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70 The Meat of the Matter
Eating less meat offers an easy way to
reduce one’s carbon footprint: One study
showed producing one kilogram of beef
represents driving a distance of about
160 kilometres
BY MANGAI BALASEGARAM

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90 The Elephant in the Room

What does the effect of over 7 billion

people do to our planet? A photo

montage of the Earth as transformed

by human numbers – part of Global

Population Speak Out – was the answer

BY ALEX CAMPBELL

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The death of bees

is leading fruit

farmers in China

to hand pollinate

their crops (p62)

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80 Nowhere to Escape

The intrepid Wildlife Rescue Unit

(WRU) is working tirelessly to save

Borneo’s species from the threats

posed by deforestation and the illegal

animal trade

BY AARON GEKOSKI, GIL WOOLLEY

climate change issue