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Environment
Matt Hayward, Professor of Conservation Science, University of Newcastle

Conservative governments protect more land while socialists and nationalists threaten more species

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The dire state of biodiversity across the globe suggests not all governments are willing to act decisively to protect nature. Why is that the case, and is a country’s political ideology a factor?

Political ideology is a set of beliefs used as the fundamental basis for political decisions. Each country sits somewhere along a spectrum that spans conservative, nationalist and socialist ideologies (among others). This may vary, based on what party is in power at the time.

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