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Debating when death begins, and the fate of abandoned lands

Science Magazine Podcast

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The Hidden Driver of Biodiversity Change

Land abandonment and human depopulation is not a surprise, but that's not the case for everyone. And we are at this stage in biodiversity science, in biodiversity policy, where we need to find solutions that work for both people and nature. So there are several key steps forward. When it comes to land abandonment and also rural depopulation, still a big unknown is that we don't know exactly the scale. We're much better at estimating cropland abandonment than other types of abandonment. There are many unknowns that remain there.

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