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Paying people to tolerate wildlife is not a magic bullet for conservation
To try to quell human-wildlife conflicts, many conservationists and governments have turned to financial compensation.
The daily grind: how to cut carbon emissions from coffee
Weight for weight, coffee produced by the least sustainable means generates as much carbon dioxide as cheese.
These plastic items kill whales, dolphins, turtles and seabirds
When animals eat plastic, it can block their digestive system, causing a long, slow death from starvation.
Nitrous oxide is a far more powerful greenhouse gas than CO2
Each year, more than 100 million tons of nitrogen are spread on crops in the form of synthetic fertilizer.
A marine protected area is long overdue to save the Antarctic’s fragile ecosystem
Just 5% of the Southern Ocean is protected, leaving biodiversity hotspots exposed to threats from human activity.
Pollutants banned decades ago are still in the UK’s rivers
Banned and disused chemicals from an industrial past continue to poison wildlife in rivers throughout the United Kingdom.