Reduced human activity vs wildlife

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A few years ago, a British team of researchers began to study how the lockdown due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has affected wildlife.

Academia calls this large-scale temporary slowdown in human activity an 'anthro-pause', which has important implications for other species on Earth.

Measuring the impact of a slowdown in human activity, the researchers say, could help teach "how to share an increasingly crowded planet."

The researchers say access to and consent to information is needed to study the effects of sudden slowdowns in human activity. In particular, he added that he needed information on population movement as well as animal tracking data.

Christian Roots, a professor at St Andrews University, said the bio-logger, a tracking device worn by many wild animals, could be used for research. A 'bio logger' is a device used to record the movements and other behaviors of wild animals.

Prof. Roots said that biologgers can collect information about animals that were wearing the device before and after the COVID-19 outbreak.

As lockdowns have been put in place around the world due to the COVID-19 outbreak, many wild animals have been spotted in the city. Poaching activity has also increased in some areas.

According to Professor Jim Smith's research team at the University of Portsmouth, who studied the temporary slowdown in human activity after the Chernobyl nuclear accident, species closely related to human activity such as pigeons and mice gradually disappeared, and wild animals such as wild boar, deer and wolf increased. do.

Professor Smith said, "The coronavirus and the Chernobyl nuclear accident have made tremendous economic and human sacrifices, but we can also temporarily stop causing environmental damage."

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One unfortunate thing is that despite the occurrence of an event that causes enormous damage to humanity and sets the alarm, the trend is to restore everything to its original state.

It takes much more time and effort to restore an environment or biodiversity once damaged to its original state. I hope everyone around the world will not forget on this.