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How international conservation groups are betraying indigenous peoples

11 December 2019

Discrimination towards indigenous communities is rife among conservation groups – and sometimes enforced at the barrel of a gun, says Curtis Abraham
Meadow pipits, here near a lighthouse in the Channel Islands, are in decline

Young people can't remember how much more wildlife there used to be

11 December 2019

A phenomenon called shifting baseline syndrome means we easily forget how much more wildlife there used to be – and it may hamper conservation campaigns

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