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A collapse in North America’s bat population led to a surge in pesticide use by farmers as an alternative way to protect their crops...
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At a tiny outpost in the wine world, Ireland’s handful of winemakers are cautiously eyeing long-term growth potential as climate change warms up its...
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Growing up on Taiwan’s west coast where mollusc farming is popular, Eddie Wang saw discarded oyster shells transformed from waste to function — a...
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Sicilian lemon producer Rosario Cognata is furious: his fruit is withering due to the drought, while just a few kilometres away rainwater is being...
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Only two years ago, Abdesselam Ichou began growing cannabis legally as part of Morocco’s legalisation of the plant for medicinal and industrial uses in...
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Amor Nouira, a farmer in Tunisia’s Chebika village, has lost hope of saving his prickly pear cacti, ravaged by the cochineal insect spreading across...
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Wandering atop a small sand dune in central Mauritania, Aliene Haimoud gazed despondently at the yellowing date palms before him –- the trees are...
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Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf? Well, quite a few European governments, it seems. Grey wolves were virtually exterminated in Europe a century...
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Hanging from a rope-and-bamboo ladder off a Himalayan mountain cliff, skilled Nepali climbers gather highly prized hallucinogenic honey — an ancient tradition stung by...
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Cuba’s sugar cane industry, once the world leader, first lost the United States as its main client 60 years ago, then the Soviet Union...