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Biodiversity is a term used to describe the enormous variety of life on Earth. It can be used more specifically to refer to all of the species in one region or ecosystem. Biodiversity refers to every living thing, including plants, bacteria, animals, and humans. Scientists have estimated that there are around 8.7 million species of plants and animals in existence. However, only around 1.2 million species have been identified and described so far, most of which are insects. This means that millions of other organisms remain a complete mystery.

Over generations, all of the species that are currently alive today have evolved unique traits that make them distinct from other species. These differences are what scientists use to tell one species from another. Organisms that have evolved to be so different from one another that they can no longer reproduce with each other are considered different species. All organisms that can reproduce with each other fall into one species. Read more...

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[–] unicorn@mander.xyz 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have to agree that official efforts are insufficient both in speed and scale, so I understand the need for civil society rewildering efforts regardless of law. However I'd like to hear from scientists in the field what should and shouldn't be done, because I am sure that misguided efforts can be destructive too.

Ideally there should be a science-backed civil society guerilla force for rewilding to take the right necessary steps at a time where political action is too motivated by other motives, like protecting various lobbies and financial interests or simply their own asses.

And I am quite fed up with farmers concerns given the huge environmentally destructive force that monoculture and animal farming are to our nature. If our current farming practices are incompatible with wildlife existing, then our farming practices need to change instead of wildlife being pushed to extinction.

[–] Bynoesaur@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Thanks for sharing, this was a very enjoyably written article!

Well habitat is frequently removed without permission, that is certainly more upsetting (and much more common!) than this permissionless 'beaver bombing.' Ecologists have to jump through so many hoops for reveg/rewilding projects (not saying its a bad thing, we have rules for a reason) but it can still feel quite demoralising and frustrating when it hinders work that those with the local, on the ground expertise fully support... makes it hard not to smile when a passionate local takes matters into their own hands for the good of the environment. One of my best frog survey sites was almost certainly started with a bit of 'guerilla frogging' on the part of the landholder.

[–] somefool@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

I'm Belgian. A coworker tells me regularly how he he sees beavers in the woods near where he lives (and foxes in his backyard, the man has to be a Disney princess). I had no idea about the secret backstory of the Belgian beavers, but I am delighted it happened.

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