Endangered Species

• Letter from this month's editor

• Who's next?
  Richard Swift wonders if, as we crowd out other species, we sign our own death warrant..
  
  
• Extinction is forever
  

• The Madagascar show
  The key to saving biodiversity often lies with those who can least afford the sacrifice. Brett Masoud reports.

• Splendid isolation
  For Paul Wagner the bounty of nature and the wealth of languages put Papua New Guinea on the front line in the fight for diversity.

• Bad medicine
  Ross Crockford's profile of a Chinese activist who takes on the traders.
  

• Egos and elephants
  Fur flies at the World Conservation Congress. Stephanie Boyd sorts out the issues.
  

• The extinction files - THE FACTS
  

• Empire of extinction
  David Watson takes off the gloves and human imperialism gets a sound thrashing.
  

• Bio-meltdown
  The march of monoculture promoted by international agribusiness is sweeping away diversity. Hope Shand warns of the looming threat to food security.

• Tigerland
  Bittu Sahgal tracks the enemies of the big cat to the plush lairs of economists and developers.
  

• How to share the earth
  

• Why we must save animals
  Colin Tudge makes the case for pragmatism and the use of conservation science in saving species.
  

• Action directory

• Letters
• Letter from Belarus
• Update
• The NI Interview with Martha Ojeda
• Reviews: including classic by Pablo Neruda
• Curiosities and the NI Crossword
• Endpiece by Penny Cabot
• Country profile: Tanzania

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