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Samantha Cheng is a biodiversity scientist with the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History.

by Samantha Cheng


From Threat to Solution: Rethinking the Role of Communities in Nature Conservation

This post originally appeared on Mongabay. Photo courtesy of Samantha Cheng. The imperative for nature conservation has never been greater. A widely publicized intergovernmental report predicts extinction for more than a million species over the next few decades unless we drastically change human consumption and economic growth. This loss of species will threaten the global…