Fitz News in Africa Birds and Birding: "No point denying it - change is here"

PFIAO. 2011. No point denying it - change is here. Africa Birds & Birding 16(3):24.

When Roman scholar Pliny the Elder wrote ‘There is always something new out of Africa’, he was referring to curiosities rather than change. Europe’s awe of the ‘dark continent’s’ seemingly endless biodiversity continued unabated for almost two millennia. Even today, Africa boasts the most intact biodiversity of any continent, but many regions are experiencing explosive human population growth and an increasing demand for natural resources. Superimposed on these ‘developments’ is the spectre of climate change, a drum to be beaten by the believers and muffled by the denialists. More...

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