There are nearly 240,000 protected areas globally, yet we have a growing number of endangered species. This conundrum troubles leading conservation ecologist Prof Graham Kerley.
by Maxcine Kater, Daily MaverickMore awareness needed of biodiversity crisis, especially among young people, says SA ecologist by Maxcine Kater, Daily Maverick October 4, 2022 ‘Why are you trying to conserve cows in a forest?” Graham Kerley once asked a panel of European conservation scientists. Kerley, a zoologist fascinated by evolutionary biology, was being interviewed for a Marie Curie Fellowship.
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