From wildfires to murky seas: Why Europe needs 'Areas Under Restoration'

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New policy tools are needed to help communities and authorities protect and manage marine ecosystems as interconnected wholes rather than isolated parts, writes ocean conservationist Jordi Oliva Farriol

This August, Spain recorded its hottest temperatures in more than 70 years. Across the country, wildfires once again devastated rural communities, forests, and farmland - and continue to as we speak. As...

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