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‘Half the tree of life’: #ecologists’ horror as #nature reserves are emptied of #insects
A new point in history has been reached, #entomologists say, as #climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of #pesticides
The declines witnessed by Janzen and others around world – are part of what some ecologists call “new era” of #ecologicalcollapse, rapid #extinctions occur in regions that have little direct contact with people.
theguardian.com/environment/20

The Guardian · ‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insectsBy Tess McClure

Why do salmon eaters don’t care about Australian threatened species?

“Australia has the highest rate of mammalian extinctions in the world … The only way to protect the hundreds of threatened Australian forest species is to end native forest logging....The Maugean skate is very much at the forefront of the zero extinction target."
theguardian.com/environment/20
#Conservation #extinctions #Biodiversity #laws #Skate #MaugeanSkate #salmon #food #NSWLogging #koalas #OpenNetPens #SeaBased #Fish #farms #pollution

The Guardian · Why does Leonardo DiCaprio care so much about Australian wildlife?By Lisa Cox