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max benato

@maxbenato

Deputy Editor, Foundations and Philanthropic Projects, Guardian

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Joined March 2010
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Slam dunk! South Sudan got off to a winning start in their first Olympic basketball game on Sunday. Their story is inspiring the country theguardian.com/global-devel…
‘A journey bigger than basketball’: South Sudan​ dreams of Olympic glory

‘A journey bigger than basketball’: South Sudan​ dreams of Olympic glory

​The underdog team’s astonishing journey to Paris has inspired the country – and fans across Africa – with hopes the Bright Stars will light the way for the next generation

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Brilliant to see @pgreenfielduk and @john_vidal on the shortlist for the Press Awards' environment journalist of the year. thepressawards.com/shortlist…
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The Winterkeeper: protecting the US’s last great wilderness

The Winterkeeper: protecting the US’s last great wilderness

Steven Fuller has lived and worked at Yellowstone national park for the past 50 years, but now faces an uncertain future as the climate crisis intensifies

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COP15 represents rare moment of hope to combat 🌏 extinction crisis. But its success depends on political courage to implement biodiversity treaty. “I still can’t get over fact we did it’: what it felt like to seal historic COP15 deal ⁦@Sandra_Pella⁩ theguardian.com/environment/…
‘I still can’t get over the fact we did it’: what it felt like to seal historic Cop15 deal

‘I still can’t get over the fact we did it’: what it felt like to seal historic Cop15 deal

The global agreement to protect nature was signed in Montreal in December. Six months on, key figures remember the moment and consider what lies ahead

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How Kenya keeps her rhinos on a short leash theguardian.com/environment/…
How to tag a rhino? Use tech, tact … and plenty of caution – a photo essay

How to tag a rhino? Use tech, tact … and plenty of caution – a photo essay

Fewer than 2,000 rhino remain in Kenya, and the country’s wildlife service needs to keep tabs on them to make sure they thrive. It’s a major undertaking, involving a helicopter, 4x4s and a lot of...

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Amazing video and a great way to celebrate World Wildlife Day theguardian.com/environment/…
Florence and her cubs give hope that west African lion can come roaring back

Florence and her cubs give hope that west African lion can come roaring back

National park in Senegal shows off three surprise new recruits in fight to save critically endangered species from extinction

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This is one of the best pieces of #biodiversity journalism I have read in a long while. By @phoeb0 “#Cop15 is nature’s next big moment” theguardian.com/environment/… – at Saint-Lambert, Québec
Humans v nature: our long and destructive journey to the age of extinction

Humans v nature: our long and destructive journey to the age of extinction

The story of the damage done to the world’s biodiversity is a tale of decline spanning thousands of years. Can the world seize its chance to change the narrative?

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Your definitive guide to why we need a deal on nature at Cop15. It's now or never
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In today’s Guardian we have a nature supplement, all about #Cop15 & why the biodiversity crisis matters - even if you have no interest in wildlife. Pick up a paper! 🌱🌳🗞
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these guys are amazing theguardian.com/environment/…
‘Search for the holy grain’: lost Welsh crops offer hope for future varieties

‘Search for the holy grain’: lost Welsh crops offer hope for future varieties

One farmer’s quest to find black oats has broadened into a project that could rediversify the country’s cereals and meet future climate challenges

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A lot of miserable news around today so in case you missed this bit of joy in the observer theguardian.com/environment/…
Buzz stops: bus shelter roofs turned into gardens for bees and butterflies

Buzz stops: bus shelter roofs turned into gardens for bees and butterflies

Bee bus stops first appeared in the Dutch city of Utrecht. Now the UK is planning for more than 1,000 and there is growing interest across Europe and in Canada and Australia

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It's taken a long time to get there and it's going to be tough but Cop15 talks can and must succeed if we are to live in harmony with nature theguardian.com/environment/…
It is 100 days until Cop15 – and the omens are good for a global plan to protect nature | John Vidal

It is 100 days until Cop15 – and the omens are good for a global plan to protect nature | John Vidal

Despite many challenges, December’s crucial biodiversity talks in Montreal may set a new path for humans to live with nature

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we're counting down to cop15 in Montreal, the most important biodiversity conference in a generation theguardian.com/environment/…
What is Cop15 and why does it matter for all life on Earth?

What is Cop15 and why does it matter for all life on Earth?

Once-in-a-decade plans to protect the natural world and halt its destruction will be decided in Canada in December

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They already look right at home – meet the new residents of Blean Wood in Kent theguardian.com/environment/…
Welcome roam: wild bison return to UK – in pictures

Welcome roam: wild bison return to UK – in pictures

Photographer Alexander Turner captured the moment the first bison to be released into the wild in the UK took their initial steps in Blean Woods, Kent

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It is us we are waiting for! Africa needs to shape its own conservation and climate agenda

It is us we are waiting for! Africa needs to shape its own conservation and climate agenda

The IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress offers a chance to find a way to balance economic growth with conserving wilderness

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Rewilding the Galápagos can be a model for a new way to coexist with nature | Danny Rueda Córdova...

Rewilding the Galápagos can be a model for a new way to coexist with nature | Danny Rueda Córdova...

We must work with local communities to restore key species on a global scale if we are to tackle the climate and biodiversity crises gripping the world

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The Guardian's Wild World week continues its look at rewilding by weighing up the return of the wolf theguardian.com/environment/…
The return of the wolf: how much do they help rebuild ecosystems?

The return of the wolf: how much do they help rebuild ecosystems?

Researchers say the return of wolves to Yellowstone in the 1990s kickstarted big changes in habitats. But that narrative is increasingly being challenged

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an extraordinary story theguardian.com/environment/…

‘We make nature here’: pioneering Dutch project repairs image after outcry over starving animals

Oostvaardersplassen reserve reshaped conservation in the 1980s as nature was allowed to take its course, now it is rewilding in a more managed way

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Councils increasingly embracing rewilding in England, Scotland and Wales theguardian.com/environment/…
Rewilding ‘not just for toffs’ as one in five councils in Great Britain get onboard

Rewilding ‘not just for toffs’ as one in five councils in Great Britain get onboard

From Somerset to Derby, councils are rewilding rivers, parks and golf courses, despite claims by some that it is only for wealthy landowners

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Patrick Barkham kicks off our rewilding week for the Guardian's Age of Extinction series theguardian.com/environment/…
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Geese, skuas, cranes and even foxes: avian flu takes growing toll on wildlife

Geese, skuas, cranes and even foxes: avian flu takes growing toll on wildlife

One ecologist counted 160 dead wild birds while walking round a Scottish loch, and figures from other countries are just as worrying

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