One of the most biodiverse regions in the world is in danger. The Polesian wetlands that surround the Pripyat River are often called the "Amazon of Europe".
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The researchers said some significant characteristics made birds easily available to humans and animal hunters who go in search of them for food, resulting in the extinction of 469 avian species.
Henry Mance has produced a compelling review of the contradictory ways we humans see animals – as food or products, as entertainment, as essential to Earth’s ecological balance, as indispensable companions.