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Nearly 200 years after Charles Darwin developed the theory of evolution while sailing around South America, a team of environmentalists are hoping to create a new generation of conservationists by retracing the famous voyage.

The project is called Darwin200 and will set off from Plymouth in the Dutch tall ship Oosterschelde. The team plans to select 200 young people from around the world, aged between 18 and 25, who will work on projects in countries along the way.

Stewart McPherson co-founded Darwin200 and is leading the global adventure. He told Newsday: 鈥淭hey鈥檝e got to select an animal or plant that Charles Darwin studied and鈥� work out what happened in its habitat over the last 200 years since Darwin saw it鈥� they鈥檝e got to look at the current conservation work, is it enough?...Lastly, they鈥檝e got to look at the future and work out new ways and new strategies to help save that animal or plant... We want to help create a better world by creating new minds, making new people think about the future. 鈥�

(Picture: Shows the Oosterschelde, arriving in Plymouth on 11 August 2023. Credit: Rhodri Hall / Darwin 200.)

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