25-10-2016 16:54 via theguardian.com

Can Mauritius prevent its vulnerable wildlife going the way of the dodo?

Mauritius is a spectacular island, but development, farming and the encroachment of non-native species of flora and fauna are threatening its wildlifeThe plane turns and banks as it comes into land; the island below is a lush deep green. Fingers of rock - the now solidified cores of ancient volcanoes – emerge from patches of forest, themselves set amidst a sea of sugar cane that almost encircles the land between the coast and the villages of the central plateau. I catch a glimpse of the so
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