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But government plans to close it have left many waste pickers worrying about an uncertain future.     </p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="news closed"> <a href="/web/20220113060847/https://www.dw.com/en/conflict-being-driven-by-ecological-damage-report-finds/a-59426714"> <h2 class="linkable"> Conflict being driven by ecological damage, report finds </h2> <div class="newsWrapper" data-id="59201932_59426714" data-title="Conflict being driven by ecological damage, report finds " data-date="20211007" style="display: none;"> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113060847im_/https://static.dw.com/image/59424057_301.jpeg" title="French President Emmanuel Macron (up) flies over Gao inside a military helicopter during a visit to France's Barkhane counter-terrorism operation in Africa's Sahel region, northern Mali, 19 May 2017." alt="French President Emmanuel Macron (up) flies over Gao inside a military helicopter during a visit to France's Barkhane counter-terrorism operation in Africa's Sahel region, northern Mali, 19 May 2017."/> </div> <p>Countries hit by ecological damage and conflict are trapped in a vicious cycle where one problem reinforces the other. And climate change is expected to make things worse.    </p> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="subHeader subHeaderTeaser">ALL SPECIES GREAT AND SMALL</div>  <div class="col2 basicTeaser"> <div class="imgTeaserM white below nohover"> <a href="/web/20220113060847/https://www.dw.com/en/namibia-new-safe-zones-for-wildlife/av-59874855"> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113060847im_/https://static.dw.com/image/59874759_302.png" title="Global 3000" alt="Global 3000"/> </div> <div class="teaserContentWrap"> <h2> Namibia: New safe zones for wildlife </h2> <p>Namibia is opening more and more protected zones and wildlife reserves where brown hyenas can live in safety.<span class="icon tv"></span>   </p> </div> </a> </div> </div>  <div class="col2 accordionTeaser"> <div class="group accordion" id="accordion_59098387" role="tablist" data-fsid="59098387"> <div class="news"> <a href="/web/20220113060847/https://www.dw.com/en/saving-precious-seagrass-meadows-in-the-maldives/a-59682874"> <h2 class="linkable"> Saving precious seagrass meadows in the Maldives </h2> <div class="newsWrapper" data-id="59098387_59682874" data-title="Saving precious seagrass meadows in the Maldives " data-date="20211102"> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113060847im_/https://static.dw.com/image/59685048_301.jpg" title="A diver examines the underwater seagrass in the Maldives " alt="A diver examines the underwater seagrass in the Maldives "/> </div> <p>Vital marine ecosystems, seagrass meadows have for years been threatened by tourism and overdevelopment. Now conservationists are fighting to protect them for the future.  <span class="icon tv"></span>   </p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="news closed"> <a href="/web/20220113060847/https://www.dw.com/en/china-over-100-nations-to-adopt-kunming-declaration-to-boost-biodiversity/a-59489697"> <h2 class="linkable"> China: Over 100 nations to adopt 'Kunming Declaration' to boost biodiversity </h2> <div class="newsWrapper" data-id="59098387_59489697" data-title="China: Over 100 nations to adopt 'Kunming Declaration' to boost biodiversity" data-date="20211013" style="display: none;"> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113060847im_/https://static.dw.com/image/59473233_301.jpg" title="A billboard to the UN climate conference in Kunming" alt="A billboard to the UN climate conference in Kunming"/> </div> <p>Amid an unprecedented extinction event, scientists have warned that protecting biodiversity is essential to protecting human life. 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