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Protecting half of the planet is the best way to fight climate change and biodiversity loss – we've mapped the key places to do it

  • Written by Greg Asner, Director, Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science and Professor, Arizona State University
Protecting half of the planet is the best way to fight climate change and biodiversity loss – we've mapped the key places to do itRapid loss of species like these Spix's macaws, considered extinct in the wild, may represent the sixth mass extinction in Earth's history.PATRICK PLEUL/DPA/AFP via Getty Images

Humans are dismantling and disrupting natural ecosystems around the globe and changing Earth’s climate. Over the past 50 years, actions like farming, logging,...

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