Watch out for the Grey Rhino: The Connection Between Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss and Health
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In the wake of COVID-19, Jingwen Zhang (UCL Political Science) argues that we need to pay urgent attention to “Grey Rhino” events – obvious and yet widely ignored threats such as climate change and biodiversity loss which are escalating the risk of infectious disease outbreaks.
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It's Not All Black and White: How Rhinos Differ
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Why airlifting rhinos upside down is critical to conservation
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1 million species under threat of extinction because of humans, biodiversity report finds
Climate Change & Its Impacts Are Out of the Gray Rhino Risk Category, by Michael Barnard, The Future is Electric
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Climate change-accelerated ocean biodiversity loss & associated planetary health impacts - ScienceDirect
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Frontiers Perspective: Climate Change and the Relocation of Indonesia's Capital to Borneo
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World first IVF rhino pregnancy could save northern white rhinos from extinction, scientists say
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Rhinoceros - Global March for Elephants and Rhinos (GMFER)
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Exploring the Endangered Species of Africa, GVI