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Nearly half of South Africa’s Protea species on the brink of extinction

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Loss of habitat to agriculture, the spread of invasive species and changes to natural fire cycles are biggest culprits
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Our wonderful wetlands need protection now

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Humanity is amazed by our natural world but fails to value its importance to our survival
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Grass roots of Ice-Age extinctions

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Mammoths and sabre-tooth cats once roamed the continent, but were our ancient ancestors responsible for their disappearance?
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We’re killing off life, but there is hope

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Sipho Kings reports on the findings of a mega government report on the state of our plants and animals, and what’s being done to secure their future
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One million species risk extinction due to humans — draft UN report

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Biodiversity loss and global warming are closely linked, according to the 44-page Summary for Policy Makers
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Climate change claims its first mammal extinction

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Climate change has eaten away at the only known habitat where the rodent had evolved to live
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Editorial: Our moment of reckoning is now

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'At the M&G we have committed to redoubling efforts to ensure we offer even greater prominence to the threat of climate change'
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Fossil teeth reveal new facts about a mass extinction 260 million years ago

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A study has found that a local event rather than a global shift in climate caused the mass extinction in South Africa
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Hunters should stop using lead bullets and help save the vultures

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A new threat to vultures is emerging: lead poisoning from ammunition used by game hunters
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Why coral reefs are important and why they are dying

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​More than 11 billion pieces of plastic larger than five centimetres wide are littering coral reefs across the Asia-Pacific region
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​Toughie, the ‘loneliest frog on Earth’, croaks

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Unable to migrate and not enough time to adapt to climate change, the Rabbs’ fringe-limbed tree frog is extinct.
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Activists hijack Cites and shoot down local solutions

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Countries that wiped out their own species are now dictating how others should manage theirs.
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A fifth of all plant species on earth are close to extinction

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Thousands of new plants are being discovered every year, but the movement of agriculture and urbanisation are threatening a fifth of all species.
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Humans driving sixth mass extinction

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Scientists have pointed fingers at humans for rates of extinction that are 100 times higher than would be normal without human intervention.
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Almost the end for Kenya’s northern white rhino

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With just five left on earth, the animal's end is inevitable, and experts argue whether it's viable to give the species a resurgence in captivity.
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