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Small conservation areas are disproportionately important to maintaining biodiversity, according to a recent study. Many small patches, with the same total area as a few large areas, are less likely to see a complete local loss of a species. Such small conservation areas are extra important near urban areas, and are also of great benefit to people living in those areas, a new op-ed explains.

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