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A project to revive Gaza's farmland is bearing fruit against the odds
Despite Israel's destruction, Gaza's land fights steadfastly to feed its people – but the occupation is choking farmland recovery, warns the project…
 • Tracy Keeling
The Exotic Pet Trade Harms Animals and Humans. The European Union Is Studying a Potential Solution
EU legislators are considering a form of regulation that could protect many species from unsafe exploitation — if it’s done right.
 • Tracy Keeling
Wildlife Trade: Does the ‘Livelihoods Depend on It’ Defense Hold Up?
New research into the turtle-meat trade reveals that assumptions and unsubstantiated claims could hurt conservation efforts
 • Tracy Keeling
Probe points to rule breach in Mauritius' lab monkey business
Mauritius says the sustainability assessments required under global regulations are ‘unwarranted’ in its trade of long-tailed macaques
 • Tracy Keeling
Cash for Corals: Exploiting Ecosystems on Their Way to Extinction
Experts say the growing commercial trade in wild, threatened species like corals is unacceptable and irresponsible.
 • Tracy Keeling
Time to Confront the Aquarium Trade’s ‘Gray Areas’
The United Kingdom, a major European player in the global ornamental fish trade, offers a case study of this industry’s problems — and its potential…
 • Tracy Keeling
Saving Living Jewels: One Woman’s Mission to Shine a Light on the Ornamental Fish Trade
Marine biologist Monica Biondo has spent more than a decade studying the multibillion-dollar market for these colorful fish, which pulls thousands of…
 • Tracy Keeling
Science takes a back seat in the war on wolves
Species conservation is supposed to be led by science. But critics say it is getting sidelined in the battle over wolves' protection status.
 • Tracy Keeling
Ports in the deep-sea mining storm
UK support for a deep-sea mining moratorium to continue under new government and other news from the deep
 • Tracy Keeling
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