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Why we need a 'moon shot' to catalogue the Earth's biodiversity

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageWe need other species to survive for the services they provide and the knowledge they can share. Global Environment Facility, CC BY-NC-ND

It’s unlikely that presidential candidates will ever utter the word “biodiversity” while campaigning this year.

Yet among emerging environmental challenges, none has fewer facts or more enduring...

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