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All wildlife populations are in a severe decline [1][2]. More should be done about this, but I guess as a species we will have to learn the hard way. A small w
by picafrost 5mo ago
All wildlife populations are in a severe decline [1][2]. More should be done about this, but I guess as a species we will have to learn the hard way.
A small way to help is to replace some or all of your lawn with native species. A lawn should be a throw rug, not wall to wall carpet that is functionally a desert. If you won't get fined for doing so.
[1] https://www.worldwildlife.org/news/press-releases/catastrophic-73-decline-in-the-average-size-of-global-wildlife-populations-in-just-50-years-reveals-a-system-in-peril/ https://www.worldwildlife.org/news/press-releases/catastroph...
[2] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320718313636 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00063...
- tdb7893 5mo agoThere's also been a 30% decline in US birds in the last ~50 years. I think people underestimate how bad it is and it's not a good sign that research funding into wildlife has been cut a lot in the US recently. https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aaw1313 https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aaw1313