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While current extinction rates remain lower than during previous mass extinction events, the number of species under threat of dying out is growing, reflecting the true scale of loss.
While Hail Mary conservation efforts can pull birds back from the brink, an extinction wave still looms.
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Senior Research Fellow, Environmental Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Distinguished Professor, James Cook University
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Charles Darwin University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Biodiversity, Phylogeny & Evolution, Simon Fraser University
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Associate Professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington