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Species or ecosystems: How best to restore the natural world?
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Species or ecosystems: How best to restore the natural world?

What's the best way to protect nature and restore what has been lost? A series of new scientific papers offer conflicting views on whether efforts should focus on individual species or ecosystems and point to the role humans can play in conserving landscapes.

Caught between floods and drought: Farmers in Nicaragua living in uncertainty
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Caught between floods and drought: Farmers in Nicaragua living in uncertainty

Across the Central American Dry Corridor, communities are facing increasingly extreme weather. In Nicaragua, the region's poorest country, subsistence farmers like Blanca Landero Betarco face a daily battle.
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Extreme weather threatens African society and economy
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Extreme weather threatens African society and economy

Droughts, floods and storms are hitting Africa with increasing frequency. With so many people dependent on subsistence agriculture, the results can be devastating, and the future looks uncertain.
Sophie Hares: 'Have-nots' struggle to stay cool as planet's mercury rises

Sophie Hares: 'Have-nots' struggle to stay cool as planet's mercury rises

The best way to to protect poorer people from extreme heat is to boost incomes and access to services, experts say.

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Harnessing the enemy: As crops dry, Malawi turns to solar irrigation

Harnessing the enemy: As crops dry, Malawi turns to solar irrigation

Water pumping and storage systems help ensure crops survive increasingly harsh droughts.

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