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Popular causes not necessarily best

Plant, animal conservation are two different critters

October 18, 2007

By Alvin Powell

Conservation policies favoring keystone animal species are insufficient to conserve the world’s biodiversity because many of these target animals don’t live in the world’s most biodiverse spots: lowland tropical forests under pressure from agriculture, logging, and other human activities.
 
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