https://theprogressnetwork.org/animal-comebacks-2023/
"It’s widely known that humans have negatively influenced animal populations,
driving many species to extinction or near it. Though issues continue through
today, our concern and energy around such activity differs greatly from our
ancestors of even a century ago, when humans were hunting and fishing with
complete abandon.
Since around the 70s, governments have given biodiversity protection more
priority and NGOs dedicated to it have proliferated, leading to conservation
efforts that have actually, in several instances, been successful. We also
continue to discover new species—380 between 2021 and 2022—although many of
them are endangered.
These success stories appear regularly in the news, although they can be hard
to spot. Together, however, they lend evidence to the fact that species
recovery is an ongoing, global project that we can expect we will only get
better at.
Below, we have gathered all the “animal comeback” stories from the first six
months of 2023. (There would have been more if we had included plants, as well
as rewilding and river recovery stories.) All of these triumphs are hard-won,
many are delicate, and one or two are too early to call. But they show that we
are able, with the right focus, to turn back the clock.
The species’ status is included when it was noted by the original coverage."
Via
Future Crunch:
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https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-wash-poverty-usa-seabird-conservation/>
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
