William Bond, grasslands researcher who reminded conservation that context matters, has died

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Dec 24, 2025, 8:03 am119 ptsTrending
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In recent years, one of the loudest ideas in environmental policy has been that trees are the planet’s universal remedy. Plant enough of them, in enough places, and carbon will…

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