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Groups: Open Access Tags: Conservation Science Environmental Protection Species Extinction

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    Investing in Threatened Species Conservation: Does Corruption Outweigh Purcha...

    In many sectors, freedom in capital flow has allowed optimization of investment returns through choosing sites that provide the best value for money. These returns, however, can...
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    Great apes and biodiversity offset projects in Africa: the case for national ...

    The development and private sectors are increasingly considering “biodiversity offsets” as a strategy to compensate for their negative impacts on biodiversity, including impacts...
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    Protecting Endangered Species: Do the Main Legislative Tools Work?

    It is critical to assess the effectiveness of the tools used to protect endangered species. The main tools enabled under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) to promote species...
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    Macro-invertebrate decline in surface water polluted with imidacloprid

    Imidacloprid is one of the most widely used insecticides in the world. Its concentration in surface water exceeds the water quality norms in many parts of the Netherlands....
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    A regional-scale Ocean Health Index for Brazil.

    Brazil has one of the largest and fastest growing economies and one of the largest coastlines in the world, making human use and enjoyment of coastal and marine resources of...
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    Aggregating, tagging and integrating biodiversity research

    Scientists are amassing details about the scope and status of life's variation at an accelerating rate. This aids our understanding of species' distributions and their...
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    Development by Design: Mitigating Wind Development's Impacts on Wildlife in K...

    Wind energy, if improperly sited, can impact wildlife through direct mortality and habitat loss and fragmentation, in contrast to its environmental benefits in the areas of...
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    Through the Eyes of Children: Perceptions of Environmental Change in Tropical...

    This study seeks to understand children's perceptions of their present and future environments in the highly biodiverse and rapidly changing landscapes of Kalimantan, Indonesian...
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    Trends in Extinction Risk for Imperiled Species in Canada

    Protecting and promoting recovery of species at risk of extinction is a critical component of biodiversity conservation. In Canada, the Committee on the Status of Endangered...
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    Joining Inventory by Parataxonomists with DNA Barcoding of a Large Complex Tr...

    Antecedentes Los multiples componentes de conservacion a traves del desarrollo de la biodiversidad de un gran complejo forestal tropical, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste (ACG),...
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    Cat Dilemma: Too Protected To Escape Trophy Hunting?

    Trophy hunting is one of the most controversial issues in the field of biodiversity conservation. In particular, proponents and opponents debate fiercely over whether it poses a...