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Here's how to reverse Africa's land degradation

From South Africa, where unprecedented floods this month washed away farmland, to the excessive logging of Kenya's mountain forests, Africa is fast losing healthy land, putting millions of people at risk of hunger and losing their homes and incomes.

How Instagram ruined the great outdoors
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How Instagram ruined the great outdoors

Social media influencers have helped turn public lands into tourist-infested swamps. And one cantankerous man is fighting back.
Extinct species: These animals were lost forever in 2018
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Extinct species: These animals were lost forever in 2018

They've been on our planet for millions of years, but 2018 was the year several species officially vanished forever.
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