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Fringe dwellers
Since 1980, the total area of the world’s mangrove forests has shrunk by about a fifth. Award-winning photographer Christian Ziegler visits Belize to document both their diversity and their destruction
The real SimCity
Olivia Edward talks to the British urban geographers who are immersing themselves in virtual cities to gain a greater insight into the workings of our real-life conurbations
The credibility gap
Opting to take a career or study break to volunteer overseas has never been so popular. But as the gap year industry becomes increasingly profit-driven, calls for better regulation and more transparency are growing. Mark Rowe reports
Water world
Natalie Hoare travels to Brazil to meet the couple behind the first survey of the country’s rivers, joining them as they travel the length of one of the most threatened – the Ribeira do Iguape in the southeast
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• Headhunter heaven Mark Eveleigh, author of Fever Trees of Borneo, returns to the centre of the great jungle island to see how a mysterious Dayak community are struggling to keep their way of life alive
• Bringing the wilderness back Olivia Edward meets Paul Lister, the enthusiastic Scottish landowner behind an ambitious and controversial plan to reintroduce wild boar, elk and, eventually, even wolves and bears to the Highlands
• Archive: Open all hours The focal points for communities around the world for centuries, markets have also been popular with photographers
• Essential gear: motorcycle expeditions Advice from Richard Jeynes on the best kit to make your two-wheeled trek an easy ride
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Breaking news from CITES...
The 57th session of the Standing Committee for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) ruled today that China is fit to become a trading partner for 119 tons of elephant ivory Read on
Peter Head
Peter Head, the director of global design and business consulting firm Arup, and independent adviser to the London Sustainable Development Commission, is the master planner behind the world’s first true eco-city.Read on
High Weald
Natalie Hoare heads to the UK’s fourth-largest AONB, often described as a quintessential English landscape, stretching across Kent, Surrey and SussexRead on
City of ghosts
Photographer Ben Winston explores Bangkok's 'ghost towers', more than 500 half-finished high-rise developments that have become unusual homes for poor city workers and stray dogs.Read on
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