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Enric Sala

Enric Sala

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Enric Sala is Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society.

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  1. A Triple Win for Oceans, Climate, and Us
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    A Triple Win for Oceans, Climate, and Us

    Mar 18, 2021 Enric Sala highlights new research demonstrating the benefits of establishing marine protected areas.

  2. Nature Is Our Best Antiviral
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    Nature Is Our Best Antiviral

    May 14, 2020 Enric Sala explains why preserving land and marine environments is essential to stopping pandemics before they start.

  3. Now or Never for Saving Our Natural World
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    Now or Never for Saving Our Natural World

    Mar 9, 2020 Enric Sala explains why combating climate change must include stronger protection of ecosystems on which humans depend.

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    Philanthropy in an Era of Declining Development Aid

    William Moore urges practitioners and policymakers to focus on already proven, scalable solutions.
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    South Africa’s Wrestling Match With Trump

    Adekeye Adebajo considers whether the current G20 president can still advance its agenda in the face of US obstruction.
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    How Aristotle Can Save Us

    Antara Haldar touts a conception of society in which politics and education cultivate the virtue of its members.
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    Trump vs. Europe

    Zaki Laïdi warns that the European Union has no place in Donald Trump’s illiberal worldview.
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    Diplomacy Is the Newest Front in the Russia-Ukraine War

    Richard Haass explains why an enforceable ceasefire must precede, perhaps by many years, final-status negotiations.
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    Will the World Keep Buying US Treasuries?

    Paola Subacchi & Paul van den Noord foresee a gradual reduction in countries’ holdings of dollar-denominated debt, not a rapid sell-off.
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    Why China’s Marriage Crisis Matters

    Yi Fuxian examines the factors underlying a key cause of the country’s demographic crisis.
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    Israel Must Not Ignore the Anti-Hamas Protests in Gaza

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    Recent demonstrations in Gaza have pushed not only for an end to the war, but also for an end to Hamas's rule, thus echoing Israel's own stated objectives. Yet the Israeli government, consumed by its own internal politics, has barely acknowledged this unprecedentedly positive development.

    underscores the unprecedented nature of recent demonstrations in the war-ravaged enclave.
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    Donald Trump Is a Globalist

    Harold James shows that the MAGA movement is actually an unalloyed version of the idea that its leader claims to reject.