Most of Iran is wild and beautiful, but development threatens to degrade highly-prized ecosystems. Now new research is honing in on the hotspots, to preserve biodiversity in expanded protected areas.
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Contributions from citizen scientists who look for orchids are incredibly valuable in orchid research because they cover much more ground than a handful of experts.
Armed with smartphones, keen eyes and curiosity, students are learning to provide vital observations that add to our knowledge of the distribution of plant and animal species and how to conserve them.
We know surprisingly little about the millions of animals, plants and birds that live in the Amazon – here’s how we can understand them better.
Life on the Antarctic seafloor is surprisingly diverse – and half of the species live nowhere else on Earth. Now scientists can accurately map this unique biodiversity.
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Adjunct Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer, The University of Queensland
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Professor, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Conservation Science, Lancaster University
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Senior Lecturer in Conservation Biology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Quantitative Marine Ecologist, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer, University of Bristol
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Research fellow, University of Tasmania
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Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Post-doctorant, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN)
