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From a project I was working on before going in another direction, but still wanted to post this. Inspired by this photo of mourning doves nesting in the fossil of a triceratops, and how it tells us that the world can end, just not forever.

#digital art #mourning dove #triceratops #extinction #my art #iraart #conservationart

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so I maybe teared up a little

#any time i hear about extinct animal i get an overwheming feeling of hopelessness and misery which is wonderful #god the fact that people were already calling for protection 30 years prior to it's extinction and yet nothing was done about it #fucking kills me #lwk this is the kind of stuff that makes me want to get into conservation #tasmanian tiger #extinction #conservation #europe #english #oxford #extinct animals #zoology

#end Cretaceous #extinction #evolution #nature #animals #paleontology #Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event

Fish populations in China’s Yangtze River have doubled since a 10-year fishing ban began in 2021, offering hope for global river restoration

From the article:

After decades of ecological decline, China’s Yangtze River, Asia’s longest and one of the most degraded waterways in the world, is showing hopeful signs of recovery. According to a new study published in Science, fish populations in the river have more than doubled in just two years following the country’s sweeping 10-year fishing ban introduced in 2021. The research, led by Fangyuan Xiong of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, highlights not only a boost in fish biomass and diversity but also an encouraging rebound of several endangered species. Experts say the results demonstrate how large-scale, well-funded political decisions can successfully reverse damage to freshwater ecosystems. “It is really fantastic news. It is one of the first times that we can say that government measures have not just worked, but have really improved things,” said Sébastien Brosse, a biologist at the University of Toulouse and co-author of the study.

In order to be successful, this fishing ban was accompanied by compensation to locals who depended on fishing the Yangtze for their livelihood and government assistance in finding alternative jobs. We can't expect people to choose respecting environmental protection laws over feeding their families.

#hope #good news #hopepunk #solarpunk #fishing #sustainable fishing #habitat restoration #habitat protection #conservation #river conservation #biodiversity #fishing ban #extinction #baiji

Sure you grieve the extinction of the Passenger Pigeons, but are you still calling Rock Pigeons "flying rats" and laughing at their misery?

Sure you obsess over finding the last rumoured surviving Ivory-billed Woodpecker, but are you still harassing migrating geese and destroying their eggs?

Sure you dream of seeing the long gone Great Auks, but are you still throwing trash at gulls?

If you only care about birds when they are charismatic and extinct, you don't care about birds.

This isn't about birds.