'Despite heroic efforts... we could still lose these extraordinary butterflies by not taking bolder action,' warns CenterForBioDiv's TierraMussel as a new report shows a 22% drop in the hibernating monarch butterfly population. StopExtinction
"Despite heroic efforts... we could still lose these extraordinary butterflies by not taking bolder action," warned one conservationist.Wildlife conservationists sounded the alarm Wednesday as an annual count of monarch butterflies revealed a sharp decline in the number of the iconic insects hibernating in Mexican forests, stoking renewed fears of their extinction.
"Despite heroic efforts to save monarchs by planting milkweed, we could still lose these extraordinary butterflies by not taking bolder action," Tierra Curry, a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity , said in a"Monarchs were once incredibly common," she added."Now they're the face of the extinction crisis as U.S. populations crash amid habitat loss and the climate meltdown."Renowned for its epic annual migrations from the northern U.S.
"It is not just about conserving a species, it's also about conserving a unique migratory phenomenon in nature,"WWF Mexico general director Jorge Rickards."Monarchs contribute to healthy and diverse terrestrial ecosystems across North America as they carry pollen from one plant to another." "With 80% of agricultural food production depending on pollinators like monarchs, when people help the species, we are also helping ourselves," he added.
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