Hungry for development and industry investment, the Northern Territory government is putting one of the world’s last intact tropical ecosystems at risk. Scientists are calling for better protections.
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While species are and will be affected everywhere by climate change, those already living in a warm climate will reach their tolerance threshold faster.
Food farmed in tropical and Mediterranean climates comes at a higher cost to biodiversity than that grown elsewhere.
The coconut – an icon of unspoiled tropical idylls – causes more environmental harm than many people realise.
Models suggest that the effects of climate change will devastate the already threatened Timneh Parrot.
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