MSN: One in eight birds is threatened with extinction, global study finds
According to population data collected over five-years “one in eight bird species is threatened with global extinction, and once widespread creatures such as the puffin, snowy owl, and turtle dove are plummeting towards oblivion.”1 We currently find ourselves in a “biodiversity crisis” because of the expansion and intensification of agriculture; 74% of 1,469 globally threatened birds are affected primarily by farming, then logging (the Trillion Trees project hopes to protect and restore one trillion trees by 2050), invasive species (39%), hunting and trapping (35%), climate change (33%) and residential and commercial development (28%). In the Mediterranean region alone, it’s estimated...
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