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Published online 4 July 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070702-10

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AIDS harms the environment

Families turn to natural resources after losing key bread-winners.

The high level of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa is taking its toll on the landscape, say conservationists.

The disease is acting on communities in a multitude of ways.

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