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How preserving agave could help save an endangered bat

Drought linked to climate change, along with overgrazing, is destroying the agave plants on which the Mexican long-nosed bat depends. Now, an initiative is trying to restore the balance between the agaves, the bats that feed on them, and the people who live on these lands.
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Mexico devises revolutionary method to reverse semiarid land degradation

About a quarter of the world’s land is degraded. A new farming system intercrops agave and mesquite, then ferments it into cheap fodder, promising restored semiarid croplands and a peasant farming revival.
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Agave could be the next big biofuel
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Agave could be the next big biofuel

Plus, the plant that makes tequila could also produce ethanol for hand sanitizer.
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