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Alice looks out from a birdwatching tower in the Pedra D'Antas Reserve. Courtesy of SAVE Brazil

In the Atlantic Forest, ‘food forests’ could throw a lifeline to rare Brazilian birdlife

Alice Reisfeld and team are ushering in an ecological renaissance through food forests in the world’s most imperiled tropical habitat.

 
A pair of 6-week-old penguin chicks, left on their own by their parents, huddle together for warmth in Atka Bay, Antarctica. Photograph copyright Stefan Christmann

Best of Landscape News 2019: Biodiversity

From a new BBC series to a black-and-white photo esssay of African lions, here are the top 10 Landscape News stories on biodiversity from 2019.

 
Kākerōri

Searching for the rare kākerōri bird in the Cook Islands

Landscape News goes birdwatching around Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, courtesy of veteran local conservation expert Ian Karika.

 

In an era of mass extinction, who decides which species to save – and how?

Lessons for International Day for Biological Diversity

 

Coming soon: Fateful update on the state of nature

A preview of landmark report on biodiversity and ecosystems, releasing 6 May

 

German State Secretary Jochen Flasbarth on the logic of restoration

It's time for 10 years of restoring the earth, he says, and then 90 more

 

Growing need for food is reason for more biodiversity

New study links ecosystem health and agricultural productivity

 

Saving the rare hihi bird by hearing its happy call

New audio technology monitors the nearly extinct species – and their landscapes

 
The American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus rubor) may be returning naturally to Florida after being eradicated more than a century ago.

Observers attribute growing flamingo sightings in Florida to wetland restoration

Iconic pink flamingo returns

 

Birds find sanctuary in old-growth neighborhoods

Old growth attracts biodiversity

 

Will we soon see another wave of bird extinctions in the Americas?

In the shady recesses of unassuming forest patches in eastern Brazil, bird species are taking their final bows on the global evolutionary stage, and winking out. These are obscure birds with quaint names: Alagoas Foliage-Gleaner, Pernambuco Pygmy-Owl, Cryptic Treehunter. But their disappearance portends a turning point in a global biodiversity crisis. Bird extinctions are nothing […]

 

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