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In the world of wildlife conservation, it is usually animals like whales and tigers which get (1) ______ most public attention. Consequently, projects to protect these so-called 'flagship species' receive the greatest amount of funding, and this helps to ensure, or at least improve the chances of, their long-term survival. (2) ______, it could be argued that perhaps we should be focusing more attention elsewhere. This is because many of the minute plants, insects and microorganisms that we tend (3) ______ actually play a far more important (4) ______ in biodiversity protection. Consider, for example, the Western honeybee Apismellifera. Regarded as one of the world's most efficient pollinators, the honeybee plays a direct or indirect part in the production of many food implications in our markets and stores.

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In the world of wildlife conservation, it is usually animals like whales and tigers which get (1) ______ most public attention. Consequently, projects to protect these so-called 'flagship species' receive the greatest amount of funding, and this helps to ensure, or at least improve the chances of, their long-term survival. (2) ______, it could be argued that perhaps we should be focusing more attention elsewhere. This is because many of the minute plants, insects and microorganisms that we tend (3) ______ actually play a far more important (4) ______ in biodiversity protection. Consider, for example, the Western honeybee Apismellifera. Regarded as one of the world's most efficient pollinators, the honeybee plays a direct or indirect part in the production of many food implications in our markets and stores.

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In the world of wildlife conservation, it is usually animals like whales and tigers which get (1) ______ most public attention. Consequently, projects to protect these so-called 'flagship species' receive the greatest amount of funding, and this helps to ensure, or at least improve the chances of, their long-term survival. (2) ______, it could be argued that perhaps we should be focusing more attention elsewhere. This is because many of the minute plants, insects and microorganisms that we tend (3) ______ actually play a far more important (4) ______ in biodiversity protection. Consider, for example, the Western honeybee Apismellifera. Regarded as one of the world's most efficient pollinators, the honeybee plays a direct or indirect part in the production of many food implications in our markets and stores.

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In the world of wildlife conservation, it is usually animals like whales and tigers which get (1) ______ most public attention. Consequently, projects to protect these so-called 'flagship species' receive the greatest amount of funding, and this helps to ensure, or at least improve the chances of, their long-term survival. (2) ______, it could be argued that perhaps we should be focusing more attention elsewhere. This is because many of the minute plants, insects and microorganisms that we tend (3) ______ actually play a far more important (4) ______ in biodiversity protection. Consider, for example, the Western honeybee Apismellifera. Regarded as one of the world's most efficient pollinators, the honeybee plays a direct or indirect part in the production of many food implications in our markets and stores.

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