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New research: The role of large, wild animals in climate change mitigation and adaptation

This review paper shows that large, iconic animals, such as the elephants and rhinos, play a vital role in helping their ecosystems resist and recover from the impacts of climate change.
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Susan Canney
Director of the Mali Elephant Project /Research Associate, WILD Foundation / Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
New research: The role of large, wild animals in climate change mitigation and adaptation
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Download a copy of the summary report here  https://www.tusk.org/news/large-animal-activity-can-combat-climate-change-says-new-report/ 

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Director of the Mali Elephant Project /Research Associate, WILD Foundation / Department of Zoology, University of Oxford

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Thirza Loffeld
over 3 years ago

Thank you for sharing this valuable resource, Susan! I have added it to the Sustainability room so that our members will be notified of your new post. 

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Jon Fisher
over 3 years ago

I'm wondering how large animals can simultaneously increase sequestration (stimulating more vegetative growth through fertilization and grazing) but also reduce vegetative cover enough to increase albedo by exposing soil. It seems like those two responses to large animals would tend to pull in opposite directions. Is the idea that they are heavily grazing some areas to the ground, temporarily increasing albedo, followed by increasing sequestration (w/o lowering albedo relative to less grazed areas)?

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