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"The COVID pandemic has shown us that disruptions to the way we move
around, complete daily activities and interact with each other can
shatter our wellbeing.
This doesn’t apply only to humans. Wildlife across the globe find
themselves in this situation every day, irrespective of a global pandemic.
Our latest research published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution has,
for the first time, quantified the repercussions of logging, pollution,
hunting, and other human disturbances, on the movements of a wide range
of animal species.
Our findings were eye-opening. We found human disturbances, on average,
restricted an animal’s movements by 37%, or increased it by 70%. That’s
like needing to travel an extra 11 km to get to work each day
(Australia’s average is 16 km)."
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
