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Natural World Heritage sites under growing threat, but bright spots remain

  • Written by Jessica Beaudette, Visiting Scholar, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Arizona State University
Natural World Heritage sites under growing threat, but bright spots remainA herd of antelope graze near a giraffe in Botswana's Okavango Delta.Murat Ozgur Guvendik/Anadolu via Getty Images

Botswana’s fertile Okavango Delta is one of the last remaining high-biodiversity ecosystems in the world, home to cheetahs, African wild dogs, baobab trees, crocodiles, termites and owls that catch fish. Roughly the size of the...

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