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Forest Status Across Micronesia from an Assessment of Micronesia Challenge Terrestrial Measures and Forest Inventory and Analysis Data

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The Micronesia Challenge (MC) is an agreement initiated in 2006 by the
region’s political jurisdictions to conserve both marine and terrestrial natural resources. To
assess the success of the terrestrial goals of the challenge, the Micronesia Conservation
Trust (MCT) coordinated the compilation of a list of terrestrial measures and utilized them
to summarize data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest
Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program. The MCT and FIA programs added

A collection of insects at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Biologists have never reached universal agreement over what constitutes a species. Photograph: Jochen Tack/Alamy

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A plan to create the first universally recognised list of species on Earth has prompted hopes of an end to centuries of disagreement and confusion over how to classify the world’s library of life...Researchers hope a single recognised list would improve global efforts to tackle biodiversity loss,

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The black-throated finch – ‘a clear example of threatened species that need habitat to be protected in perpetuity.’ Photograph: Markus Mayer/Alamy Stock Photo/Alamy Stock Photo

Australia's register of threatened species critical habitat not updated in 15 years

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Australia has not updated a register of habitat critical for the protection of threatened species for 15 years, prompting experts to call for it to be strengthened to protect more types of land.

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Forest Status Across Micronesia from an Assessment of Micronesia Challenge Terrestrial Measures and Forest Inventory and Analysis Data