head start. Marine...

Spix's Macaw bird from the hit film 'Rio' is now extinct.

28 Nov 2018 3 minute read

This article is more than four years old.

COP14: Corporate power and declining biodiversity

Nele Marien explains the scale and cost of financial lobbying against biodiversity efforts....

24 Jan 2017 4 minute read

This article is more than six years old.

Little insects, big impact

By introducing bee hives to their fields, Indian farmers are improving productivity – and lives.

1 Apr 2016 1 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Forest facts

Facts and figures about trees and forests, from carbon control to biodiversity.

15 Apr 2014 3 minute read

This article is more than nine years old.

Mega-project, mega-profits and mega-destruction in Chile

David Ransom on plans to dig the biggest hole in the world and what it could mean to local biodiversity.

28 Jan 2014 3 minute read

This article is more than nine years old.

Sri Lankan farmers resist new seed law

Lasanda Kurukulasuriya on the fight to safeguard biodiversity and the rural economy.

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