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One million plant and animal species are now threatened with extinction. : Moreau Tokyo via Unsplash Unsplash licence

Biodiversity is at a crucial point and pressure is growing on the international community to commit to new goals to protect it.

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7 ways to help stop a species wipeout

Biodiversity is at a crucial point and pressure is growing on the international community to commit to new goals to protect it.

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Cities are hotspots for plants and animals that are threatened with extinction. : Patrickkavanagh/Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/patrick_k59/9697721075 CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Creating better connections between humans and nature is the first step to bringing back animals into our cities.

Biodiversity

Cities can be safe havens for endangered plants and animals

Creating better connections between humans and nature is the first step to bringing back animals into our cities.

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Quentin Read works with over four hundred scientists across the United States, using data to help sustainably feed the world. : Photograph reproduced with permission, available at https://quentinread.com/ CC-BY 4.0

Reducing the biodiversity footprint of food consumption requires immediate and widespread action

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Extinction on our plates

Reducing the biodiversity footprint of food consumption requires immediate and widespread action

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The current extinction crisis is not like the one that ended the dinosaur era, but no less devastating CC 4.0

Species are going extinct at an unusually high rate. Our efforts now will prevent a future too ghastly to contemplate.

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The Sixth Mass Extinction is happening now, and it doesn’t look good for us

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Indigenous rangers programs are win-win solutions to the problems of species conservation and loss of culture : Parks Australia CC 2.0

With the scrutiny on climate change, the collapse of Australian ecosystems has received scant attention. But saving them is entirely possible.

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The koala in the coal mine

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The Guam rail was successfully reintroduced to Guam from captive breeding programs. : Greg Hume CC 3.0

Research shows species on the brink of extinction have successfully been saved. Applying the same approaches more broadly could help the planet.

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Conservation actions work to save species

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Even well-fed domestic cats will hunt if allowed outside : Mark Marathon CC 4.0

Cats are skillful hunters. In Australia, public campaigning and local government regulation are helping to keep wildlife and domestic cats safer.

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A cat in the house saves the birds in the bush

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