Wellington's huge eco-sanctuary is credited with boosting bird populations across the city and fostering a sense of pride in conservationDuring the height of the Delta outbreak last year, Wellington awoke to some exciting news - a pair of titipounamu, New Zealand's smallest bird, which had been missing from the city for more than 100 years, had built a tiny nest in a patch of urban forest just a few kilometres from parliament.It was a huge point of pride for Wellingtonians and has been credited to the creation of urban eco-sanctuary Zealandia. Opened in 1999, the sanctuary can lay claim to having boosted urban bird populations and fostered a sense of city-wide unity over conservation. Continue reading...
Urban forests create birdlife boom in New Zealand's cities
20. května 2022 21:15
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/20/urban-forests-create-birdlife-boom-in-new-zealands-cities
Zdroj: The Guardian