Re:A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished
by mongol on Saturday July 15, 2023 @10:04PM
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In Sweden, the Eurasian Skylark has been in decline, due to loss of habitat. It thrives in high grass on the kind of land that is ploughed and used for agriculture. But you can now pay farmers for a "lark square". For 100 SEK for a year, about 10 USD, the farmer will leave a rectangle unplowed, which will benefit the Skylark. This photos illustrates "lark squares"
Re:A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished
by 23B1 on Saturday July 15, 2023 @11:01PM
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Brilliant. I read somewhere that they were encouraging the use of hedgerows in the UK for the same basic reasons; that it provides habitat for myriad wildlife amongst farming fields.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/8fc53eb231b08f8476b5a8f76eb20ef9...
https://www.lantmannen.se/44bdd3/siteassets/images/06-innova...
This initiative is supported by Birdlife Sweden and has had a proven effect.