Scaling up the Amazon’s many bioeconomies requires investment in nature, prosperity, and inclusion (commentary)

Relentless climate change and biodiversity loss are pushing the world’s ecosystems to the brink of collapse. The planet may have already surpassed at least six of nine planetary boundaries crucial…

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Brazil’s Carvalho to lead seabed-mining authority following predecessor’s controversial term

Brazilian oceanographer Leticia Carvalho has been named the next secretary-general of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) after winning an election that could change the course of the deep-sea mining industry.…

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Cambodia’s largest mangrove forest is ‘teeming with life,’ biodiversity survey finds

A recent deep-dive biodiversity survey in Cambodia identified hundreds of unique species swimming, flying, crawling and prowling within one of mainland Southeast Asia’s largest mangrove forests. The abundance of animals…

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