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Black or Guatemalan Howler Monkey, alouatta pigra or caraya, sitting on a tree in Belize jungle and howling like crazy. They are also found in Mexico and Guatemala.; Shutterstock ID 650139160; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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How an audacious sonic survey could help revive damaged rainforests

The world鈥檚 largest "ecoacoustic" survey, listening to Costa Rican rainforests, could pave the way for a network of sensors listening to the planet鈥檚 biodiversity in real time

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Pacific leatherback turtle and school of fish
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Turtle tagging project is helping protect leatherback migratory routes

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Sand Martin Wood in Faugh near Carlisle, Cumbria, UK, was acquired by the carbon offset company co2balance in September 2006 It has been planted with a broad mix of native trees over 6 hectares and is managed for wildlife as well as the companies offset clients Though seen as controversial by some carbon offsetting is one way of a company or individual to reduce their emissions, as the trees absorb and sequestrate carbon as they grow. (Photo by Ashley Cooper/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images)

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Why biodiversity offsetting is a contentious issue in conservation

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Humans

Indigenous Australians have managed land with fire for 11,000 years

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Life

Why bioabundance is just as important as biodiversity

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Two boats from the Ocean Cleanup project collect plastic and garbage from the ocean

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Is cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch worth the effort?

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Environment

The unlikely extremophiles lurking in your kitchen

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Insects thrive on solar farms planted with native flowers

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Life

The battle to bring beavers back to Scotland

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Life

Ancient life thrived after supercontinents trapped nutrient-rich soil

There is a surprisingly close link between the flow of nutrient-rich soil around the ancient world and growing biodiversity - which could be a problem now, as human activity is disrupting and degrading soil

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Climate change will prompt expansion of farming in northern wilderness

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Thousands of animal and plant species in decline across the UK

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Life

When nature gives people the ‘ick’

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Humans use a quarter of all the biomass created by plants on land

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