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Credits:
Narrator/Editor: Stephanie Sammann
Animator: Mike Ridolfi https://www.moboxgraphics.com
Sound: Graham Haerther https://haerther.net
Illustrator: Kirtan Patel https://kpatart.com/illustrations
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Producer: Brian McManus    / realengineering  

References:
[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-...

[2] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/en...

[3] https://wwf.panda.org/our_work/forest...

[4] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ma...

[5] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/ma...

[6] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ma...

[7] https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/w...

[8] https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019...

[9] https://www.safeproject.net/info/concept

[10] https://royalsocietypublishing.org/do...

[11] https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wil...

[12] https://www.safeproject.net/outputs/v...

[13] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/a...

[14] https://www.forest.sabah.gov.my/hob20...

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