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Clearing can push forests beyond a tipping point
Not even the largest forests can withstand deforestation beyond a tipping point, scientists warn.
Australia’s ‘secret mission’ saves Wollemi Pines from fire
The only known 'prehistoric' Wollemi trees on earth are alive, but the surrounding damage is incalculable.
Global warming will be a boon to mangrove forests
Climate change will wreak havoc with ecosystems, but not all species of flora and fauna will suffer setbacks.
Tigers have likely been driven extinct in Laos
Tigers have been declared extinct in Cambodia and Vietnam. Now the same fate has befallen them in Laos too.
A tiny deer, long AWOL, has been spotted in Vietnam
The silver-backed chevrotain, a rabbit-size deer, was last seen in 1990 and believed to be extinct in the wild.
Amazon deforestation rate is ‘statistic of the decade’
In just 10 years an area the size of 38,600 square kilometers has been deforested in the Amazon.