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3 global conditions – and a map – for saving nature and using it wisely

  • Written by Erle C. Ellis, Professor of Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The Snake River in Idaho is an area of 'critical environmental concern.' U.S. Bureau of Land Management, CC BY-SA

Nature urgently needs our help. Wild creatures, from songbirds to butterflies and from primates to tortoises, are disappearing so rapidly that they could be lost forever together with the wild forests, grasslands and other habitats that...

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