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Russia’s aggression threatens efforts to protect nature beyond Ukraine

  • Written by Eduardo Gallo-Cajiao, David H. Smith Conservation Research Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington
imageRed-breasted geese breed mainly on Russia’s Taymyr Peninsula and migrate to areas adjacent to the Black Sea in Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria. Daniel Mitev, CC BY-ND

The Russian invasion of Ukraine launched in February 2022 has sent economic, social and political shock waves around the world. In a newly published policy brief, we and other...

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