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Can conservation policies halt bird and butterfly declines in Europe? 🦋🐦
📉 Declines projected under all scenarios tested to 2050
🌾 Intensive land use remains a major pressure
🌍 Deeper changes in land management and stronger climate action needed
📄 doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-03139-6
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Predicted decline in common bird and butterfly species even under conservation policy scenarios in Europe - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Projections for 265 common bird and 144 common butterfly species across Europe under multiple sustainability scenarios, including those of existing conservation objectives, find no scenario in which t...