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Bill Laurance, The Conversation
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Climate change’s next casualty may be tiny insects – and the impact will be huge
Forty per cent of insect species are declining and a third are endangered, finds a study.
Bill Laurance, The Conversation
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Could introducing rhinos to Australia help conserve them? The idea may not be as crazy as it sounds
Rhino populations are being rapidly destroyed in their traditional habitats.
Bill Laurance, The Conversation
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China’s growing global footprint threatens to trample the natural world
Xi Jinping’s claim that the Belt and Road initiative will be ‘green, low-carbon’ is profoundly divorced from reality.
Bill Laurance, The Conversation
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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‘My son lost his job during demonetisation but at least it removed black money’
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Good news for the only place on Earth where tigers, rhinos, orangutans and elephants live together
Thanks to a new government moratorium on land clearing, conservationists have enjoyed a big win in Sumatra.
Bill Laurance, The Conversation
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The world's forests will collapse if we don't learn to say 'no'
New data have revealed a disturbing trend in forest loss: the hearts of the world's forests are disappearing. To stop them bleeding out, we'll have to say 'no' to some developments.
Bill Laurance, The Conversation
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Five trends that will define the world’s forests this year
From drought to economic slowdown, 2016 promises a mixed bag for the world's forests.
Bill Laurance, The Conversation
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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The scariest part of climate change isn't what we know, but what we don't
What we think we know, don't know and things that might surprise us about climate change and the environment.
Bill Laurance, The Conversation
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Roads to ruin: the pitfalls of the G20's infrastructure bonanza
The G20 has pledged to spend more than US$60 trillion on new infrastructure in the next 15 years, much of which will affect pristine areas.
Bill Laurance, The Conversation