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The conservationist Patrícia Medici, seen here photographing the release of a tapir, has been awarded 2020 Whitley wildlife conservation Gold Award. Tapirs are the largest land mammals in South America and are considered living fossils, having survived waves of extinction over millions of years. However, they now face human threats, including destruction of their habitat owing to expansion of large-scale agriculture, cattle ranching and mining. (Photo by Joao Marcos Rosa/2020 Whitley Awards)
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