Intact Ecosystems (IMAGE)

Wildlife Conservation Society

Intact Ecosystems

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Researchers developed a new metric called "The Last of the Wild in Each Ecoregion" (LWE), which aimed to quantify the most intact parts of each ecoregion.

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Rob Wallace/WCS

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