Note: This article is from Conservation Magazine, the precursor to Anthropocene Magazine. The full 14-year Conservation Magazine archive is now available here.

Are Conservation Biologists Working on the Right Problems?

July 29, 2008

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Is it best to protect whale habitat where it once was, or where it is now?

We’re getting better at putting big predators back into wild places

Want to jumpstart habitat restoration? Try a soil transplant.

Forward Thinkers Wanted

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