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NEAR ALTAMIRA, BRAZIL - JUNE 15: Construction continues at the Belo Monte dam complex in the Amazon basin on June 15, 2012 near Altamira, Brazil. Belo Monte will be the world???s third-largest hydroelectric project and will displace up to 20,000 people while diverting the Xingu River and flooding as much as 230 square miles of rainforest. The controversial project is one of around 60 hydroelectric projects Brazil has planned in the Amazon to generate electricity for its rapidly expanding economy. While environmentalists and indigenous groups oppose the dam, many Brazilians support the project. The Brazilian Amazon, home to 60 percent of the world???s largest forest and 20 percent of the Earth???s oxygen, remains threatened by the rapid development of the country. The area is currently populated by over 20 million people and is challenged by deforestation, agriculture, mining, a governmental dam building spree, illegal land speculation including the occupation of forest reserves and indigenous land and other issues. Over 100 heads of state and tens of thousands of participants and protesters will descend on Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, later this month for the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development or ???Earth Summit???. Host Brazil is caught up in its own dilemma between accelerated growth and environmental preservation. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Early warning system for Amazon forest losses seen in climate models

As plants in the Amazon rainforest die off, huge amounts of carbon are released – a key signal that these losses may happen is temperature swings between seasons

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AI-powered camera traps could protect Gabon wildlife from poachers

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AI-powered camera traps could protect Gabon wildlife from poachers

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Deforestation in Philippines

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UN biodiversity talks fail to agree on new targets to protect wildlife

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Resurrecting extinct species from their DNA is essentially impossible

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How a rodent’s fear of cats shapes rainforests in Panama

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How a rodent’s fear of cats shapes rainforests in Panama

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Crucial COP15 biodiversity summit set to be delayed a fourth time

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Identify local wildlife and aid research with the iNaturalist app

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W57KD8 Panting happy dog sitting in a beautiful wildflower patch at St Abbs Head Nature Reserve, Scotland on a hot summer's day

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Dog waste may harm nature reserve biodiversity by fertilising the soil

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Divers uncover pristine coral reef off the coast of Tahiti

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Divers uncover pristine coral reef in deep water off coast of Tahiti

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KUNMING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 30: A sign reading 'COP15' is set outside the Dianchi International Convention and Exhibition Center to welcome the upcoming 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) on September 30, 2021 in Kunming, Yunnan Province of China. (Photo by Yang Zheng/VCG via Getty Images)

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China must lead by example to make the 2022 biodiversity talks succeed

To inspire other countries at the 2022 UN Biodiversity Conference, China will need to be seen as part of the solution rather than part of the problem, but has a surprising good news story to tell, says Graham Lawton

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2022 preview: China to host crucial meeting in a bid to save nature

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China's aims for UN biodiversity summit are unclear, says UK economist

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Fires in Brazil's wetlands killed almost 17 million animals in 2020

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Will a scramble to mine metals undermine the clean energy revolution?

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