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Reasons to raise the dead

10 Oct 2022

Scientists are moving ahead with de-extinction, in the hopes bygone animals can aid landscape restoration

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Araucariaceae: the ancient giants that are the world’s rarest trees

2 Jul 2020

Finding the few remaining species of a tree family that has survived 200 million years

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The future of climate conferencing is (click) here

19 May 2020

How can climate change conferences retain their efficacy while going digital?

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What ancient teeth can reveal about the past lives of forests

17 Feb 2020

Archaeology an under-examined lens into prehistoric land use

GLF 2014: Deal or no deal, experts upbeat on progress of REDD+ safeguards

17 Dec 2014

Despite no movement on the issue of REDD+ safeguards in discussions in Lima this month, experts on a panel at the G...

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