You will work closely with local institutions and conservation NGOs to carry out conservation prioritization in the Gran #Chaco and #Chiquitania – two global hotspots of #deforestation and #defaunation. Contact us if you have questions!

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In this perspective paper we suggest that overhunting and land use change may produce characteristic shifts in the guild composition of #mammal assemblages, pushing them towards different #defaunation syndromes.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02362#.Y7V6j7LvFng.twitter

It cannot be emphasized enough: we urgently need to make major progress in stopping and reversing the biodiversity crisis. #COP15 is kicking off today - we need ambitious goals and commitment towards implementing them.

Below pictures from the #Chiquitania dry forest in Bolivia, a global hotspot of #deforestation and #defaunation

Nice illustrations comparing the size of modern and extinct animals https://mymodernmet.com/prehistoric-fauna-roman-uchytel/

By Ukrainian artists, by the way.

#defaunation #paleoart #extinction

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(b) maintaining nature's ecosystem services by #halting the conversion of #forests, #grasslands, and other native #habitats;

(c) #restoring native #plant communities at large scales, particularly forest landscapes;

(d) rewilding regions with #NativeSpecies, especially apex predators, to restore ecological processes and dynamics;

(e) developing and adopting adequate #PolicyInstruments to remedy #defaunation, the #PoachingCrisis, and the #exploitation and #trade of #ThreatenedSpecies;
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