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More than a third of the 47,000 animal and plant species tracked by the International Union for Conservation of Nature face extinction, according to the group's latest Red List--a study used to help governments identify species in need of protection.
“The museum-like quality of novels is about preservation, conservation, and resistance to being forgotten,” said Pamuk, who is the Robert Yik-Fong Tam Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University.
Locals face a tough question at a time when the global recession and the collapse of the cattle-ranching market have hit residents hard: How can they continue their decadelong push to market the area as a wildlife destination while also accommodating the needs of the British army? Residents are...
The region has been designated by the nonprofit organization Conservation International as one of the 34 “hotspots” of biodiversity in the world. According to Boufford, these hotspots only occupy 2.5 percent of the globe’s surface yet account for 35 to 40 percent...
The conservationists' dilemma echoes that of many climate scientists. Do they push for the strict carbon-emissions reductions that many studies say are necessary to prevent serious global warming or do they accept weaker but more politically realistic targets? Whether it's conservation or climate change, science must often give...