Subscribe to Receive the Daily Report

Thursday, May 19th, 2022

Staggering declines in bird populations taking place around the world

Author:    
Source:     The Watchers
Publication Date:     Sunday, May 15, 2022
 Link: Staggering declines in bird populations taking place around the world
Stephan:   Declining bee populations, declining populations of butterflies and other insects, and now reports on declining bird populations. Human greed and stupidity, is destroying the earth's matrix of life, and instead of consciously working to repair our planet we are obsessed with racism and fascism. Want an example of what I mean? 588,042 Pennsylvanians voted yesterday for Republican Doug Mastriano for governor an openly fascist White supremacist who helped put together the 6 January insurrection. Citation for the research study upon which this report is based: State of the World’s Birds – Alexander C. Lees et al. – Annual Review of Environment and Resources -May 4, 2022 – DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-112420-014642

Staggering declines in bird populations are taking place around the world, mainly due to the loss and degradation of natural habitats and direct overexploitation of many species.

  • The authors reviewed changes in avian biodiversity using data from the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s “Red List” to reveal population changes among the globe’s 11 000 bird species.
  • Despite their findings, study authors say there is hope for avian conservation efforts, but transformative change is needed.

This study presents an overview of the global spatiotemporal distribution of avian biodiversity, changes in our knowledge of that biodiversity, and the extent to which it is imperiled. It summarizes the threats driving changes in bird species richness and abundance, highlighting the increasingly synergistic interactions between threats such as habitat loss, climate change, and overexploitation.1

Many metrics of avian biodiversity are exhibiting globally consistent negative trends, with the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List Index showing a steady deterioration in the conservation status of the global avifauna over the past three decades.

“We are now witnessing the first signs of a new wave […]

Read the Full Article

1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 11:54 am

    I had to save two honey bees which had slipped into my house somehow, and I safely caught them both and took them outside so they could be free to eat in my garden. Otherwise they could have gotten stuck to my sticky fly paper and may have died. I am glad I found them in time to save them.