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Twenty - Conservation Methods and Successes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2023

By
Norman Maclean
Edited by
Norman Maclean
Norman Maclean
Affiliation:
University of Southampton
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Summary

This chapter will provide details and discussion about methods and actions currently employed in the conservation of animals and plants, together with a list and discussion of species which have benefitted most from these conservation methods.

Keywords

Climate changeExtinction RebellionPangolinPlastic wasteWildlife corridorsPollution
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The Living Planet
The State of the World's Wildlife
 , pp. 368 - 378
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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Further Reading

Kolbert, E. (2014) The Sixth Extinction. London: Bloomsbury.Google Scholar
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