This article identifies some places where economic growth is the deeper, non-proximal cause of biodiversity loss, but that doesn't mean the two are incompatible

This article identifies some places where economic growth is the deeper, non-proximal cause of biodiversity loss, but that doesn't mean the two are incompatible. The answer I personally prefer is to take the brakes off of urbanization, packing humans into taller and denser places like Singapore and Hong Kong, and letting the surrounding lands be wild. I know that urban living isn't to everyone's taste, but elevators are the most efficient and environmentally friendly public transportation we have, and so long as we need to cultivate some land to live, we might as well cultivate it as much as possible (by putting tall buildings on it, for example).