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Borneo Futures. Bringing nuance back into conservation based on strong science. Saving species and forests wherever I can. Can't stand abbreviations
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Extreme rainfall further endangers the world’s rarest great ape

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By Erik Meijaard, Muiz Wafiy, Rona Dennis, Douglas Sheil, Adrià Descals, David Gaveau, Nabillah Unus, Hjalmar S. Kühl, Friederike Otto, Jatna Supriatna, Edvin Aldrian, David N. Petley, Serge Wich, Safwanah Ni’Mattulah, Panut Hadisiswoyo
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Keywords climate change extreme rainfall landslides Pongo tapanuliensis population viability species extinction tropical forest wildlife conservation Results The pre-event classification (Figure S1) shows that the study area was 99.3% forested, with 0.6% bare soil. The post-event classification estimated 8,303 ± 1,760 ha of newly denuded terrain (flood damage and landslide scars, henceforth referred to as “scars”), accounting for 11.7 ± 2.4% of the study area (Figure 1).
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Di hutan Papua, kami menemukan ‘Tous’ — genus mamalia baru yang diduga punah 6.000 tahun lalu

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By Erik Meijaard, Kristofer Helgen, Tim Flannery
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Mamalia bukanlah kelompok hewan dengan jumlah spesies terbanyak di dunia. Mamalia hanya memiliki 6.800 spesies, lebih sedikit dibandingkan amfibi yang memiliki sekitar 8.800 spesies, burung 11.000 spesies, dan reptil 12.500 spesies. Meski begitu, kebanyakan orang umumnya langsung memikirkan mamalia—seperti panda, orangutan, gajah, atau harimau—ketika membayangkan keanekaragaman hayati. Hewan-hewan itu biasa disebut mamalia karismatik alias hewan yang menarik perhatian.
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Scientists identify rare new mammal genus ‘Tous’ in Papua New Guinea

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By Erik Meijaard
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Mammals are not especially diverse. Roughly 6,800 mammal species are known to exist, compared with about 8,800 species of amphibian, 11,000 species of bird and 12,500 of reptile. Yet when most people picture biodiversity, they often think of charismatic mammals first: pandas, orangutans, elephants or tigers. That visibility comes with scrutiny. Mammals are among the best-studied organisms on Earth and among the most threatened.
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