Natural ecosystems and biodiversity must be made a bulwark against climate change, not a casualty of it, argue Will R. Turner, Michael Oppenheimer and David S. Wilcove.
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Michael Oppenheimer is a science adviser to the US Environmental Defense Fund, and receives remuneration from them.
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See Editorial, page 251 , and News Feature, page 266 . For the whole biodiversity special, see http://www.nature.com/darwin .
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Turner, W., Oppenheimer, M. & Wilcove, D. A force to fight global warming. Nature 462, 278–279 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/462278a
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