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How Countries ‘Import’ and ‘Export’ Extinction Risk around the World

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Scientific American

Publication Date
2022-05-31

In the dense jungles of Cameroon and nearby countries, the population of the iconic and critically endangered western lowland gorilla declined by nearly 20 percent between 2005 and 2013 to about 360,000 individuals—and their number is expected to plunge by another 80 percent over about the next 65 years.

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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-countries-lsquo-import-rsquo-and-lsquo-export-rsquo-extinction-risk-around-the-world/